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Latest environmental company news
Tetra Tech, Inc. has been awarded two wind energy projects totaling approximately $28 million by PacifiCorp, one of the leading utilities in the western United States. Tetra Tech will provide engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for the Seven Mile Hill II and the Glenrock III wind farm projects in Wyoming.
The Seven Mile Hill wind project is located in Carbon County, Wyoming, between the towns of Hanna and Medicine Bow. The Glenrock project is located in Converse County,... [more]
Napa Valley wine producer Far Niente was founded in Oakville, CA in 1885 and prospered until the onset of Prohibition in 1919, when the winery was abandoned. Oklahomans Gil and Beth Nickel revived the winery in 1979, restoring the estate to its original grandeur.
Far Niente has now gone live with its “Floatovoltaic™” solar array. The Floatovoltaic installation, developed by Thompson Technology Industries, Inc. (TTI), couples solar power with water, saving valuable vineyard acreage from being... [more]
Babcock Power Inc. and ThermoEnergy Corporation have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding as a prelude to the formation of a joint effort to commercialize the Company’s zero air emission power plant design called ThermoEnergy Integrated Power System (“TIPS”).
Based on pressurized oxy-fuel combustion technology, TIPS converts coal, natural gas, oil, and biomass into energy with near-zero air emissions. In addition, it captures carbon dioxide (“CO2”) in a clean pressurized fo... [more]
In the face of rising prices for oil and gas, the use of sunlight to generate electricity (photovoltaics) and for heating (solar thermal) is becoming increasingly important, both to secure energy supplies and for climate protection. The global solar market is booming and currently recording double-digit growth rates. According to a market study in 2007 by the Swiss Bank Sarasin, the next few years will see further worldwide growth, with newly commissioned PV power installations growing at an ann... [more]
Trilogy by Shea Homes has launched of Shea Certified Green® program that will set new green building standards while exceeding current industry benchmarks. The program will also reduce the carbon footprints of homes built in its active lifestyle communities by 20% to 29% per household.
Trilogy homes will be built with solar technology, green fiber recycled insulation, and wood from certified sustainable forests whenever possible; they will utilize weather-responsive sprinkler systems, motion ... [more]
The Solar Decathlon is an architectural and energy technology competition sponsored by the US Department of Energy. The participating college and university finalists are showing their solar-powered houses for three weeks at the National Mall in Washington D.C.
The first competition took place in September/October 2002, the next one in September/October 2005, with the third competition being held in October 2007. The 2007 winner is the Technical University of Darmstadt, followed by the Univer... [more]
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