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Greenpeace and Facebook collaborate to promote renewable energy(16/12/2011)
Greenpeace and Facebook will collaborate on the promotion of renewable energy, encourage major utilities to develop renewable energy generation, and develop programmes that will enable Facebook users to save energy and engage their communities in clean energy decisions (1). The news comes two years after Greenpeace launched its global Unfriend Coal Campaign (2, 3), enlisting 700,000 online activists (4) to call on Facebook to power its datacentres with clean energy instead of coal (5). As a ... [more]
Reliant Energy provides RECs equal to the estimated electricity use in Reliant Stadium for basketball tournament(29/03/2011)
Renewable energy credits (RECs) are created when electricity is produced using renewable resources such as wind, solar, biomass or hydro power. Reliant Energy has provided Texas RECs equal to the estimated electricity use in Reliant Stadium for the men’s college basketball tournament on April 2 and 4. By purchasing credits, Reliant ensures that an amount equal to the electricity consumed at Reliant Stadium during the tournament games is generated from renewable sources in Texas. “We are ... [more]
Phoenix Partners introduces electronic trading platform for renewable energy credits(20/04/2009)
Renewable energy credits, also called "green tags", are tradable environmental commodities issued by an appropriate oversight entity to represent a set amount of energy produced (typically 1,000 kilowatt hours) from renewable natural resources, such as solar, wind and biomass. Phoenix Partners Group has introduced an electronic trading platform for renewable energy credits, the first of its kind within the environmental brokerage community. The web-based platform provides a real-time foru... [more]
Congress urged to support the Renewable Energy 401 Tax Credit(19/02/2009)
According to a report released in the journal Science, global warming may raise sea levels by 16 to 21 feet. An unusual alliance of business, trade association and environmental groups are urgently calling on President Barack Obama, Congress and the Senate to implement a tax credit incentive for companies that add a renewable energy fund to employee 401(k) plans. The modestly priced legislation could be added immediately to the economic stimulus bill. Proposed Renewable Energy 401(k) Tax Cred... [more]
NRG Energy completes construction of Elbow Creek Wind Project in Texas(18/02/2009)
NRG Energy's first wind project, the 150-MW Sherbino I Wind Farm in Pecos County, Texas, came online in October 2008. Sherbino I is a 50-50 joint venture with BP Wind Energy North America Inc. NRG Energy, Inc. has announced the completion of construction on its second wind farm, the 122-megawatt (MW) Elbow Creek Wind Project in Howard County near Big Spring, Texas. The wind farm was developed by NRG subsidiary Padoma Wind Power LLC and is being dispatched by NRG Texas. The Elbow Creek Wind... [more]
Building the Renewable Energy Superhighway in Texas(26/08/2008)
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) recently gave initial approval for the construction of approximately $5 billion in transmission facilities to bring wind energy from West Texas to the central part of the state to provide more renewable energy. Environmentalists and renewable energy supporters hailed the decision as one of the most significant orders in the nation. With the transmission lines in place, thousands more wind turbines can be built, more than doubling the state’s renewabl... [more]
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