http://www.ecofriendnews.com/Latest environmental technology, recycling and renewable energy newsenEco Friend News PortalEco Friend News Portalhttp://www.ecofriendnews.com/environmental_article9614.htmlThu, 18 Mar 2010 13:38:19 GMTThanks to an innovative 'Green Tower Block' scheme run by West North West Homes Leeds (WNWHL), residents of a Leeds tower block have saved a combined GBP10,000 on their annual fuel bills and reduced carbon emissions by over 7,000 tonnes over the last year. The scheme which began ...http://www.ecofriendnews.com/environmental_article9612.htmlThu, 18 Mar 2010 13:32:37 GMTAt a time of concern over climate change, volatile energy prices and uncertainty over future supply, Larkfleet Group has launched Lark Energy to provide affordable and sustainable heat and power to Larkfleet's customers. Lark Energy will focus on developing cleaner, locally s ...http://www.ecofriendnews.com/environmental_article9609.htmlWed, 17 Mar 2010 12:38:45 GMTThanks to a GBP57m government funded interest free loan programme that enables the installation of simple energy efficiency measures, public sector bodies including schools, hospitals and local authorities are expected to save a projected lifetime total of GBP244m in reduced energy b ...http://www.ecofriendnews.com/environmental_article9613.htmlWed, 17 Mar 2010 12:38:37 GMTWater Efficiency in Kent, to be held in Ashford, Kent on April 12, is being organised by the Institute of Water in association with the Kent Water Demand Management Group and will bring together speakers from Government and the industry. Employees from water companies in Kent ...http://www.ecofriendnews.com/environmental_article9610.htmlTue, 16 Mar 2010 11:27:32 GMTAylesford Newsprint is one of only four paper mills based in the UK that manufactures 100% recycled newsprint from recovered newspapers and magazines. Located just outside Maidstone in Kent, the mill is within the Tonbridge and Malling area and so ideally situated to receive the ...http://www.ecofriendnews.com/environmental_article9611.htmlTue, 16 Mar 2010 11:27:19 GMTJohn Swinney MSP has presented the top prize at the annual Scottish Awards for Quality in Planning to representatives of Scottish Power for their Whitelee Wind Farm Europe's largest onshore wind farm which can provide carbon free power from its 140 turbines to 180,000 homes. ...http://www.ecofriendnews.com/environmental_article9607.htmlMon, 15 Mar 2010 12:20:40 GMTFirst Solar, Inc. has sold a 30 megawatt (AC) photovoltaic solar power project to Southern Company and Turner Renewable Energy. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Cimarron I Solar Project is adjacent to the Vermejo Park Ranch in northern New Mexico. Fir ...http://www.ecofriendnews.com/environmental_article9606.htmlMon, 15 Mar 2010 12:18:49 GMTBeacon Power Corporation has shipped, installed and connected a Smart Energy 25 (Gen 4) flywheel energy storage system at a wind farm in Tehachapi, California. The system is part of a wind power/flywheel demonstration project being carried out for the California Energy Commissio ...http://www.ecofriendnews.com/environmental_article9605.htmlFri, 12 Mar 2010 11:35:10 GMTSunEdison, a division of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. has received final approval from the Italian government to develop and construct a 72 Megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar power plant in Northeastern Italy, near the town of Rovigo. When completed, this is expected to be the l ...http://www.ecofriendnews.com/environmental_article9604.htmlFri, 12 Mar 2010 11:31:27 GMTChevron Energy Solutions, a unit of Chevron Corporation, and East Side Union High School District in San Jose, California, have announced the start of construction on a 3.7-megawatt solar project that is expected to provide more than $1.5 million in budget relief to the district' ...