<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Eco Friend News Portal</title><link>http://www.ecofriendnews.com/</link><description>Latest environmental technology, recycling and renewable energy news</description><language>en</language><generator>Eco Friend News Portal</generator><copyright>Eco Friend News Portal</copyright><item><title>MCCF to purchase carbon credits from wind farms in Estonia and Lithuania</title><link>http://www.ecofriendnews.com/environmental_article9837.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 7 Sep 2010 11:14:14 GMT</pubDate><description>Launched in December 2006 by the EBRD and the EIB, and whose participants include the governments of Finland, Belgium (Flanders), Ireland, Luxembourg, Spain and Sweden, as well as five private sector participants, the Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund (MCCF) is one of the few carbon funds dedicated specifically to countries from central Europe to central Asia.

In its first transaction in Baltics, </description></item><item><title>Wind turbine contract prices continue to decline</title><link>http://www.ecofriendnews.com/environmental_article9827.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 5 Aug 2010 13:30:49 GMT</pubDate><description>According to the third issue of the Wind Turbine Price Index (WTPI), published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, wind turbine contract prices signed in 2010 for delivery in H2 2010 and H1 2011 continue to point to a significant decline compared to 2008 prices. This reduction amounts to some 15%.

Bloomberg New Energy Finance analysis shows that turbine prices peaked at EUR 1.22m/MW for contracts  </description></item><item><title>45 MW Lameque Wind Power Project will be ACCIONA Energy's fourth wind farm in Canada</title><link>http://www.ecofriendnews.com/environmental_article9824.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 3 Aug 2010 18:07:40 GMT</pubDate><description>ACCIONA Energy's Lameque Wind Power Project located in the Acadian Peninsula of New Brunswick, initiated by La Cooperative d'Energie Renouvelable de Lameque, has a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement with New Brunswick Power and is set for an early 2011 commissioning date. The 45 MW Lameque Wind Power Project will be ACCIONA Energy's fourth wind farm in Canada.

ACCIONA Energy will invest approxima </description></item><item><title>Goodwill Industries International offsets energy use with renewable wind energy certificates from Constellation NewEnergy</title><link>http://www.ecofriendnews.com/environmental_article9823.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 3 Aug 2010 18:05:17 GMT</pubDate><description>Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) encourages and accelerates global adoption of green building and promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.

Constellation NewEnergy, Inc., has ent </description></item><item><title>O-Power hopes to make a significant contribution to the rapidly growing offshore wind market</title><link>http://www.ecofriendnews.com/environmental_article9814.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:06:22 GMT</pubDate><description>O-Power (OP) Limited, a new business, will develop new technology in offshore engineering and hopes to make a significant contribution to the rapidly growing offshore wind market. OP offers concept development and analysis, right through to the supply and installation of product. It will use the human, physical and business resources of NE England to provide attractive and competitive engineering  </description></item></channel></rss>