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3Degrees’ partners include utilities & Load-Serving Entities (LSEs) such as the City of Palo Alto Utilities and Dominion Resources, renewable energy project owners, institutions and non-profits such as Northwestern University, and businesses such as Whole Foods Market and Starbucks.
The plant sources its electricity from renewable energy sources provided by AGL Energy under a 20-year contract at an annual cost initially estimated at over $75 million per year (for the first 50 GL plant);.
He was also co-creator and head of the Green Energy Parks initiative, a joint program between the Department of the Interior’s National Park Service and the Department of Energy, which promotes renewable and energy efficient technology throughout the national park system.
In September 2004, Artists For Humanity completed its 100% renewable energy EpiCenter, a 23,500 square foot center designed and developed to house expanded programming and gallery in Boston's Fort Point artist district.
AutoShare offers its members full size Chevy Express Cargo Vans, the Toyota Prius family of hybrids, and alternative fuel vehicles - including the 100% Electric Nissan Leaf, Chevy Volt,and Mitsubishi i-MiEV- buying electricity from renewable-energy provider Bullfrog Power.
In 2009, Bluefire announced a teaming agreement with Solazyme, a renewable oil production company and leading algal synthetic biology company, that sugars produced through BlueFire's patented process will be used by Solazyme to produce various oils for fuel production.
In 2007, O'Leary presented a paper titled "Renewable and Unconventional Energy for a Sustainable Future: Can We Convert in Time?", at the International Energy Conference and Exhibition in Daegu, South Korea.
Buchanan Renewable Energies, a firm based in Toronto, Canada that processes chips from rubber tree trunks into biofuel, has begun operations in the city.
City of Chula Vista, recognized for its Climate Change Protection Program across all city departments to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy, foster alternative vehicle use, improve water efficiency, and design walkable transit friendly communities.
In 1996 the first full-scale commercial gasifier with this technology was delivered to Weyerhaeuser's New Bern plant in a collaboration between Chemrec and the U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy division.
He served as a district representative for former U.S. Representative Mark Kennedy for five years, and also worked as a Rural Development Specialist for the United States Department of Agriculture, designing and facilitating outreach plans and strategies for rural businesses and renewable energy efforts.
Groups honoring Cielo Wind Power’s environmental achievements are Ecology Action, Public Citizen Texas, City of Austin Environmental Board, and the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association.
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Cielo Wind Power is a member of or associated with the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association, the American Wind Energy Association, the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas, Gulf Coast Power, the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association, the Southwestern Cattleman’s Association, the National Association of Tower Erectors, and the Fort Stockton, McCamey and Ozona Chambers of Commerce.
In August 2009, The Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission, Ahmed Al-Gazali, and the Head of Civil Service, Stephen Osagiede Oronsaye, initiated a new tenure policy that provides a four-year term renewable once for permanent secretaries and eight-year term for directors.
Masayoshi Son, an advocate for renewable energy, however, has pointed out that the government estimates for nuclear power did not include the costs for reprocessing the fuel or disaster insurance liability.
The new entity formed De Dietrich Remeha, becomes one of Europe's largest heating industry player, particularly in the fields of condensing boilers and renewable energies.
Under the Presidency of Carlos Flores, decrees No. 85-98 and 267-98 were approved in 1998 by the Honduras Congress with the aim of promoting the development of renewable energy-generating plants.
the National Energy Act of 1978, including the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA), which required utilities to provide residential consumers with energy conservation audits and other services to encourage slower growth of electricity demand, and was intended to promote renewable energy with the result of promoting mainly co-generation;
Hydroelectricity in Turkey is the largest renewable source of electricity however solar power looks likely to increase rapidly.
Tidal power is also renewable, in the sense that it will continue for as long as the Moon orbits the Earth.
Eurosolar is the non-profit European Association for Renewable Energy that conducts its work independently of political parties, institutions, commercial enterprises and interest groups.
In Malaysia, each of four non-monarchical states (Penang, Malacca, Sabah and Sarawak) has a ceremonial Governor styled Yang di-Pertua Negeri, appointed to renewable four-year terms by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the federal King of Malaysia on the advice of the Prime Minister after consulting the state governments.
(MI-Division), Integra Hindustan Control Ltd, SETCO Automotive, CEAT Tyres, Raychem RPG, GUNNEBO, Panchmahal Steel,Ambe International,EBENEZER CAST, Grandtech Engineering works, Yadav Engineering works,Gamesa Wind Turbines Pvt Ltd, Windar Renewable Energy, Siemens,Spire Industries Pvt.
Atwater is an MRS Fellow and has been honored by awards including the 2012 ENI award for Renewable and Non-Conventional Energy; MRS Kavli Lecturer in Nanoscience in 2010; Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award, 2010; Joop Los Fellowship from the Dutch Society for Fundamental Research on Matter in 2005, A.T. & T. Foundation Award, 1990; NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1989; IBM Faculty Development Award, 1989-1990; Member, Bohmische Physical Society, 1990; IBM Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1987.
Wood: The trees on Easter Island were a renewable resource but all were cut down in the 17th century, following the Hubbert bell curve, but could be restored.
He uploaded a study about the economic effects of renewable energy onto the Internet in March 2009, which led to Jim Sensenbrenner inviting him to testify about how, according to Alvarez, investing in renewable energy would lead to net jobs losses before the United States Select Committee on Energy Independence.
At the conclusion of this assignment, Jean-Pierre Jouyet was then nominated by President Sarkozy on the 14 November 2008 to become Chairman of the French securities regulator, the AMF (l’Autorité des Marchés Financiers), to replace Michel Prada, at the end of his non-renewable 5 year mandate, on 15 December 2008.
Kyoto Energy Ltd. was a founding partner of the Kyoto Institute of Renewable Energy, a public-private partnership between Kyoto Energy Ltd. and the Narok University College (a sub-constituent of Moi University).
In 1987, the World Commission on Environment and Development(WCED), an organization independent from, but created by, the United Nations, published Our Common Future, in which a particular subset of presently operating nuclear fission technologies, and nuclear fusion were both classified as renewable.
Pennsylvania Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Festival is a three-day festival held every September in Kempton, located in Berks County, Pennsylvania featuring speakers, exhibitors, artists, musicians, films, children's activities, and workshops on topics related to renewable energy, sustainable living, agriculture, forestry, natural building techniques, healthy cooking, and healthy lifestyle.
Most Smith & Fong products earn the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Credit MRc6 for Rapidly Renewable Materials, EQ 4.4: No Added Urea Formaldehyde for plywood and EQ 4.3 for flooring.
This free market approach presented investment opportunity and government encouragement for more development of environment-friendly, renewable energy projects and technologies; the law created a market in which non-utility Independent Power Producers developed, and some energy market players failed.
This process was first applied to renewable energy by Joseph Brant Arseneau and his team at IBM.
Other critics such as Maria McCaffery, chief executive of RenewableUK, a trade body that represents more than 600 wind and marine energy firms, says the Renewable Energy Foundation's true purpose is diametrically opposed to the interests of the wind energy industry.
In a 2010 Chicago Council on Global Affairs public opinion survey, an overwhelming 91 percent believed "investing in renewable energy" is important for the United States to remain economically competitive with other countries, with 62 percent considering this very important.
Certified renewable energy generators earn certificates for every unit of electricity they produce and can sell these along with their electricity to supply companies.
The Utilities Act 2000 gives the Secretary of State the power to require electricity suppliers to supply a certain proportion of their total sales in the United Kingdom from electricity generated from renewable sources.
Goodman was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2002 and also chaired the Agriculture, Food and Renewable Resources section of the AAAS.
The funding was led by two privately held companies involved in the development of renewable energy, chemicals and biotechnology: Flint Hills Resources, a subsidiary of Koch Industries, and Life Technologies.
The hydro project had received backing from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) which had been assisting the Samoan government and its Electric Power Corporation (EPC) to make high priority investment in renewable energy project.
The decision to use renewable energy was made with 'Agenda 21' of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit in mind, which has sustainable development at its heart.
He initiated and organized in Rio de Janeiro several congresses (RIO 02/3/5/6/9 - World Climate & Energy Events) and the Latin America Renewable Energy Fair (LAREF), to sustain the vision of the UNCED Earth Summit of Rio 1992 in that area.
ECA also owns Virginia College Online, which offers distance education academic programs via the Internet; Golf Academy of America; Culinard, the Culinary Institute of Virginia College, offering degrees in the culinary arts; and Ecotech Institute, offering degrees in fields of renewable energy, sustainable design, and energy efficiency.
One of the major accomplishments of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, South Africa, was the recognition that renewable energy is a critical component of sustainable development, energy security, climate change, and air quality.
He has served on numerous national and international boards and working groups, including the board of the Netherlands' Physical Society (NNV), the Dutch division of the International Solar Energy Society, the working group on renewable energy of the World Energy Council, the working group on energy supply mitigation options of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for Development of the United Nations (UN-CENRD).
The Institute for Solar Energy Supply Technology of the University of Kassel pilot-tested a combined power plant linking solar, wind, biogas and hydrostorage to provide load-following power around the clock, entirely from renewable sources.