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In March 2011, the European Commission published the overall decarbonisation roadmap covering the whole economy. All sectors, power generation, transport, residential, industry and agriculture, were analysed. The Commission has also been preparing sectoral roadmaps, among which the Energy Roadmap 2050 is the last one, focusing on the whole energy sector.
In order to cut emissions by over 80% by 2050, Europe's energy production will have to be almost carbon-free. How to achieve this without d... [more]
Puget Sound Energy is constructing its 343-megawatt Lower Snake River Wind Project - Phase I, in southeast Washington’s Garfield County. When all 149 turbines are erected and operating in spring 2012, the facility will be PSE’s largest wind-power operation and one of the largest in the Pacific Northwest – generating enough electricity to serve up to 100,000 homes.
Final assembly of the first turbine had been delayed for a week by high winds, gusting at times above 70 mph. The first of the pr... [more]
Saint-Laurent Énergies is owned by two long-standing companies in the renewable energy industry: EDF Énergies Nouvelles and RES Canada Inc. In May 2008, the two companies were selected by Hydro-Québec to develop five wind farms totaling 954 MW of capacity. Saint-Laurent Énergies was created shortly afterwards to develop, supervise construction and the operation of the wind farms.
Saint-Laurent Énergies has now obtained an Order in Council from the Government of Quebec for the construction and... [more]
ACCIONA Energy's Lamèque Wind Power Project located in the Acadian Peninsula of New Brunswick, initiated by La Coopérative d’Énergie Renouvelable de Lamèque, has a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement with New Brunswick Power and is set for an early 2011 commissioning date. The 45 MW Lamèque Wind Power Project will be ACCIONA Energy’s fourth wind farm in Canada.
ACCIONA Energy will invest approximately 115 million Canadian dollars in the Lamèque Wind Power Project. The project will consist of thi... [more]
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 entered into a two-year green electricity purchase agreement with Goodwill Industries International. Co... [more]
The Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP) scheme was closed to applications on Monday 24 May 2010, and although projects which have already applied for funding will be considered, no new applications can now be made.
Dimplex has expressed concern over the sudden closure of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme following the new coalition government’s withdrawal of grant funding for renewables projects as part of its plan to make immediate spending cuts of £6 billion.
The scheme has been key t... [more]
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