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[9 Feb 2010 | One Comment | 1,157 views]
Facebook Employs Coal to Power Data Server Center

Facebook, the social networking giant, has turned to a coal-firing power plant to maintain their data center in Prineville, Oregon despite previous claims that the center would utilize renewable energy resources. Hydro power, a much cleaner and renewable source of energy, is made available through the local Bonneville Power Administration (BPA); however, as costs continue on the up-and-up due to demand, it has evidently made more business sense…

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[31 Dec 2009 | No Comment | 1,321 views]
Green Energy Investments: Cleantech on the Rise in 2010

In spite of the dubious Copenhagen climate change talks, cleantech investing is set to have a successful year in 2010 – according to a recent survey performed by Jefferies investment banking group. The analysis report confirms that investments will remain strong, particularly overseas in Europe. To add, market analyst firm New Energy Finance expects…

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[10 Aug 2009 | One Comment | 1,038 views]
Greenshipping.com Offers Distinct Service to Introduce Carbon Neutral Shipping

Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) has partnered with Green Shipping to offer an exceptional web service which enables both individuals and businesses to offset current carbon emissions that are naturally discharged from utilizing their shipping services. These days, shipping is certainly not green from any standpoint because of wasted paper, CO2 production from machinery, commercial…

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[23 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 824 views]
Economic Development Corp Grants $700,000 to Renewable Energy Projects

The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation has granted $681,875 in renewable energy funds to 17 regional projects; the largest lump sum offered through the Renewable Energy Fund since the EDC took over endowment responsibilities a year before. Fourteen of the seventeen cash grants will be dedicated toward practicability studies of wind turbines…

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[10 May 2009 | 4 Comments | 2,634 views]
Washington State Commits to Micro Hydropower Dams

Last year, Snohomish County Public Utility District in Washington State purchased a miniature dam – measuring 6 feet in length and 35 feet wide – which provides renewable energy to hundreds of homes near Monroe. The project was so lucrative that the public utility has elected to construct more micro hydro dams throughout the district in upper reaches of streams and creeks. The group has said they would like to build as many as ten new dams in the next ten years to help supply a significant and reliable source of green energy…