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Winter: Not A Good Season For Renewable Energy Production

Posted by Environmental Leader on 26/12/2008

Winter may not be a good time for renewable energy production: biodiesel congeals in tanks, solar panels generate less power because there is less sun and wind turbine blades ice up, New York Times reports.Last year a Summit Stage bus stalled in the middle of the night on Interstate 70 in the Col ...

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U.S. Navy Cuts Energy Consumption 12%

Posted by Environmental Leader on 26/12/2008

Pushed by federal legislative mandates and the need to save money on energy costs, the U.S. Navy has reduced its overall consumption level by 12 percent as of this year, reports the Federal Times.No additional funds were allocated for the effort, so the Navy is using “share-in-savings” ...

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UN: CDM Increasing Emission-Saving Initiatives, Critics Disagree

Posted by Environmental Leader on 26/12/2008

The United Nations claims that its Clean Development Mechanism  (CDM) is causing an increase in emission-saving initiatives around the world, BusinessGreen reports.The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) year-end snap shot of CDM projects (PDF) reveals that the number of projects between 200 ...

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Russia: Gas News

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 24/12/2008

Siberian Light and Robert Amsterdam's blog write about “the annual Russo-Ukrainian gas crisis”; the latter also writes about the fledgling “gas OPEC.”

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Yamaha Installs Wind, Solar Systems at Nakaze Plant

Posted by Environmental Leader on 23/12/2008

Yamaha Motor has installed both solar and wind powered generating systems at its Nakaze Plant as part of its initiatives to employ alternative energy sources to replace petroleum fuels.The company says the solar and wind powered systems generate about 26,000 kilo-watt hours of energy annually and ...

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