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| PepsiCo takes top spot in global warming battle |  |
| Guess what corporate global warming fighter the Environmental Protection Agency will crown its national "green power" kingpin ...
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| PepsiCo Now at Top of U.S. REC Purchasers | |
| PepsiCo today announced a three-year purchase of renewable energy certificates (RECs) that are comprised of more than 1 billion kilowatt-hours annually, to offset 100% of purchased electricity used by all PepsiCo U.S. facilities. With this purchase PepsiCo now tops EPA`s list of top-25 green power purchasers. |
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| Raser Secures Eight Geothermal Leases in Utah | |
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| DTE Energy Offers Renewable Energy Option | |
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| Colorado Governor Bill Ritter and U.S. Senator Ken Salazar Break Ground on 8.22-Megawatt Photovoltaic Solar Plant | |
| An 82-acre tract in south central Colorado will be the site for one of the largest photovoltaic power plants in the United States. Dignitaries including Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, U.S. Senator Ken Salazar, and executives from SunEdison and Xcel Energy spoke at today`s groundbreaking ceremony for the 8.22-megawatt Alamosa Photovoltaic Solar Plant. The solar plant is financed and will be built and maintained by SunEdison, North America`s leading solar energy services provider. Xcel Energy will buy the solar power generated by the Alamosa plant, which is scheduled for completion by early 2008. |
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| Energy, Ethics and Feed-in Tariffs | |
| After more than a year of researching and writing on feed-in tariffs (FITs), I`m still amazed at how many people haven`t heard of them -- especially people who by right should be shouting the subject from the rooftops. I refer in general to environmental campaigners, but also to the "can-do" types who see in renewable energy a personal economic opportunity and/or a chance to relieve the pressure on the climate system. |
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| Think installing and using alternative energy is difficult? | |
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| Kohl`s Readies its California Rooftops for Solar Power | |
| Kohl`s Corporation (NYSE: KSS) today announced its plans to convert more than 75 percent of its California locations to solar power. Initial construction will begin in May on the Laguna Niguel and Visalia Kohl`s locations. In total, 24 of Kohl`s 80 California locations will mark the company`s immediate entry into solar energy. Within the state, Kohl`s also is pursuing permits and approvals for an additional 40 or more locations. |
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| PepsiCo Makes Nation`s Largest RECs Purchase | |
| PepsiCo, one of the world`s largest food and beverage companies, announced that it will purchase enough Green-e certified renewable energy certificates (RECs) to match the purchased electricity used by all PepsiCo U.S.-based manufacturing facilities, headquarters, distribution centers and regional offices. The three-year purchase totals more than one billion kWh annually, making PepsiCo the nation`s largest corporate purchaser of RECs, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency`s (EPA) Green Power ... |
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| Baxter Headquarters Goes `Carbon Neutral` with RECs Purchase | |
| Baxter International Inc., a global healthcare company, announced that it has purchased 15.5 million kWh of Green-e certified renewable energy certificates (RECs) to match the annual electricity use of its corporate headquarters in Deerfield, Ill. The company is also offsetting its natural gas use by purchasing credits on the Chicago Climate Exchange, of which Baxter is one of the founding members. The RECs are being supplied by Constellation ... |
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