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| Chicago Unveils Multifaceted Plan to Curb Emissions of Heat-Trapping Gases |  |
| The blueprint would change the city?s building codes to promote energy efficiency, and it calls for installing huge solar panels at municipal properties and building alternative fueling stations.
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| No fine for not meeting `green` standard | |
| CARSON CITY, Nev. - Nevada`s biggest power companies will once again avoid paying fines for failing to meet mandated levels of "green" or renewable energy usage, under terms of a tentative agreement outlined ... |
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| GE Energy Announces Second Wind Turbine Agreement Exceeding $1 Billion With Invenergy | |
| GE Energy has secured its second contract over $1 billion in recent months with Invenergy Wind LLC to provide wind turbines for new projects that will further increase North America`s rapidly growing supply of clean, wind-generated electricity. |
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| GE Energy Supports Department of Energy`s Commitment to "20% Wind Energy By 2030" | |
| Victor Abate, Vice President-Renewables for GE Energy, today released the following statement supporting the U.S. Department of Energy`s call for wind energy to meet 20% of U.S. electricity consumption by the year 2030: |
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| GE Energy`s Installed Fleet of 1.5-Megawatt Wind Turbines Surpasses 115 Million Hours of Operation Worldwide | |
| GE Energy, the leading U.S. supplier of wind turbines, announced today at WindPower 2008 that its installed fleet of 1.5-megawatt wind turbines has surpassed 115 million operating hours in commercial service worldwide. |
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| Taking Care Of Earth | |
| One of the biggest music events ever is taking place this year. India is set to host a new installment of Live Earth, which will feature tons of celebrities in an effort to raise funds for solar energy. |
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| Chicago outlines plan to slash greenhouse gases | |
| Mayor Richard M. Daley has announced a plan to dramatically slash emissions of heat-trapping gases, part of an effort to fight global warming and become one of the greenest cities in the nation.The plan calls for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to three-fourths of 1990 levels by 2020 through more energy-efficient buildings, using clean and renewable energy sources, improving transportation and reducing industrial pollution.`We can`t solve the world`s climate change problem in Chicago, but we can do our part,` said Daley on Thursday. `We have a shared responsibility to protect our planet.` |
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| Marquiss Turbines Connected to Northern California Grid | |
| Marquiss Wind Power Inc. announced that its wind turbine technology has met the requirements issued by two Northern California electric utilities to connect to the power grid. Pacific Gas & Electric and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District recently approved the connections. |
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| Mexico`s President Applauds Landfill Gas Plant | |
| Earlier this week, Mexican President Felipe Calderon toured Monterrey`s newly expanded landfill gas-to-energy project where he praised GE Energy`s Jenbacher gas engine power plant as "a model renewable energy project" for Latin America. |
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| SBD Plans Solar Farm on Property in Florida | |
| SBD International Inc., a solar power systems integrator, has announced that it will seek at least a partial rezoning of the property in which it has a joint venture interest in Chiefland, Florida to allow construction of a small solar farm with a capacity of up to 20 megawatts (MW). |
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| Michigan lawmakers pass electricity legislation that requires green energy, limits choice | |
| Lawmakers in Michigan approved a plan that requires more electricity to come from renewable sources, raises residential rates, restricts competition among power companies and aims to make homes and businesses ... |
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