Category: Green Building LEED News
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America’s Fracking Boom Looks More Like a Blip According to European Study
By Sharon Kelly The fracking boom has progressed at breakneck speed across the U.S., with roughly one in 20 Americans now living within a mile of a well drilled since 2000. So, how much has the economy benefitted from this drilling surge? Not much, according to a report presented to the European Union Parliament last month, which…
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China’s Wind Output Exceeds Nuclear by 22 Percent
By J. Matthew Roney In China, wind power is leaving nuclear behind. Electricity output from China’s wind farms exceeded that from its nuclear plants for the first time in 2012, by a narrow margin. Then in 2013, wind pulled away—outdoing nuclear by 22 percent. The 135 terawatt-hours of Chinese wind-generated electricity in 2013 would be nearly enough to…
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NRG Solar, Boeing Breaking Ground on Guam’s First Solar Power Plant
NRG Energy Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary NRG Solar LLC, and The Boeing Company started construction on Dandan, Guam’s first solar power plant. NRG will bring its experience and ingenuity as a solar innovator to this project, proven by the […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Xcel Energy Plans to Add 150 MW of Solar Projects In Midwest by End of 2016
Citing the advantage of adding more solar energy at a lower customer cost, Xcel Energy submitted to state regulators a plan to add up to 150 megawatts of large-scale solar resources in its Upper Midwest service territory by the end of […] — Solar Builder magazine
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GMOs Infecting Organic Crops, Will USDA Do Anything?
The USDA pleads ignorance, but a survey of organic farmers shows rampant contamination.