Category: Green Building LEED News
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Rwanda’s First Utility-Scale Solar Plant to Provide Electricity to Powerless Communities
[caption id="attachment_322113" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo credit: Rwandapost.org[/caption] Construction has begun on the first utility-scale solar plant in Rwanda. Norwegian company Scatec Solar will build an 8.5-megawatt (MW) plant in Rwanda as a result of striking a 23.7 million deal with developer Gigawatt Global Coöperatief and Norfund, Norway’s international development fund, according to statement from the company. Scheduled for completion this summer, the…
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Meet Tom Steyer, the Angel for the Environment
The billionnaire is building to Koch Brothers scale, but the money will be spent to get action on climate change and to reject the Keystone pipeline.
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Hawaii Creates Test Bed for Energy Storage Technologies
Companies can test their pre-commercial technologies at this unique renewable energy-powered facility.
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Illinois Ranks #1 for LEED-Certified Projects in 2013
The top 10 states added close to 2000 LEED projects last year.
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Trading Water for Fuel is Fracking Crazy
It would be difficult to live without oil and gas. But it would be impossible to live without water. Yet, in our mad rush to extract and sell every drop of gas and oil as quickly as possible, we’re trading precious water for fossil fuels. A recent report, Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Stress, shows the severity…