Tag: business
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How Offshore Wind Turbines Could Have Calmed Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy
By Tim Radford U.S. engineers have thought of a new way to take the heat out of a hurricane. Fortuitously-placed offshore wind farms could make dramatic reductions in wind speeds and storm surge wave heights. Hurricanes are capricious consequences of peculiar sea temperature and wind conditions, while wind farms are the outcome of years of…
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Study Surveys Veterans’ Powerful Presence in U.S. Solar Energy Industry
For the first time, a report has gauged the contributions of veterans in the U.S. solar industry. According to Veterans in Solar: Securing America’s Energy Future, released today by Operation Free and The Solar Foundation, 9.3 percent of the workers in the nation’s solar sector are veterans. That’s good for 13,192 employees who happen to be veterans of…
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Hundreds of California Businesses Band Together in Face of Devastating Drought
Some of the nation’s most successful businesses are located in California, and they are also among the most concerned about the state’s worst drought in centuries. As a result, they have signed the Climate Declaration, a call to action urging federal and state legislators to address climate change. The list of new signatories includes the likes of Apple, Clif…
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Arizona Air Force Base Celebrates Largest Solar Array of Any on U.S. Department of Defense Grounds
There are at least 700 renewable energy projects on U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) grounds. The department’s largest solar array was launched this month in Arizona. The Davis-Monthan Air Force base (D-M) in Tucson, AZ celebrated the ribbon cutting of a 16.4-megawatt photovoltaic solar array earlier this month. The array is powerful enough to provide electricity to 3,000 homes…
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New Greenpeace Website Exposes Financier Behind Huge Coal Project Proposals in Pacific Northwest
A new website developed by Greenpeace seeks to expose the lengths a private equity investor has gone to support those who want to export coal from the Northwest U.S. to Asia. RossBhappu.com chronicles Ross Bhappu’s key role in coal export proposals in Oregon and Washington, bankrolling Australia-based Ambre Energy—a company that one day hopes to export more…