Tag: Featured Business
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Solar Industry Thanks Obama for SOTU Shout Out
After announcing that its employment growth rate was 10 times better than the national average, a shout out from President Barack Obama made the solar industry’s week even better. “Every four minutes, another American home or business goes solar, every panel pounded into place by a worker whose job can’t be outsourced,” Obama said during…
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Study Wrongly Predicts Electric Cars Won’t Reduce Pollution
By Roland Hwang A new study from North Carolina State purportedly shows that electric vehicles (EV) won’t reduce pollution in the long term. A closer look at detailed results reveals that the study actually shows the opposite: that higher electric vehicle adoption can significantly reduce carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions. That’s…
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World’s Most Powerful Wind Turbine Swings Into Gear
By Ari Phillips On Tuesday the world’s largest and most powerful wind turbine swung into gear at the Danish National Test Center for Large Wind Turbines in Osterild, Denmark. The prototype V164-8.0 MW wind turbine is 720 feet tall, has 260-foot blades and can generate 8 megawatts (MW) of power—enough to supply electricity for 7,500 average European…
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India Leans on Europe to Establish Offshore Wind Industry
India wants to generate power from offshore wind farms, so the country is seeking advice from the best in the business. The European Union’s (EU) Indo-European Cooperation on Renewable Energy program has contributed $5.5 million to aid India in developing a roadmap for offshore wind development, according to the Global Wind Energy Council. Europe leads the world…
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Broadway Expands Its Green Practices to Theaters Across the U.S.
If you had the pleasure of taking in a Broadway performance in the past five years, you also witnessed sustainability taking center stage. The Broadway Green Alliance (BGR) celebrates five years of greening productions this week by launching an initiative to bring sustainable practices to theaters across the country. In collaboration with the Natural Resources Defense Council…