SunShare Announces Program to Provide Free Electricity
Denver CO (SPX) Sep 02, 2014 -
Flanked by more than a dozen kindergarten students, the founder of SunShare, Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock and the principal of Academy 360 public charter school have announced a new program to provide free solar energy to all families of children who attend the school.
"We are grateful to SunShare for helping us bring green, sustainable solar energy to our families. Not only are we cont ...
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Cenex Tank Program assists retailers offering E15
St. Paul MN (SPX) Sep 02, 2014 -
CHS has announced a new program to better enable some of the 1,400 Cenex branded locations to meet consumer demand for an E15 ethanol blend.
"We are excited to offer a new Cenex Tank Program, which further demonstrates CHS leadership in renewable fuels and helps keep the Cenex brand at the forefront in meeting consumer demand for ethanol blends," says Doug Dorfman, CHS vice president - ref ...
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Ceres to Expand Product Development in Sorghum and Sugarcane
Thousand Oaks CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2014 -
Ceres has announced that the company will enhance its product development programs in Brazil and expand its development activities in biotech traits for sorghum and sugarcane over the next four years. The programs will now be funded in part under the Brazilian government's PAISS Agricola initiative, which promotes agricultural innovations in sugarcane as well as other energy crops.
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VIASPACE Establishes Giant King Grass Research Collaboration With California
Walnut CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2014 -
VIASPACE has announced that the company has entered into a research collaboration with the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Division (UCANR).
The objectives of the research are to:
+ Compare the growth of Giant King Grass using subsurface drip irrigation with flood (furrow) irrigation
+ Compare individual node and whole stalk planting methods
+ E ...
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HelioSage Energy Announces Sale of 12 Solar Projects in North Carolina
Charlottesville VA (SPX) Sep 02, 2014 -
HelioSage Energy has announced the sale of a 77 MWdc / 60 MWac portfolio of development-stage solar facilities in North Carolina.
The portfolio is comprised of 12 ground-mounted solar projects sited in eastern North Carolina. Once constructed, the projects will sell power under a Power Purchase Agreement with either Duke Energy-Progress or the North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency ...
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Fukushima accepts 'temporary' radioactive waste storage
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 01, 2014 -
The governor of disaster-struck Fukushima agreed Monday to accept the "temporary" storage of nuclear waste from the Japanese accident, paving the way for an end to a years-long standoff.
Yuhei Sato has been cajoled and lavished with the promises of subsidies if he accepts a central government plan to build a depot on land near the battered Fukushima Daiichi plant.
"I have made an agonisi ...
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Solar System Transforms Fallow Land Into Money Generating Asset
Gilroy CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2014 -
In February 2013, Vista Solar installed a 792kW solar system on a block of fallow, unusable land at Uesugi Farms. In the first year of operation, the solar system generated over $100,000 in savings and has offset the farm's electric bill by more than 90%.
The savings generated has freed up funds for several organizational investments. "Just in the first year alone, we've saved about $115,0 ...
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