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It is surprisingly easy to leave yourself open to claims of Greenwashing!

It is surprisingly easy to leave yourself open to claims of Greenwashing!

By Tom Raftery on May 10, 2010

Companies need to take a lot of care when making Green claims. The whole Green energy space is massively complex and it is surprisingly easy to leave yourself open to claims of Greenwashing. What do I mean? Well, take the Irish energy sector, for example. Anyone who generates electricity in Ireland, which is to be […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged electricity, greenwashing, Ireland, renewables, sem, single electricity market, Sustainable energy, wind energy, Wind power

Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 04/09/2010

Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 04/09/2010

By Tom Raftery on April 9, 2010

Iowa, Texas tops [US] in wind power efforts Iowa and Texas lead the nation in wind energy efforts, according to the annual report released Thursday from the American Wind Energy Association. Iowa claims the title for the state with the largest percentage of electricity from wind energy. As of the end of 2009, over 14 […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged climate group, coal, doe, EcoFactor, electricity, exxon mobil, General Electric, google, GreenNumbers, massey energy, mining, smart thermostat, wind energy, Wind power

Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 03/26/2010

Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 03/26/2010

By Tom Raftery on March 26, 2010

Here is this Friday’s Green Numbers round-up: GE Announces Major European Offshore Wind Expansion with a Planned €340 Million Investment for Manufacturing, Engineering and Service Facilities in Four Countries GE today announced plans to invest approximately €340 million to develop or expand its wind turbine manufacturing, engineering and service facilities in four European countries—the United […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged 1e, Carbon footprint, coal, Corporate Responsibility Magazine, duke energy, energy star, environmental protection agency, ford, freedom of information, GreenNumbers, ibm, Los Angeles, offshore wind, smarter cities, water, Wind power

Is there really any need for baseload power?

Is there really any need for baseload power?

By Tom Raftery on March 17, 2010

Photo credit wonderferret The electricity grid may not need “baseload” generation sources like coal and nuclear to backup the variability of supply from renewables. Jon Wellinghof is the Chairman of the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). FERC is an independent agency that amongst other things, regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged baseload, coal, coal fired power, Electricity generation, ferc, Fossil fuel, Nuclear power, Renewable energy, renewables, solar, utilities, Wind power

Friday’s Green Numbers round-up 01/15/2010

Friday’s Green Numbers round-up 01/15/2010

By Tom Raftery on January 15, 2010

Photo credit arekiiu
Here is today’s Friday Green numbers round-up:

TVA purchasing up to 815MW wind power from Kansas and Illinois
TVA has inked four deals to purchase wind power generated in Illinois and Kansas.
The federal utility said today that the contracts will allow it to purchase up to 815 megawatts of renewable wind energy, and will […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged bev, cfl, doe, electric vehicle, GreenNumbers, led, Natural gas, new york, oil, phev, Renewable energy, scotland, t boone pickens, tva, wind energy, Wind power

Green Numbers round-up 12/18/2009

Green Numbers round-up 12/18/2009

By Tom Raftery on December 18, 2009

Photo credit MildlyDiverting
Welcome to this Friday’s Green numbers round-up!

IBM Reveals Five Innovations that Will Change Cities in the Next Five Years
IBM unveiled a list of innovations that have the potential to change how people live, work and play in cities around the globe over the next five to ten years:
· […]

Posted in Business | Tagged brazil, ccs, green numbers, GreenNumbers, ibm, mobile sustainability, Smart Cities, Wind power

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