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September 7, 2010
Lighting Upgrades and the Environment

Electrical Wholesaling features a calculation tool for measuring the environmental impact of your lighting upgrade.

Spotlight, Business, Lighting, Environmental Impact, End Use
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August 24, 2010
Mississippi Power Orders Gas Turbines for an IGCC Power Plant

Mississippi Power Company, a subsidiary of Southern Company, will install two SGT6-PAC 5000F gas turbines in its coal-fired integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) power plant using Southern Company's TRIG gasification technology.

News, Coal Power Plants, Utility Generation, Environmental Impact
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August 24, 2010
Evaluating Alternative Fuel Effectiveness in Waste Collection Fleets

Refuse fleets testing alternative fuels say it's still too early to tell what the ultimate advantages or disadvantages of their use may be.

In The Know, Electric/Hybrid vehicles, Environmental Impact, Transportation
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July 29, 2010
Climate Change Initiatives May Affect Power Reliability, says NERC Report

Climate change initiatives will require substantial changes to the bulk power system, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation announced in its Reliability Impacts of Climate Change Initiatives (RICCI) Report.

News, Reliability, Energy Delivery, Environmental Impact
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July 16, 2010
Lower Colorado River Authority Faces Lawsuit Over Clean Air Act Violations at Coal-Fired Power Plant

Three anti-pollution groups have notified the Lower Colorado River Authority of their intent to sue the electric power supplier for more than 10,000 violations of the federal Clean Air Act at LCRA’s coal-fired power plant near LaGrange in Fayette County. 

News, Coal Power Plants, Utility Generation, Environmental Impact
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June 25, 2010
Discovery Channel Show to Look at Global Energy Challenges

This July, Discovery Channel will pull back the curtains to reveal our quest for clean energy in Powering the Future, a four-hour special series produced by Discovery Studios.

News, Environmental Impact, Energy Education
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June 15, 2010
Mounting Data Reveal Gulf Spill as Unique to BP, Aberrant of Industry Norms

Newly released information confirms suspicions that the Gulf oil spill was not indicative of an industry-wide lapse but rather the failure of one company, BP, to maintain its own safety standards.

News, Oil, Utility Generation, Environmental Impact
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June 1, 2010
Alliance Formed to Commercialize Technologies That Convert Waste CO2 into Diesel Fuel Using Solar Energy

An alliance of industry, academic and government organizations, formed to commercialize technologies that will utilize concentrated solar energy to convert waste CO2 into diesel fuel, was announced today.

News, Coal Power Plants, Solar, Utility Generation, Environmental Impact
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May 10, 2010
Recent Coal Mine and Oil Rig Disasters Will Spur Faster Electric Vehicle Development and Nuclear Power Acceptance

Connect the dots from two recent, awful events and you find big implications for U.S. energy policy and transportation technology.

Insights, Electric/Hybrid vehicles, Nuclear, Coal Power Plants, Utility Generation, Environmental Impact, Transportation
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April 30, 2010
Los Angeles DWP Reports Reduction in Greenhouse Gases

On a global level, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is on target to meet the mayor’s climate action goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its power generation through a combination of energy conservation and renewable energy.

News, Energy efficiency, Greenhouse gas, Climate Change, Utility Generation, Environmental Impact, End Use