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 July 30, 2007
New York's Marriot Marquis has seen the light. It has upgraded the lighting infrastructure inside its nearly 2,000 room, 50 story hotel to cut energy consumption by 790,000 kilowatt-hours per year.
Commercial and industrial sites are often some of the most voracious users of energy. Because a lot of industrial facilities are old, for example, they may be using antiquated equipment that is not energy efficient. Many companies are realizing that they can save big bucks if they implement some sensible conservation features and apply new operating procedures. Business can't control the price of energy. But they can manage how much power they use. Going green is, indeed, paying off. |
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 July 23, 2007
The Japanese nuclear industry is under fire. The sector there has been attacked for years for documented lax safety procedures. But it was a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that set off radiation leaks and flames that is prompting the latest surge of scrutiny.
A central question is whether the recent malfunctions and cover-ups in Japan will have an affect on the nuclear renaissance that is underway in the United States. It's unlikely. Certainly, the accident gives opponents the ammunition they need to continue to wage battle against the industry. But it also gives proponents some fodder. Notably, despite being hit with a huge quake, little damage was suffered and certainly not enough to cause danger to the environment or to human life. |
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 August 6, 2007
While parts of the Middle East are racked with turmoil, other areas are peaceful and inviting. Private interests are becoming major suppliers and building new power-related facilities. Though incremental, the openness is essential if countries there are to meet their expected future need for electricity.
Open borders may seem ironic given the war now taking place in Iraq and the current hostilities with Iran. But the majority of Middle Easterners and North Africans know that outside investment is critical and that their nations must work to build more attractive economic models. As a result, those countries have largely dispensed of the notion that foreign investors are imperialistic. |
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July 25, 2007
Look for explosive growth in offshore wind in the near future -- at least overseas.
David Still, managing director of Clipper Windpower Europe, based in London, said that the United Kingdom looks to obtain 20 percent of its energy from renewable power by 2020, and three-quarters of that will come from wind. |
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July 18. 2007
Ground level ozone standards may get tougher. If the experts have their way, they will. But industry says that those pollution levels are dropping and advises to stay the course.
The Environmental Protection Agency is under court order to review and possibly revise its national ozone air pollution standard that is now set at 80 parts per billion over eight hours. It appears that the regulatory agency will take the middle ground and choose to set the new "smog" standard at around 70-75 parts per billion over eight hours. That's still less stringent the 60 parts per billion that EPA's own experts suggested. |
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