
SunEdison, North America’s largest solar energy services provider and a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, has activated the first phase of its 16-megawatt solar farm in Davidson County, N.C. The first phase of the project represents 4 megawatts of generation capacity and is comprised of more than 14,000 solar panels that will generate over 6 million kilowatt hours of electricity in the first year of operation. Duke Energy is buying the...

SunEdison, North America’s largest solar energy services provider, a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE: WFR) and Developers Diversified Realty, the owner, manager and developer of a dynamic international portfolio of highly valued shopping centers, today announced the activation of five solar power projects in Princeton, Hamilton and Union, New Jersey. This activation is the first phase of Developers Diversified’s national rooftop...

MWH, the global wet infrastructure sector leader and provider of environmental engineering, construction and strategic consulting services, and joint venture partner Energoprojekt Co. Ltd., helped celebrate the completion of the $350 million Tekeze Hydropower Project in northern Ethiopia. The government-funded project – and tallest dam in Africa at 188 meters-high – is expected to provide a reliable, renewable source of power for the country that...

Echelon Corporation announced broad support for Enterprise Energy Management solutions (EEM) based on Echelon’s technology. EEM encompasses multi-site energy management solutions that deliver cost savings and operational improvements to quick-service restaurants (QSR), schools, banks, retail and convenience stores, data centers and other locations. Based on Echelon’s LonWorks® control networking technology, and featuring the new i.LON® SmartServer...

Towering over the Philadelphia skyline at an amazing 58 stories (975 feet), the city’s new Comcast Center is a high-performance sustainable building, with an abundance of features that will conserve energy and reduce impact on the environment. Designed to receive LEED® certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, Comcast Center uses 40 percent less water than the average office building, and the building’s water fixtures will save more...

Office Depot, a leading global provider of office products and services, today announced that its “Green” retail store prototype has received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The USGBC’s LEED system is widely recognized as the benchmark for green building design, construction, operations and maintenance. Office Depot received the Gold Rating for the Company’s...

When Michael Schwartz, an Eco-Solutionist for Waste Management, Inc.’s Green Squad unit, attended the Greenbuild Conference and Expo in Boston a couple of weeks ago, his goal was to see if aluminum could help the movie industry go greener. He didn’t expect to also win an Apple iMac encased in recyclable aluminum. But he did. Schwartz was one of hundreds of visitors who stopped at the Alcoa booth to discuss aluminum as a green building material....
Global Solar Energy, a leading manufacturer of Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide (CIGS) thin-film solar cells, today announced the full operation of the largest solar electric array worldwide using CIGS photovoltaic (PV) technology. The 750-kilowatt (kW) system, located at Global Solar’s manufacturing facility in Tucson, is the first commercial-scale deployment of the company’s highly efficient CIGS thin-film solar technology and will help power...
North American design firm Stantec announced it has offered to acquire Jacques Whitford, an environmental consulting services firm with more than 1,700 employees and 40 offices principally in Canada. The company’s trailing twelve month gross revenue is approximately C$230.0 million and net revenue is about C$170.0 million. The transaction, expected to be completed in January 2009, is subject to satisfactory due diligence, regulatory approvals,...
GFI Energy Ventures LLC announced today the completion of the sale of its portfolio company, NORESCO, one of the largest providers of energy management and performance contracting services in the United States, to Carrier Corp., the world’s largest provider of HVAC and refrigeration solutions and a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. NORESCO was previously owned by the OCM/GFI Power Opportunities Fund II, L.P., a private equity fund co-managed...