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Willdan Awarded $67 Million Contract by Con Edison – Yahoo! Finance
Willdan Energy Solutions, has been awarded a $67 million contract to implement Con Edison’s new energy efficiency program for small business customers. The initial contract work will commence in the current quarter, with most of the work scheduled to be completed by the end of 2011.\n\nThe program is one of several designed by Con Edison to help the State of New York achieve its energy and greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.
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NewNet News – ReneSola to begin 150MW on-grid solar power project in China
Chinese solar energy company ReneSola has been granted the right to develop a 150MW on-grid solar power project in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of Wuzhong City.
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Fluor Wins Contract for 46-MW eSolar CSP Plant – Renewable Energy World
Fluor Corporation has been awarded an engineering services contract by eSolar for the design of a 46-megawatt (MW) concentrating solar power (CSP) plant. Fluor will provide design optimization to rapidly scale eSolar’s 46 megawatt power plants. The undisclosed contract value was booked in the company’s third quarter of 2009.
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Suniva Solar Cells Surpass 18% Efficiency in Production
Suniva, the only U.S. manufacturer of high-power monocrystalline silicon solar cells, today announced that its ARTisun series solar cells are achieving conversion efficiencies of more than 18% in production, a record for screen- printed cells in regular full-scale production.
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NewNet News – Edison launches 100MW High Lonesome Mesa wind project
New Mexico Senator, Jeff Bingaman joined state and local officials and community leaders for a luncheon dedication of the High Lonesome Mesa wind energy project. All of the clean renewable energy produced at the wind project, which is owned and operated by California-based Edison Mission Group (EMG), a subsidiary of Edison International, will be sold under long-term contract to electric utility, Arizona Public Service (APS).
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Cities turn off streetlights to save money – USATODAY.com
The old-fashioned streetlight is the recession’s latest victim. To save money, some cities and towns are turning off lights, often lots of them.\n\nThe cost-cutting moves coincide with changing attitudes about streetlights. Once viewed as helpful safety measures, the lights are increasingly seen by some public officials and researchers as an environmental issue, creating light pollution and burning excess energy.
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A new study seriously doubts UN calculations of the global cost of adapting to climate change, Reuters reports.\n\nAccording to the study, conducted jointly by the International Institute for Environment and Development and the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College London, the cost will be at least two or three times higher than estimated by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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