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According to solar analysts, homeowners can save at least one-third of their heating and other energy bills by using solar photovoltaic systems. The City of Pendleton in Oregon has launched a low-cost group buy solar program so that homeowners may take advantage of the savings and multiple benefits of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. The program is open to Pendleton businesses and residents in the surrounding area.
Pendleton's Residential Solar Program is based on a community scale group pur... [more]
At a time of concern over climate change, volatile energy prices and uncertainty over future supply, Larkfleet Group has launched Lark Energy to provide affordable and sustainable heat and power to Larkfleet’s customers.
Lark Energy will focus on developing cleaner, locally sourced energy for new and existing housing developments. This will include electricity and heat generated by the sun (photo-voltaic electricity and solar thermal), biomass, wind and small scale hydroelectric power.
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Laidlaw Biopower, LLC has executed a Memorandum of Understanding with an affiliate of a Massachusetts based private equity firm to initially lease and subsequently acquire an operating oil and gas fired power plant in Southeastern Massachusetts. The plant is situated in an industrial park and currently serves the thermal energy needs of a leading developer and manufacturer of photovoltaic products and technology.
Laidlaw plans to convert the plant to biomass power to serve the electric and t... [more]
SolarCity® has announced the availability of its solar leasing option (SolarLease™) to customers of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), the largest municipal utility in the USA. SolarCity’s lease combines with LADWP’s generous solar rebates, among the highest of any U.S. utility, to make solar power as affordable for Los Angeles homeowners as anywhere in the nation. A SolarCity solar lease of a 4-kilowatt solar system, appropriate for a typical 3-bedroom home in Los Angeles, would... [more]
Econic has commissioned a pair of 50 kW ground source heat pumps as part of a £9.4 million hospital development in East Anglia. The ground collector for the system is the largest installation of its type ever installed in the UK and the building sets a landmark for the National Health Service’s progress towards becoming carbon neutral by 2018.
The contract carried out during the construction of a new mental health unit at Hellesdon Hospital in Norwich involved Econic, together with its partn... [more]
A new teaching building, constructed by the Leadbitter Group and designed by ADP, for Uxbridge High School will provide an ongoing learning legacy for pupils, thanks to a range of innovative features that support environmental education.
The three-storey Lancaster Building incorporates many energy-efficient and environmentally-conscious technologies. Importantly, much of the internal mechanics of the building has been deliberately left on view to enable students to see how the building works.... [more]
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