The leaders of 15 countries and the European Commission met in Washington DC yesterday to promote join efforts on energy efficiency strategies and initiatives.
The first offshore wind farm in the US, the controversial $1 billion Cape Wind project, which got the go ahead late last month, now has its first customer in the form of network operator National Grid.
A joint statement issued by US Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman pledges to unveil their energy and climate change bill tomorrow.
The US Environmental Protection Agency last week hailed four companies for improving the energy efficiency of their facilities as part of the Energy Star Challenge for Industry.
The US Department of Energy is backing research into concentrating solar power to the tune of $62 million, while using biomass to produce biofuel and bioenergy gets $33 million.
The US House of Representatives yesterday passed the bipartisan HOME STAR bill, which aims to establish a $6 billion rebate program to encourage consumers to buy energy-efficient appliances and undertake energy efficiency home refurbishments.
An Italian building organisation has become the first to implement the LEED green building rating system in an agreement signed yesterday.
In the first contest of its type, 14 US commercial buildings are competing in an Environmental Protection Agency sponsored energy efficiency ‘weight’ competition.
The US industrial sector is to invest $13 million from the Department of Energy plus a further $5 million in private funding to improve the energy efficiency of manufacturing.
Internet giant Google has made its first investment of $38.8 million in two wind farms in North Dakota with a total capacity of 169.5 MW.