April 10, 2008
| Energy & Renewables Newsletter April 10, 2008 |
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| This Week´s Featured News Stories |
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 | US$3bn solar power deal signed by California utility Pacific Gas & Electric has struck a deal to buy as much as 900 megawatts of electricity. It will be enough to power 540,000 California homes each year, and involve the construction of five solar power plants during the next decade. The company to build the solar-thermal power plants in the Mojave Desert is BrightSource Energy. “From what I know, this is the biggest commitment ever in the history of solar,” said John Woolard, BrightSource Energy’s chief executive officer and president. “It’s a fairly significant undertaking on both sides.” Building all five plants in the Mojave will ... | ||||
 | ISO to develop international standard for energy management The International Organization for Standardization has just approved the creation of a project committee mandated to develop an international standard on energy management. The standard will provide all types of organizations and companies a practical and widely recognized approach to increase energy efficiency, reduce costs and improve their environmental performance by addressing both the technical and management aspects of rational energy use. The standard is intended to be broadly applicable to various sectors of national economies, including utility, manufacturing, commercial building, general ... | ||||
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