Critics of the EPA's green power rankings argue that the agency should base criteria on the percentage of green power purchased, not the total amount of renewable-energy credits a school buys.
The cool-running, lower-power Barracuda Green hard drive delivers whisper-quiet acoustics and helps reduce system costs associated with the fans and power supply devices often required for power-hungry systems.
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The centre, which opened in 1975, contains a range of interactive displays on wind, water and solar power, green transport and energy efficiency.
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Intel also believes in the power of collaboration to power the green movement: The company announced its own open-source environmental project at the Intel Developer Forum last week.
From apples supposedly poisoned by the growth chemical Alar to the alleged commercial viability of wind power, green groups have been wrong at least as often as they have been proved right.
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Some communities are ecologically friendly: they use solar power and green methods of waste removal, undertaking the daunting challenge of hauling non-biodegradable items off the mountain via pack animals as opposed to burning or burying trash.
"Our country needs power for its economic growth, and clean, green power is the best option, " says Tanti, 48.
Stephen Leeb, president of Leeb Capital and editor of the Complete Investor newsletter, recommends taking advantage of a pullback in shares of Wuxi, China-based Suntech Power Holdings to buy into two investment themes at once: China and green power.
The facility, which would burn vegetable oil and animal fat, could power up to 18, 000 homes and start operating from the beginning of 2015, according to Edgeley Green Power.
Then there's the University of Pennsylvania, which purchases more green power than any other U.S. college or university.
But creating low-cost green power technology that nearly anyone can use is well worth the sweat, he says.
Its aim is to generate and transmit mostly green power to its residents.
The white unit was closest to production, with a proper power button and green LED lighting in the base.
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"The unfortunate thing about green power is that it tends to be not where you need it, " says Hogan.
Edgeley Green Power were granted planning permission to construct the facility near the existing Shoreham Power Station on Tuesday evening.
That certainly is an admirable sentiment, and I certainly find sympathetic the notion that Google should commit to buying green power.
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The International Renewable Energy Agency, an intergovernmental group that promotes green power, calls it a fata morgana until at least 2020.
Its subsidy regime, under which green power stations generate tradable certificates, is unwieldy compared with traditional cash handouts in other countries.
Edgeley Green Power says the new power station should generate enough electricity to run 18, 000 homes and could be operating by 2014.
Such rhetorical flourishes demonstrate the power of the Green vote in Brighton.
But if the country mitigates its risk by diversifying its energy interests, green power will also innovate and see an upswing in production.
In other words, generating green power is a lot tougher than cutting a check for a Toyota Prius and parking it in your driveway.
On the positive side, our timing was good with bullish calls on green power play FuelCell Energy and satellite imagery provider GeoEye.
For example, an 85-mile Green Path North Transmission Line planned to carry green power to Los Angeles was cancelled in 2010 due to environmental opposition.
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That creates business for renewable energy companies as well as economies of scale that in the long run can lower the cost of green power.
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Environmental groups pressure tech companies to locate their data centers in places where green power is available or where less energy will be required to cool the plant.
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