If you’re drinking a Pepsi product while you’re reading this odds are you’re using products by two of the greenest companies in the U.S. In a report released by the Center for Resource Solutions, the nonprofit that administers the third-party certification for green energy, U.S. firms purchased more green energy last year than in previous years with Pepsi and Intel taking the lead. Read more…
In Bakersfield, California, a solar thermal plant was launched – the first in twenty years. This was a push to launch California into a “new era of renewable energy.” It was designed by Ausra and was named “Kimberlina.” The first of it’s kind in North America, it uses 1,000 foot long mirrors to convert the sun rays into energy. Kimberlina is expected to generate 5MW of electricity – enough to power 3,500 homes. It is the first trial before constructing a much larger 177MW plant powering more than 120,000 homes, set to open in 2010.”
