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A Maine paper mill is launching a $40 million project so it can get more of its energy needs from renewable wood chips and debris rather than coal.

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Viridity Energy , a Philadelphia-area smart grid company, received a $900,000 grant for its pilot project with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). Viridity Energy will deploy its software optimization system to allow SEPTA to recycle the energy created from the regenerative braking ability of trains and trolleys at a high-use propulsion substation in Philadelphia …

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<BrEverything from solar panels to cloth diapers was featured Monday at the Go Green Energy Conference at the Frederick Fairgrounds <br<BRU S Rep Roscoe Bartlett, R-6th, sponsored the conference as a way to bring together private industry, nonprofits and government agencies hoping to spread the word about conservation, energy efficiency, recycling and sustainable living

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ConAgra Foods Inc. said Monday that it will reduce its packaging, waste, greenhouse gas and water use by 2015. The food maker said it would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent and water use by 15 percent as compared to its 2008 levels.

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There’s been lots of talk about building a “smart grid”—a new energy transmission infrastructure that would cut down on wasted energy, reduce the risk of blackouts, allow for better monitoring, and facilitate the development of wind and solar power. But it’s been a little unclear what the benefits of a smart grid would actually amount to in quantitative terms. Now we’re getting a picture, at …

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