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Cape Wind Has Found a Buyer for Its Clean Power
Cape Wind, the first offshore wind farm in the US to win regulatory approval, has found a buyer for half of the electricity it will generate, when completed.
Investor-owned energy company National Grid announced a power purchase agreement with Cape Wind Associates, the project's developers, on Friday. The deal, which came less than ten days after Cape Wind won regulatory approval, is a critical milestone for the project because it shows potential investors that there are utilities interested in buying its electric.
Philips Unveils World's First 60 Watt LED Bulb
Yesterday at the Lightfair International tradeshow in Las Vegas, Royal Philips Electronics unveiled its breakthrough EnduraLED light bulb. This bulb will be the world's first LED replacement for the 60 watt incandescent light bulb, which represents about half of all domestic incandescent light bulbs sold on the market
The EnduraLED lamp will use only 12 watts, last 25 times longer, and deliver up to eighty percent savings on energy costs and avoided maintenance costs. However, the new bulb will produce a light level of 806 lumens, similar to the 60 watt incandescent. To achieve this efficiency, it uses an innovative design and a new technology known as remote phosphor technology, developed by Philips researchers in The Netherlands.
CIEH Consults on Comptetency Framework for Regulators
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health is consulting on a draft framework of core competencies for local authority contaminated land regulators.
Focusing in particular on the implementation of Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, the framework considers the role of aid to the Local Planning Authority but not any functions directly in pursuance of the Environmental Damage Regulations or in respect of Waste Licensing.
New Government Rules Out Heathrow Expansion
The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has stated that the plans for a controversial third runway at Heathrow airport will not now be pursued, nor will expansion take place at Gatwick or Stanstead.
The scheme to introduce a further runway at Heathrow, which had been heavily supported under the former Labour government, was described as "untenable in law and common sense" in March by high court judge Lord Justice Carnwath.