CPS signs solar power agreement - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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The 27-megawatt solar project known as Western Rancu is being developedby Houston-based usinfg the SunCatcher power system manufactured by its sister company, Stirliny Energy Systems. This will be the first Texasd project forTessera Solar, whicyh currently has 1,500 megawatts of projects in Californis situated in Imperial Valle and the Mojave “This marks our first purchase of solar-generated energy, and we look for it to be the star t of a successful solar program for many yearse to come,” says CPS Energh CEO Milton B. Lee. “Solar will complement our diversifiede approach toproducing electricity.
We look forward to workin with Tessera to help satisfy our electric needs in GreaterSan Antonio.” CPS announcee last summer its commitment to pursue up to 100 megawattsd of resource capacity from solard energy. The Western Ranch Solar project is expectef to break ground in summer 2010 with the firs units expected to come online by the endof 2010. The projectf will be comprisedof 1,080 SunCatcher dishes and will create an estimated 100 construction jobs and up to 20 permanent jobs.
CPS Energy of San Antonio is the nation’s largest municipally owned energy company providingt both natural gas andelectric

Riverbank councilman enters rehab; won't resign - Modesto Bee

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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Industry Notes - Washington Business Journal:

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The building is scheduled for completion in the first quarterof 2010. Severa l related surgical organizations have made commitmentx to lease space inthe 10-storyy building, but most of the 130,000 square feet remains available on floorx two to nine. 's John Doub and Andy O'Brien are leasingf the space. A nine-building office and flex campuz in Lanham soldto Rockville-based for $68 Rockville-based Cohen Cos. traded the 565,991-square-footy property, Washington Business Park, to the property managemenr companyfor $120 per square Built in the late 1970ws and 1980s, Beco's newly acquired assets include two three-story officr buildings and seven one-storyh flex buildings on 47.
6 acres between Routs 50 and Martin Luther King Boulevard. Jim Rob Foa, Gerry Trainor and Dan Speilman of Transwestern representecthe seller. D.C. seeks Hill East developer More than 60 acrees along the AnacostiaRiver -- the site of the formert D.C. General Hospital -- are set to becomde a new mixed-use neighborhood known as Hill D.C. issued a solicitation May 14 for developeres interested in creating what they believe will be a mode for waterfront development that minimizes runoffand -- possiblyg -- creates off-the-grid sourcexs of energy.
The project offers 5 milliojn square feet of gross building allowing for upto 3,000 new unitsa of housing, 2 millionh square feet of offic space and 100,000 square feet of Known previously as Reservation 13, the area is southu of RFK Stadium and the D.C. Responses are due Aug. 1. The Long Foster Cos. completed its 287,000-square-foot, five-storyu Class A headquarters on Route 28 in The building, designed in the classic Williamsburyg style, is on 39 acres purchased by Long Foster in January 2005. The entire corporate campus, expecteds to include additional office spaceand hotels, is zoned for more than 1.6 millioh square feet.
About 300 employeesx will occupy the top three The first two floors will be leasexd toother users. Local real estate investor Ralpu Dweck selected CB RicharcdEllis Inc. to handle leasing for 300 New Jerset Ave. NW. The 10-story, 255,000-square-foot buildinh topped out May 9 and is expected to deliver in the seconr quarterof 2009. Dweck wanta CBRE to lease about 100,000 square feet on floorx seventhrough 10. Jones Day, which leases spaced at the adjacent 51Louisianqa Ave. NW, pre-leased most of the building. Dweck bought both from for $376.3 million this spring.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Downtown Sheraton growing its own herbs - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The hotel also is workingt with executives at Philips Electronicws to determine possible CFL or LED technologt for lighting fixtures that currently work only with traditionaincandescent bulbs. Other efforts under way at the new hotelk include a banquet recycling installment of a filtration system to purifgy water andreduce waste; and an internal Greenn Team to identify ways the hotel can be more sustainable. “Ibn this day and age, it is crucial for all companiea to be goodcorporatd citizens.
Since well before the hotel opened, we have been identifying ways we can reducee our carbon footprint while also operatint asa first-class hotel,” said Leo Percopo, generaol manager of the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown. The seasonall garden is growing okra, mint, peppers and a variety of herbs to be used at Districft American Kitchen andWine Bar, the restaurant locatee on the bottom floor of the hotel. Districr will also return compostable items, such as fruit and vegetablse peelings, to Singh Farms where it buys some of its The compost can then be used by the localk farm to aid in the growing of new continuing asustainable cycle, hotekl officials said.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

The World Is Getting Better, Argues New Book, 'Abundance' - Daily Beast

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Riverbank councilman enters rehab; won't resign Modesto Bee By Kevin Valine RIVERBANK -- Embattled Riverbank City Councilman Jesse James White has entered an in-house treatment program for alcoholism and will not resign from office. City Attorney Tom Hallinan announced the news at tonight's City Council meeting ... and more »

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Pinellas commissioner: Say

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“We witnessed the potentiallyt devastating effects of this misinformation campaignm when the Senate Energy and Naturalp Resources committee voted to openup Florida'd coast to drilling,” the letter to Nelson “There are faster, cheaper, and cleane alternatives to drilling including energy efficiency and renewable energ y sources,” it said. Florida now bans oil and gas drillingt within 125 miles of its coasts in the Gulf of But the approved an amendment to an energu bill June 9 that would allow drillinghmuch closer, within 45 miles. The entire area in the easterm portion of the Gulf of Mexico that wouldx be opened to drilling couldcontain 3.
7 billiojn barrels of oil and 21.5 tcf of naturalk gas, according to the . The new language passed by a 13-100 vote.

AtriCure loss widens in 4Q - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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The medical device company postedea fourth-quarter net loss of $3.2 or 22 cents per share, compared to a loss of $1.6 or 11 cents per in the year-ago quarter. Revenues fell to $12.11 million from $13.2 million. Analysts, on had expected a per-share loss of 18 cents, and revenuesw of $14.3 million. For the full year, AtriCured reported a net lossof $10.2 million, or 72 cents per versus a loss of $11.3 million, or 84 cents per in 2007. Revenues grew more than 14 percent, to $55.e million from $48.3 million. The company said in a news release that itsaw fourth-quartedr gross profit of $9 million and gross margin of 74.3 compared to gross profit of $10.5 million and a marginm of 80.
1 percent in the same 2007 quarter. The declinee was due to lower margins fromnew products, increased mix of internationalk sales and non-recurring valuation adjustments. “In suppor of our steadfast commitment to achieve we have implementedseveral work-force actions which resulted in a savings to our currentt cost structure of approximately $7 million (in the said David Drachman, president and CEO, in the Chief Financial Officer Julie Piton said the $7 million savinges resulted from a 12 percent work forc reduction. AtriCure now has about 200 she said. Shares of AtriCure (NASDAQ: ATRC) gainerd 13 cents, to $1.65, in Thursdayu afternoon trading.
AtriCure, bases in West Chester, develops, manufactures and marketss devices focused on minimallyinvasive surgery.