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By Benjamin Romano, Xconomy Seattle Seafarers and beachgoers know ocean winds blow strong and often. Wind energy developers know it, too. Hundreds of massive wind turbines already dot the seas around the U.K., Denmark, Germany and other countries—and developers are preparing to install the first U.S. offshore turbines in New England waters. That’s bringing a […]

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  Request for Proposals Department of Executive Services Finance and Business Operations Division Procurement and Contract Services Section 206-263-9400                    TTY Relay: 711 Advertised Date:June 3, 2014 Request for Proposal Title: Sale of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) and Related Environmental Attributes Requesting Dept./Div. King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks – Wastewater Treatment Division RFP […]

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  Suzanne Dale Estey chosen to help expand and diversify economy across King County SEATTLE (May 12, 2014) – David Allen, the Board of Directors Chair of the Economic Development Council of Seattle and King County (EDC) announced today that after a thorough search process, the Executive Committee of the EDC has offered the position of […]

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Seattle has been a leader in addressing climate change for years. Most recently, the City released its ambitious 2013 Climate Action Plan, a package of actions intended to put Seattle on a path to carbon neutrality by 2050, which is defined as zero net emissions. The Plan focuses on a set of core emissions sources […]

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By Bill Lucia, Seattle Crosscut Some of the Seattle Steam Company’s equipment looks like scenery pulled from a factory-set in an old silent film. In the company’s two buildings on Western Avenue near Union Street, there are tangles of pipe, wall-clock-sized gauges, groaning boilers, foot-long wrenches and a fiery furnace incinerating wood pulp. Outside, a tall black smokestack […]

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Thank you to those who attended this morning’s breakfast meeting and we missed you to those who did not. Below are the slides for each speaker respectively and some links to more information about maritime in the Puget Sound. Heather Alexander-Engelbrecht, Economic Development Council of Seattle and King County Slides: Economic Impact of Maritime Industry in […]

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BOTHELL, WA – Clean water technology company HaloSource, makers of well known HaloKlear brand of products for environmental treatment and HaloPure brand of drinking water purification products, announces the appointment of Jeanine Willis as the company’s new Human Resources Director.  Ms. Willis brings over 20 years of HR leadership to the company with broad experience […]

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The Bullitt Center is the greenest commercial building in the world, it is Net Zero, and was recently named the World Architecture News Sustainable Building of the Year 2013. In addition to an energy efficient design, the Bullitt Center relies on the behavior of the tenants to meet the goals of net zero energy and water. To support efficient behavior, the team […]

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Originally published by Clean Technica Energy benchmarking may not sound like the most important concept in the clean tech dictionary, but it’s helped Seattle identify an energy efficiency path forward to save up to $90 million annually on utility bills. These estimated savings come courtesy of the Seattle 2011/2012 Building Energy Benchmarking Analysis, which summarizes data […]

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In 2011, Centurylink Field became home to Washington’s largest solar array. The Solyndra solar panels click into place and capture light from all directions rather than just one which is great for those typical overcast days. The solar array spans the area of two football fields on top of the CenturyLink Field Event Center, generating more than 800,000 […]

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