Posts Tagged ‘ green cities florida ’

Did Renewables Save FPL?

Feb 8th, 2009 | By derekgordon | Category: What's News

Utility companies such as FPL Group (Florida Power and Light) are finding that wind and solar energy are crucial to their own sustainability.  FPL’s ownership of NextEra, the nation’s largest operator of renewable energy farms, helped the company stave off financial disaster in the fourth quarter.  
Even though wind energy is often dismissed as not [...]



Charleston Mayor Joe Riley to present at Mayor’s Institute on City Design

Feb 6th, 2009 | By admin | Category: South Carolina

On Thurs., Feb. 12, Mayor Joseph Riley: Preservation and Redevelopment of the American City: The Charleston Experience. Mayor Joseph P. Riley of Charleston, SC, and founder of the Mayor’s Institute for City Design, will speak to his city’s experience in preservation and redevelopment. Mayor Riley will be introduced by Mayor Michael A. Nutter, and joined [...]



FAU to Receive $5 Million

Jan 29th, 2009 | By FL-GreenCities | Category: Florida, What's News

BOCA RATON, FL (November 17, 2006)—Florida Atlantic University has been selected by the Florida Technology, Research and Scholarship Board to receive $5 million to establish The Florida Center of Excellence in Ocean Energy Technology.
Ranked in second place, FAU is among six Florida universities that have been selected out of 32 proposals submitted to the Board. [...]