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Commercial refrigeration manufacturers and energy efficiency advocacy groups announced that they have reached a consensus agreement on the first-ever federal energy-efficiency standards for commercial walk-in freezers and coolers that, if enacted by Congress, will begin affecting the design of new equipment in 2009.
Renewable energy consumption increased 2 percent in the United States between 2004 and 2005, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. A newly released report, “Renewable Energy Annual, 2005” notes that wind power grew most rapidly in 2005, increasing by 26 percent, while the biofuel industry experienced the second most rapid growth, at more than 15 percent. Breaking the numbers down further, the EIA found extremely rapid growth in the biodiesel industry, which experienced a four-fold increase in production in 2005.
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