美國賓州費城學區通過申請，將獲得100萬美元，為一所節能環保中學添購「地熱幫浦暖氣空調系統」。此系統可以減少耗能40%，每年將省下超過5萬美元。該計畫預期可創造30個永久全職及100個臨時工作機會，此外，使用本系統既不會產生引發光煙霧的污染物，每年還可免除160公噸的二氧化碳排放。
賓州鄂維葛斯堡（Orwigsburg）的百年老店「美國費斯勒」成衣製造商（Fessler USA）也得到100萬美元，完成太陽光電設備的架設。整個計畫可提供每年66.7萬千瓦小時的電力，且避免傳統電廠帶來的污染，例如每年506噸的二氧化碳。
另一位百萬得主是鐵鎚牌（Arm & Hammer）產品製造商Church & Dwight Company。該公司的全新廠房、倉儲、辦公空間佔地10萬平方公尺，設計上希望符合一項節能環保的LEED標準，而百萬款項將用來提昇能源效率。
這座生產洗衣精的複合式廠房位於傑克森鎮（Jackson Township），離費城約100英里（160公里），設計目標希望讓耗能減少30%，並降低50%的廢棄物產量、耗水量與工業污水。該計畫可創造約300個工作，每年減少159噸的二氧化碳排放。
賓州康肖候肯（Conshohocken）的美國精緻生化公司（American Refining Biochemical）也會得到1百萬美元建造設備，每年將18萬噸的生質（biomass）處理成類似煤炭的燃料共6萬噸以上。
在匹茲堡的Plextronics電子公司也獲得百萬，建造有機太陽能面板模組的處理生產線，讓該公司印刷式電子產品的製造成本得以降低。Plextronics已經立下新的合約，為美國軍方製造具有彈性且輕便的印刷式電子產品，包括置於帳篷頂部的彈性太陽能板，可折疊的太陽能電熱毯，與裝設在頭盔上的太陽能板、印刷式燈具、彈性顯示面板與印刷式電路等。
賓州州長倫德爾（Ed Rendell）在17日宣佈，任內將投資1200萬美元在清淨替代能源計畫，而以上5位都是得主之一。整項投資將至少增加1200個全職與兼職工作，並吸引1億1800萬的私人資金進入賓州。
倫德爾州長的計畫得到賓州能源發展部門的核准，他表示，「我們將要投資的對象，是在賓州致力發展清淨家庭產製燃料，以及再生能源的企業與單位。」
其他獲得資助的計畫金額少於百萬，但各有特別之處，包括LED照明板、供爐具使用的木材顆粒，還有轉化廢棄植物油為生質柴油的設備，以及利用太陽能提煉礦坑廢水中的氧化鐵，來製造環保建材EnvironOxide的系統。
所有的計畫將降低火力發電廠的排放，整體達到31萬噸的二氧化碳溫室氣體，以及2000噸的二氧化硫與430噸的一氧化氮，效應等同於移除5.5萬台車輛—這些污染物會產生化學反應，形成近地面臭氧與光煙霧。
The School District of Philadelphia has been approved for $1 million to buy a geothermal heat pump HVAC system for use in an energy-efficient, green high school. The system will reduce energy costs by 40 percent, or more than $50,000 a year. The project is expected to create 30 permanent full-time jobs and 100 temporary jobs, and use of the system will avoid pollutants that form smog, and 160 tons of carbon dioxide annually.
The 100 year old knit fabric manufacturer Fessler USA based in Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania will receive $1 million to complete a solar photovoltaic installation. The project will generate 667,000 kWh per year of electricity and avoid air pollution from traditional power plants, including 506 tons of carbon dioxide annually.
One million dollars goes to Church & Dwight Company, makers of Arm & Hammer products, to provide energy-efficient components for a new 1.1 million square foot manufacturing, warehouse and office space designed to meet LEED standards.
The laundry detergent manufacturing complex, in Jackson Township, 100 miles from Philadelphia, is designed to reduce energy consumption by 30 percent, and reduce solid waste generation, water consumption and industrial effluent by 50 percent. The project will create approximately 300 jobs as it also reduces carbon dioxide by 159 tons annually.
American Refining Biochemical of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania will receive $1 million to construct a facility that will process up to 180,000 tons of biomass per year into more than 60,000 tons of a coal-like fuel.
Plextronics Inc. based in Pittsburgh will get $1 million to establish a organic photovoltaic module process development line that will allow the company to reduce manufacturing costs of the company's printed electronics. Plextronics has a new contract to manufacture flexible and light-weight printed electronics for the United States Military, including flexible solar panels for tent tops, solar-powered foldable blankets and helmet-mounted panels, printed lighting, flexible displays and printed circuitry.
And there goes five of the $12 million that Governor Ed Rendell Friday announced his administration would invest in alternative clean energy projects that will create at least 1,200 full-time and part-time jobs and attract nearly $118 million in private investment into the state.
"We are investing in Pennsylvania businesses and organizations that are committed to the development of clean-burning home-grown fuels and renewable energy sources," said Governor Rendell of the projects approved by the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority.
Each of the other projects that were approved for amounts less than $1 million is unique in its own way - from LED lighting panels to wood pellets for stoves, from conversion of waste vegetable oil to biodiesel, to a solar system to dewater iron oxide from mine drainage to make EnvironOxide, a green construction product.
In total, the projects will avoid emissions from fossil fueled power plants, including more than 310,000 tons of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, as well as 2,000 tons of sulfur dioxide and 430 tons of nitrogen oxides - pollutants that combine to form ground-level ozone and smog, the equivalent to removing 55,000 cars from the road.
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