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Takara Leben Selects Delta’s 20kW PV Inverters for Large-Scale Distributed Solar PV Power Plant

Delta Electronics, Inc., a global leader in power and thermal management solutions, announced today that Japanese firm Takara Leben has selected Delta’s highly efficient 20kW photovoltaic (PV) inverters for Japan’s first large-scale distributed solar PV power plant connected to an extra-high voltage power transmission line using string PV inverters.

14 Jan 2015

Entergy Louisiana Completes Energy-Efficient Ninemile 6 Combined-Cycle Gas Turbine Unit in Westwego

For the first time in nearly 30 years, Entergy Louisiana, LLC has added a new power plant to its fleet with the completion of the Ninemile 6 combined-cycle gas turbine unit in Westwego. The facility, which was authorized by the Louisiana Public Service Commission almost three years ago, is part of the company's long-term plan to modernize its fleet, while helping to meet Louisiana's surging energy needs.

27 Dec 2014

NREL Provides Critical Support to Two New Microgrid Projects

The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is providing critical support to two new microgrid projects coordinated by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and General Electric Company (GE).

From National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 17 Dec 2014

Trees Can Save Home-Cooling Costs and Cut Carbon Emissions

A big tree next to your house can do more than just save home-cooling costs, it will also cut carbon emissions, University of Florida researchers say.

16 Dec 2014

Stanford Awarded Eight Seed Grants for Promising New Research in Clean Technology and Energy Efficiency

Stanford University's Precourt Institute for Energy, Precourt Energy Efficiency Center and TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy have awarded eight seed grants totaling about $1.5 million for promising new research in clean technology and energy efficiency.

15 Dec 2014

Patent-Pending Technology for Optimizing Performance of Wind Plants

To harness the wind – it is not a question of “if” rather, “when.”
A patent-pending concept developed at Texas Tech University could make it happen for wind plants around the world.

25 Nov 2014

Drag-Reducing Devices Can Help Reduce Fuel Consumption

Each year, the more than 2 million tractor-trailer trucks that cruise America's highways consume about 36 billion gallons of diesel fuel, representing more than 10 percent of the nation's entire petroleum use. That fuel consumption could be reduced by billions of gallons a year through the use of drag-reducing devices on trucks, according to studies by researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

25 Nov 2014

NORESCO Wins $43 Million Energy Savings Performance Contract at U.S. Army's Fort Jackson in Columbia

NORESCO, a national leader in energy efficiency and energy infrastructure solutions, has won a $43 million energy savings performance contract for work at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina, the U.S. Army's largest and most active basic combat training center.

24 Nov 2014

TU Wien Implements Innovative 'Energy-Plus' Office Building

The 'Plus-Energie-Bürohochhaus' (Energy-plus office tower) is the first office tower in the world to be able to claim to feed more energy into the power grid than is required to operate AND use the building. Innovation Minister Alois Stöger opened the building on the TU's Getreidemarkt campus on 6 November 2014.

20 Nov 2014

Trina Solar Sets New Records for High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells

Trina Solar Limited, a global leader in photovoltaic (PV) modules, solutions and services, today announced that its State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology of China has set new world records for high efficiency p-type and n-type silicon solar cells.

From Trina Solar Limited 19 Nov 2014