US Energy Secretary Steven Chu will be the keynote speaker for the 2010 Clean Energy, Jobs and Security Forum luncheon. It brings leaders in business, labor, national security, faith, science and economics together to discuss their support for strong clean energy and climate legislation. Secretary Chu’s keynote remarks will bring the two day forum to a close with a discussion of the future of America’s clean energy economy.
Westar Energy has agreed to spend approximately $500 million to significantly reduce harmful air pollution from a Kansas power plant and pay a $3 million civil penalty, under a settlement to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced today. As part of the settlement, Westar will also spend $6 million on environmental mitigation projects.
The Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority has awarded a grant to Axion Power International, a developer of lead-carbon PbC batteries. This grant will be utilized to develop and deploy an Axion PowerCube battery energy storage system with the usage of Axion Power International’s proprietary PbC battery technology. This 500 kilowatt PowerCube will be constructed and installed at the New Castle battery manufacturing facility. The PowerCube battery energy storage system will be designed to improve a future solar-powered electric vehicle charging station, a potential wind-powered energy system and a Smart Grid distribution system.
Geothermal Resources has undertaken exploration projects for the purpose of harnessing geothermal energy. The current projects of the company are the Penola-Robe project (formerly Crower project) and Frome project.
Sandia National Laboratories scientists have developed tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected and used.
TechNet released a new poll result that revealed an increasing number of Americans support their utilities offering them technologies for smart metering and home energy management, which are considered to be vital requirements to create a national energy Smart Grid. TechNet is a bipartisan political network of CEOs that is involved in enhancing the growth of the innovation economy.
Finnish materials technology enjoyed a moment of limelight in the beginning of December this year, when a Finnish industry delegation, lead by Minister of Economic Affairs, Mr Mauri Pekkarinen, visited New Delhi, India.
EMC Engineers provides different types of services to minimize the operating costs and to increase the production and performance of different projects. The company has customized packages with tailor made solutions to meet the project requirements.
As one out of three "Knowledge and Innovation Communities" (KIC), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology together with InnoEnergy has won the bid. 35 partners from business enterprises, universities, research institutions, and business schools make up the European consortium. The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) will finance KIC InnoEnergy in a first phase with presumably about 30 million euros annually until 2014. Within the KIC, a sustainable energy system for Europe shall be developed until 2050.
According to a new technical market research report, Global Markets for Residential and Commercial Solar Thermal Technologies from BCC Research (www.bccresearch.com), the global market for residential and commercial solar-thermal technologies is worth an estimated $8 billion in 2009, but is expected to increase to nearly $20 billion in 2014.
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