DuPont’s Packaging & Industrial Polymers operations site in Orange, Texas, has been honored by the American Chemistry Council (ACC), a U.S. trade association, for energy-efficiency improvements that also resulted in green house gas (GHG) reductions.
From the first of May 2011, the commercial operation for the power plant, the first commercial plant in the world to use molten salt storage in a central tower configuration with a heliostat field, yielded better results than were expected. With its 19.9 MW of power, Gemasolar reached peak production levels of over 350 MWh in 24 hours of uninterrupted operation.
Washington and Lee University has declared the contracting of an accord with Secure Futures, a Staunton, VA-based solar power developing company to erect two solar PV panels at two locations on the W & L campus to generate a total of 450 kW power.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
11 Aug 2011
A new research performed by the researchers at the University of Southampton, has led to the development of a mechanism that incorporates computerized management facility to handle energy storage devises utilized at home thus enabling up to 16% energy savings.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
11 Aug 2011
Bharat Renewable Energy, a partnership venture of the Indian government owned petroleum company, Bharat Petroleum, has initiated a plan with SG Biofuels (SGB) to grow and utilize a crossbreed variety of Jatropha in the manufacture of biodiesel in India.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
11 Aug 2011
REC Solar, a solar power providing company, declared that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has granted it two accords to design and erect turnkey type of solar panels over the carport and ground for VA hospitals located in Texas and California.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
11 Aug 2011
The remote airfield located at the Northern Canadian Tsay Keh Dene First Nation will have solar LED light facility supplied by Carmanah Technologies.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
11 Aug 2011
To spur growth of the solar industry and support education, Dow Corning has announced that it is a sustaining sponsor of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011, which will be held Sept. 23 - Oct. 2 in Washington, D.C.
International Power Canada, a company that manages an array of power business services such as liquefied natural gas (LNG), natural gas, cogeneration and electric power generation in Canada, Mexico and United States, meeting the power requirement of industrial and commercial clients, is readying to begin the building of its Cape Scott Wind Farm.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
10 Aug 2011
A new research performed by a group of researchers from Bureau Waardenburg, Koninklijk NIOZ and IMARES, at a wind farm located over North-Sea has found that it did not cause any damaging impact on fauna.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
10 Aug 2011
HurricaneShuttersFlorida.com, a Sunrise, Florida- based company known for its storm protection products such as storm shutters and hurricane shutters, has declared the introduction of a new roller shutter utilizing solar power for commercial and residential usages.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
10 Aug 2011
The new worldwide energy standard ISO 50001 formulated to enhance the efficiency in the energy intake and to better the working of energy management systems has been published in June 2011.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
10 Aug 2011
Black Hills, a utility company and auxiliary of Black Hills Energy – Colorado Electric, declared that it has received approval for its planned 29 MW wind power generation project from the Colorado Public Utilities Commission.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
10 Aug 2011
Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI; "Company"), a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting and control solutions, is pleased to announce that its acculamp(TM) AR111 LED Lamp has received TheLEDAward for Best Specialty Incandescent Replacement Lamp at the recently concluded "TheLEDShow" 2011 in Las Vegas.
An Offshore Wind Seminar was conducted by the Council of State Governments/Eastern Regional Conference (CSG/ERC) in Nova Scotia. This seminar united the provincial and state officials from Eastern Canada and Northeastern U.S. to catalyze a clean energy resource development that will provide wide environmental and economic advantages to the region.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Aug 2011