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Governor Rendell Announces Investment of $1.5 million in Green Energy Projects

Governor Edward G. Rendell announced an investment of $1.5 million in six projects that are intended to preserve or generate sufficient electricity to power over 2,000 homes every year. The funds for these six projects were granted through the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority. The settlement of a ratepayer case between Duquesne Light Company and the Public Utility Commission paved way for the availability of funds.

22 Dec 2009

Georgia Power Signs Two-Year Renewable Energy Contract with Robins Air Force Base

Georgia Power, the largest subsidiary of Southern Company, has signed a two-year contract with Robins Air Force Base for the purpose of increasing the amount of renewable energy used by the base. Robins Air Force Base will purchase 5 percent of its annual kilowatt-hour consumption or more than 16 million kilowatt-hours of Green Energy annually in order to satisfy the challenging federal renewable mandates for military installations.

22 Dec 2009

Gulf Hydrocarbon Commissions New Biodiesel Terminal in South Texas

Gulf Hydrocarbon announced the arrival of biodiesel at the RTW Terminal in Brownsville, TX, located at 1005 Anchor Road. Gulf Hydrocarbon is the leading provider of biodiesel to the petroleum industry. Convenient access to the biodiesel truck loading rack will be provided by Gulf Hydrocarbon’s new terminal. This new terminal will help in facilitating easy availability of US-made biodiesel and it will also serve the Mexican and local distribution-based businesses.

22 Dec 2009

Majority of Americans Support New Technologies for Smart Metering and Home Energy Management

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.

22 Dec 2009

Suntech Power’s PV Module Testing Facility Awarded VDE Test Data Acceptance Program Certificate

Suntech Power Holdings is the first solar company in Asia to be awarded the VDE Test Data Acceptance Program certificate based on the requirements of IEC 61215. Suntech Power Holdings is a leading crystalline silicon photovoltaic module manufacturer in the world and this award highlights the company’s commitment to following high-quality manufacturing processes that ensures high solar panel performance.

22 Dec 2009

New Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Aerospace and Defense Sector

In an effort to contribute towards sustainable development, the aerospace and defense industry has adopted a number of green initiatives through strategies aimed at reducing carbon footprint. The International Air Transportation Association (IATA) has unveiled a four-pillar strategy that outlines guidelines for activities aimed at lowering fuel consumption and emissions.

22 Dec 2009

Test-Run for Hybrid Taxis in Seoul

In an attempt to improve the city’s environmental air quality by encouraging the transformation of existing gas taxis into hybrid vehicles, the Seoul Metropolitan Government commenced a test-run of eco-friendly taxis. The city government entered into an agreement with the Ministry of Environment of Korea, Hyundai-Kia Motors and Korea LPG Association, and Korea National Joint Conference of Taxi Association for launching the first fleet of hybrid taxis.

22 Dec 2009

SunPower and SolarPower Dedicate 50-Kilowatt Rooftop Solar Power System at HP’s Indigo Division Facility in Israel

SunPower and SolarPower have dedicated a 50-kilowatt rooftop solar power system at HP’s Indigo division facility in Kiryat-Gat, Israel. SunPower is a manufacturer of solar systems, solar cells and solar panels in the US. SolarPower is an Israeli project developer and solar power system integrator. This 50-kilowatt rooftop solar power system was designed and built by SolarPower by using high-efficiency solar panels from SunPower. The construction of this system started in October 2009.

22 Dec 2009

Solar Energy Initiatives Signs Solar Photovoltaic Collaboration Agreement with Industrial Technology Research Institute

A business and technical collaboration agreement was announced by Solar Energy Initiatives and Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan to develop and commercialize a new series of solar products and solutions.

22 Dec 2009

Largest Photovoltaic Solar Project in California Commissioned by First Solar and NRG Energy

First Solar and NRG Energy announced that the largest solar photovoltaic project in California has started commercial operations. The 21-MW solar power plant was developed and built by First Solar in Blythe, California. The facility was acquired by the NRG Solar, a wholly owned subsidiary of NRG Energy. Southern California Edison (SCE) will buy the electricity generated by the solar power plant under a 20-year power purchase agreement.

22 Dec 2009

Commonwealth Financing Authority Approves 12 New Green Energy Projects in Pennsylvania

Governor Edward G. Rendell said that Pennsylvania, after the approval by Commonwealth Financing Authority for 12 new green energy projects with investments of more than $10 million, is strengthening its position as a leader in solar energy. The proposed projects will have a total installed capacity of slightly more than 9.1 MW, which is enough supply power to about 1,000 homes.

22 Dec 2009

60M-3 Meteorological Towers for Wind Farms from WINData

WINData offers two models of meteorological towers that include the 50M-3 and 60M-3. The 60M-3 meteorological towers is a guyed tower model in an overall diameter of six inches. It has an initial guy tension of 0.7 kilo Newton that eventually increases to a maximum guy tension of 1.8 kilo Newton. The inner and outer guy anchor forces of the 60M-3 meteorological tower are 4.4 kilo Newton and 8.4 kilo Newton, respectively. The maximum tower tube stress in terms of tension is 17.2 Pascal, while in terms of compression the stress increases to 42.1 Pascal.

22 Dec 2009

Stoves Online Offers Saey Kali Wood Pellet Stoves

The Saey Kali wood pellet stove incorporates a wood pellet hopper, which has a capacity of 16kg. This internal hopper is designed to hold pellets that can last for 26 to 29 hours based on the stove settings. This pellet stove has an output power of 6kW, and has a weight of 101kg.

22 Dec 2009

Scope Wood Free Standing Wooburning Stoves from Saey

Saey manufactures a range of free standing stoves such as woodburning, wood-coal, oil, gas and pellet stoves. There are different models of woodburning stoves offered by the company including Scope Wood, Scope XL and Epure. The Saey Scope Wood is a free standing woodburning stove. It is entirely constructed with cast iron to provide long service life.

22 Dec 2009

Redfyre Offers Kensal 40 Woodburning and Multi-Fuel Stoves

The Kensal 40 woodburning and multi-fuel stove has a maximum heat output power of 8kW, and has a weight of 140kg. The nominal heat output power of this stove is 8kW with wood and 8.6kW with solid fuel. This free standing stove contains top or rear flue outlet, with a diameter of 6 inches.

22 Dec 2009