Schneider Electric Launches Micro-Grid for U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, today announced the launch of a fully-functioning micro-grid solution within the solar village at the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2011 Solar Decathlon, a challenge to 19 international collegiate teams to design, build and operate solar-powered houses [...]
Solar Power Technologies Inc., a leader in intelligent monitoring and optimization solutions for large scale solar arrays, has announced the Clarity(TM) system, an intelligent suite of hardware and software solutions that provide an unprecedented level of insight and control to maximize the performance of commercial and utility scale solar sites. The Clarity system includes optimization [...]
NRC EXTENDS CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FOR BELLEFONTE UNIT 1 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has extended the construction permit for Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) unfinished Unit 1 reactor at the Bellefonte site near Scottsboro, Ala. TVA submitted a permit extension request Oct. 8, 2010, and supplemented the request on April 25 and Sept. 1. The permit, which [...]
DaVita Clinic Has Seen a 75 Percent Reduction in Natural Gas Consumption DaVita Inc., a leading provider of kidney care services committed to improving the quality of life for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), today announced the company’s first-ever dialysis clinic using solar thermal technology has shown a 75 percent reduction in natural [...]
Using solar thermal energy to power an air conditioning unit can be difficult and expensive. But a team of researchers at the University of California, Merced, have added a game-changing advance to the process that could make it much simpler, less costly and more effective. UC Merced Professor Roland Winston and his team of student [...]
DOE Funds PowerMeter App to Measure System Performance With an iPhone, Dr. Jih-Sheng Lai, a professor at the Virginia Tech Future Energy Electronics Center, can measure how much energy a solar system produces in real time. The Google metering application can pinpoint which type of solar system produces the most energy for the lowest cost. [...]
Big Oil’s Mountain of Cash This material was published by the Center for American Progress” By Daniel J. Weiss, Valeri Vasquez On September 19 President Barack Obama announced his plan to reduce the deficit by $4 trillion over the next 12 years, including raising $1.5 trillion by closing special interest loopholes and other revenue raisers. [...]
A strategic dialogue with Minister Unterstellar Monday October 3, 2011 3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. RSVP to attend this event. While American politicians dither over whether clean energy jobs are real, the rest of the world is moving on with serious plans. This private round table conversation will provide critical context for the American political [...]
New ARPA-E Projects in 25 States Will Accelerate Innovation in Clean Energy Technologies, Increase America’s Competitiveness and Create Jobs Washington, D.C. – Arun Majumdar, Director of the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), today announced 60 cutting-edge research projects aimed at dramatically improving how the U.S. produces and uses energy. With $156 million [...]
At first glance South Africa’s decision to invite bids for 200 MW of CSP is not doing the industry many favours. On closer inspection, however, there could be a sizeable opportunity. This month 800-plus green power professionals gathered at South Africa’s largest conference centre, the Gallagher Estate, to hear about the country’s forthcoming renewable energy [...]
Two days before a looming deadline, the U.S. Energy Department finalized two loan guarantees for solar power plants in Nevada and Arizona. One deal, a $737 million loan guarantee for Solar Reserve LLC, paves the way for construction of the 110-megawatt Crescent Dunes Solar Energy facility, which will use an array of mirrors to focus [...]
MIT-led research demonstrates method that could allow inexpensive carbon materials to store the volatile gas at room temperature. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Hydrogen has long been considered a promising alternative to fossil fuels for powering cars, trucks and even homes. But one major obstacle has been finding lightweight, robust and inexpensive ways of storing the gas, [...]
Melbourne, Florida – National Solar Power today announced, after a deliberative, exhaustive and comprehensive search process, it has narrowed its list to four communities in Florida to become the home of the world’s largest solar farm. The announcement means Gadsden, Hardee, Osceola and Suwannee counties are in the running to host the landmark $1.5 billion [...]
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