WASHINGTON. For the first time, comprehensive greenhouse gas (GHG) data reported directly from large facilities and suppliers across the country are now easily accessible to the public through EPA’s GHG Reporting Program. The 2010 GHG data released today includes public information from facilities in nine industry groups that directly emit large quantities of GHGs, as [...]
Cogenra Solar Receives Top Honor in Greenbang 2011 Efficiency Awards MOUNTAIN VIEW, California. Cogenra Solar®, a provider of distributed solar cogeneration systemsand renewable energy service solutions today announced it has been honored as “Highly Commended” by the Greenbang 2011 Efficiency Awards. Selected by Greenbang research analysts and editors, Cogenra was recognized for its commercially proven [...]
Canada has announced its intention to withdraw from the Kyoto treaty on greenhouse gas emissions (GGE), sandbagging the other signatories to the convention. The Kyoto protocol, initially adopted in Kyoto, Japan in 1997, was designed to combat global warming with the agreement allowing countries like China and India take voluntary, but non-binding steps to reduce [...]
Solar cogeneration technology among 27 projects chosen for ability to meet military goals on environmental, energy and economic performance Cogenra Solar, provider of distributed solar cogeneration systems and renewable energy service solutions, today announced that its solar cogeneration technology has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) [...]
With companies making up 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions and more than half the world’s population living in cities (and this is expected the increase over time), international policy and successful action on climate change will need to involve companies, investors and local governments if it is going to be effective. The 17th Conference [...]
“Arizona’s Solar Strategic Plan,” a document that proposes a series of recommended actions for the long-term growth of the state’s solar industry, has been issued, as announced by Michelle De Blasi, Chair of the Solar Energy Legal Team at the Quarles & Brady law firm and Chair of the Arizona Energy Consortium (AEC). The Strategic [...]
The good news is that on 8 November the International Energy Agency released its 2011 “World Energy Outlook.” While it will cheer nuclear advocates, overall the report makes for grim reading. Pulling no punches, the report states at the outset, “There are few signs that the urgently needed change in direction in global energy trends [...]
Pratt & Whitney’s Waste Heat-to-Power Organic Rankine Cycle Solutions Now Eligible for the California Self-Generation Incentive Program State incentive program now includes ORC technology for Waste Heat-to-Power and CHP applications Pratt & Whitney Power Systems (PWPS), a world leader in Organic Rankine Cycle solutions for waste heat, biomass, geothermal and solar thermal power applications, announced [...]
Pilot efforts will mark first transformational solar and wind power projects in Africa The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors have approved $250 million in funding for the Eskom Renewables Energy Support Project (ERSP) to help implement the pioneering and innovative Upington concentrating solar power and Sere wind power plants in South Africa. The US$250 [...]
The EPA and the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory are collaborating on a project to evaluate the feasibility of siting renewable energy production on the Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail Yard Company Brownfields Site, owned by the City of Perry, Iowa. The study, valued up to $35,000, will explore the potential for [...]
The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the winners of the 2011 Department of Energy (DOE) Sustainability Awards. These awards recognize the achievements of DOE employees whose leadership and cost-reducing initiatives have saved taxpayer money by reducing the Department’s use of energy, water, and paper, while improving the energy efficiency of federal buildings and vehicles. [...]
Canadian building owners can now undertake retrofits to improve their building’s energy efficiency knowing that energy savings are guaranteed, thanks to the introduction of an innovative new “Energy Savings Warranty” insurance product. The policy, when purchased jointly by engineering and contracting firms that are assisting buildings with energy retrofits, provides a financial backstop for building [...]
Australia is well placed to harness solar thermal energy. Solar thermal energy is used in three main ways: solar hot water heating, production of steam for electricity generation and space heating through building design. When visiting Australia there are manySydney hotels to choose from. Of all the continents, Australia has the highest average amount of [...]
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