Relaxnews – Fri, Jul 22, 2011 Some of the major green and environmental stories of the past week (July 16-22), including extreme weather in the United States, famine in Africa, the Beckhams as bad role models and the effect of biofuels on food prices are rounded up below. African famine – changing weather patterns and increasingly frequent [...]
July 29, 2011 – I know that you thought Congress was only addressing the national debt, but they certainly can multi-task. On July 15, the House of Representatives passed the 2012 fiscal energy-water appropriations bill. US DOE is to get $24.7 billion, 3% less than this year. Of that, $1.3 billion is for renewable energy [...]
Westinghouse Solar Announces Second Quarter 2011 Results Quarterly Revenue Growth Up 24% Versus Prior Year and Up 38% Sequentially July 28, 2011 – Westinghouse Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq:WEST), a designer and manufacturer of solar power systems, today announced its second quarter 2011 financial results. “Total revenue was $2.8 million in the second quarter, a year-over-year increase [...]
July 28, 2011 – Mark your calendar for a virtual trade show event like none other. In conjunction with EcoStructure, EcoHome, and Remodeling publications, GreenExpo365 brings manufacturers and webinar topics to help you build with sustainability in mind. August 9 and 10, we release GPS, our Green Product Selection webinar series, with 10 prerecorded sessions [...]
July 28, 2011 – SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB) and Citi (NYSE: C) announced a new fund for approximately $105 million in residential solar lease projects. SunPower will use the fund to extend its SunPower® Lease to customers in eight states, expanding the financing options available to homeowners interested in high-efficiency SunPower solar power systems, [...]
South Brunswick warehouse is second Matrix site hosting a Solar 4 All™ project July 28, 2011 – Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) and Matrix Development Group today cut the ribbon on a new rooftop solar installation at a Matrix-owned building in South Brunswick, NJ. The 3.0-megawatt (MW) project is part of PSE&G’s Solar [...]
Staff, Windpower Monthly, 28 July 2011, 11:46am http://www.windpowermonthly.com UNITED STATES: US number one wind developer NextEra has announced it will spend up to $3.1 billion on wind projects over the next three years. The company’s CEO Lewis Hay announced the plans as part of NextEra’s Q2 results presentation. Its earnings have risen by 38% compared [...]
July 26, 2011 by Paul Dvorak Filed under Turbine Sensors, Wind Power News, Wind Turbine Controls http://www.windpowerengineering.com The SNAP-AIPM-3 and SNAP-AIPM-3V can each monitor 480 Vac, 3-phase electrical equipment without need for a potential transformer. Opto 22 has enhanced the capabilities of its most widely used power monitoring modules to give clients broader voltage input [...]
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July 26, 2011—To meet growing electricity demands in the western portion of its service area and to enhance overall power system reliability, El Paso Electric Company will expand its Rio Grande power plant in Sunland Park, N.M., with advanced GE (NYSE: GE) aeroderivative gas turbine technology. GE’s aeroderivative gas turbines offer high power output with [...]
By Evan Dick This map of states that have approved PACE programs demonstrates bipartisan support for the initiative. Red (Republican) and blue (Democtratic) indicates state majority when PACE legislation was passed; white states have not yet adopted the program. The much-anticipated Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program has been on a long and costly holding [...]
July 24, 2011 – Which will be first? Biofuel powered jets or biofuel powered cars. Both are around now. First, you have to produce the biofuel. But, then you need a distribution infrastructure. That’s why you are seeing more use of biofuels for municipal fleets that can fill up every evening at the same location, [...]
July 22, 2011 – Siemens Energy has received an order to deliver 63 of its SWT-2.3-101 wind turbines for five wind power plants in Brazil. The wind turbines have a rating of 2.3 megawatts (MW) and a rotor diameter of 101 meters. Purchaser is the utility Tractebel Energia, headquartered in Florianópolis, Brazil. After commissioning in [...]
July 22, 2011 – What does trimethylgallium have to do with green energy? Glad you asked. Trimethylgallium [TMG for short] is a precursor used in the production of LED lights. LEDs are becoming a part of our daily life, even if they are still expensive. They’re in high-end, new TVs and fancy high-tech electronics. But, [...]
July 22, 2011 – Dow Chemical and Japan’s Ube Industries are planning a joint venture, Advanced Electrolyte Technologies, to make and market formulated electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries.
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