U.S. Department of Energy Awards Momentive $4.5 Million Grant

Momentive Performance Materials will receive $4.5 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to continue the development of breakthrough technology for the low cost production of light emitting diodes (LEDs) used in solid state lighting (SSL) and for increased LED light source performance. LED lights can consume 75 percent less energy... 

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Magma Awarded $10 Million in Department of Energy Grants for Its Soda Lake and McCoy Properties in Nevada

Magma Energy Corp. announce that its US subsidiary, Magma Energy (US) Corp. (“Magma”), has been awarded $10 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for two of its Nevada geothermal exploration properties, Soda Lake and McCoy. The grants will reimburse 50 – 80% of Magma’s planned innovative exploration expenditures... 

Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Enhanced Geothermal Systems, Environment, exploration technologies, Gas, gas technology, geothermal energy, Geothermal gradient, Magma, Magma Energy Corp., Nevada, oil and gas technology, Petrology, Soda Lake, U.S. Department of Energy, United States, Volcanology

Solarbrook Announces “Blowdown Recovery System” Design Phase Completion

Solarbrook Water and Power Corporation’s CEO announced the completion of the design and prototype study phase of a water recovery system to be used on cooling towers. “The system will recover water traditionally sent to the sewers, and will remove dissolved solids, and contaminates which result in lost cooling efficiency within the cooling... 

Tags: Aquatic ecology, chemical engineering, Cooling tower, energy, environmental engineering, fewer chemicals, George Moore, green technologies, National Power Corp, North Carolina, off-grid systems, Sewerage, Wastewater, wastewater systems, Water, Water pollution

W2 Energy Continues to Expand Algae to Bio-Diesel Opportunities

W2 Energy Inc., a developer of green energy, is pleased to announce it has signed a preliminary joint venture letter of intent with Coastal Capital Acquisition Corporation to design, construct and operate an Algae to Bio-diesel facility in the state Florida, in the United States. W2 Energy has an all in one system that grows, harvests and dries algae... 

Tags: Alternative propulsion, Bio-diesel facility, Biodiesel, biofuels, Coastal Capital Acquisition Corp, Environment, Green Energy, Mike McLaren, Sustainable transport, W2 Energy Inc.

Exelon Generation and ODEC Sign 10-Year Energy Supply Contract

Exelon Generation announced that the Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) awarded it a ten-year contract commencing on June 1, 2010 to provide 200 MWs of baseload generation capacity and energy. ODEC awarded Exelon the deal as a result of a competitive bidding process it initiated in June 2009. The long-term contract with ODEC fits squarely within... 

Tags: Base load power plant, Business Partnership, electricity market, energy, Exelon, Exelon Corporation, Exelon Power Team, Kenneth W. Cornew, Lisa Johnson, ODEC

Honeywell Refrigerant Helps Homeowners Convert the Sun’s Heat Into Power

Honeywell announced today that its Genetron® R-245fa refrigerant is being used to help homeowners generate electricity from the sun’s heat while offsetting energy costs. Honeywell’s energy-efficient refrigerant is being used in an organic rankine cycle (ORC) called the 35Z Micro Power Plant, manufactured by Germany-based Turbolina GmbH... 

Tags: Avionics, Carbon offset, Electricity, Electronic design, energy costs, Environment, Heat pumps, Heating ventilating and air conditioning, Honeywell, Honeywell International Inc., Refrigerant

World Energy Brokers 1.4 Million CER Deal over the World Green Exchange

World Energy Solutions, Inc., an operator of online exchanges for energy and green commodities, today announced it has successfully brokered a purchase agreement for over 1.4 million certified emissions reductions (CERs) on the World Green Exchange®. The deal, significant in both volume and revenue, was conducted on behalf of B-road International... 

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Telvent Smart Grid DMS Targets Improved Electric Network Performance at University of Michigan

Telvent, the IT company for a sustainable and secure world, announced today that it will be supplying a new Distribution Management System (DMS) for the University of Michigan. Telvent’s DMS, one of the Company’s Smart Operations solutions and part of its comprehensive Smart Grid Solution suite, will help the University achieve its goal... 

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CH2M HILL Selected for EPC Work at PacifiCorp’s Wyodak Power Plant

CH2M HILL, a global full-service engineering, procurement, construction, and operations firm, today announced it has been selected by PacifiCorp as the engineering, procurement, and construction contractor for installation of new emission control equipment at its 365-megawatt coal-fueled Wyodak power plant, located near Gillette, Wyoming. This equipment,... 

Tags: CH2M Hill, CH2M HILL Companies Ltd., chemical engineering, construction contractor, Corvallis Oregon, Don Zabilansky, Dust collector, Electrostatic precipitator, emission control equipment, Environment, Filters, Gillette, PacifiCorp, Wyodak power plant

Western Wind to develop an additional new 30 to 80MW wind project in Tehachapi, CA

Western Wind Energy Corp announce that it has secured approximately 575 contiguous acres near Tehachapi, California through land purchases and ground leases and plans to pursue the development of an additional wind energy project of at least 30MW. The new project will be named Windswept. Western Wind is working on acquiring or leasing additional contiguous... 

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