Cetrel and Novozymes to Make Biogas and Electricity from Bagasse

December 14, 2009 Category: Bioenergy, Electricity, Green Energy
Cetrel and Novozymes to Make Biogas and Electricity from Bagasse

Cetrel, the largest provider of environmental solutions for the manufacturing industry in Latin America, and Novozymes, the world’s leading producer of industrial enzymes, today announced a research partnership to turn sugarcane waste into green energy. Using Cetrel’s know-how in waste-stream treatment and Novozymes’ biotech expertise, the partners... 

Innergex increases its net installed capacity by 53 % as Ashlu Creek starts commercial operation

December 14, 2009 Category: Renewable Energy, Wind Energy
Innergex increases its net installed capacity by 53 % as Ashlu Creek starts commercial operation

Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. announces that the Ashlu Creek run-of-river hydroelectric power generating plant (”Ashlu Creek”), with a net installed capacity of 49.9 MW, is now in commercial operation. As the required performance tests were carried out successfully, BC Hydro has retroactively set the official commercial operation start... 

Crews Begin Hanging Panels on Largest Solar Array in Martin County

December 12, 2009 Category: Solar Energy
Crews Begin Hanging Panels on Largest Solar Array in Martin County

The largest solar energy array in Martin County began construction a little over 4 weeks ago after the town was able to quickly issue permits to the solar energy contractor, Abundant Energy Inc. (http://www.abundantenergy.com). Though South Florida solar energy companies have been making little headway in the commercial energy market with the exception... 

Unique Safety Milestone Celebrated by Colonial Pipeline

December 12, 2009 Category: Energy Suppliers, Oil Energy
Unique Safety Milestone Celebrated by Colonial Pipeline

Colonial Pipeline today celebrated 10 million hours of employees working without a lost work-time injury. The safety milestone represents more than seven years of employees working safely. In congratulating employees, Colonial CEO Tim Felt reminded that working safely is a job that starts fresh every day. “We are rightfully proud of this accomplishment,... 

Green Energy Live Targets $154 Billion U.S. Livestock Industry for Sustainable Biomass-to-Energy Technology Development

November 16, 2009 Category: Energy Companies, Green Energy, Renewable Energy
Green Energy Live Targets $154 Billion U.S. Livestock Industry for Sustainable Biomass-to-Energy Technology Development

Green Energy Live Inc. is focused on developing sustainable biomass-to-energy conversion technology to meet a critical need for the nation’s $154 billion livestock industry. Green Energy Live is utilizing proprietary gasification technology for the development of highly innovative, on-site manure-to-electricity conversion systems to enable America’s... 

Electric vehicles, infrastructure power 2009 Beyond Oil conference

November 16, 2009 Category: Electric Energy
Electric vehicles, infrastructure power 2009 Beyond Oil conference

Shiny new electric vehicles, emitting only low-whirring sounds, glistened as they darted among the few sun breaks in Seattle outside a Cascadia Center conference titled Beyond Oil: The Sustainable Communities Initiative. The all-electric Ford Focus made its debut at the late-October event, co-sponsored by Idaho National Laboratory. Ford’s Focus... 

Business and Environmental Groups Unite in Support of Climate Legislation

November 6, 2009 Category: Energy Efficiency, Energy Prices, Energy Saving
Business and Environmental Groups Unite in Support of Climate Legislation

Exelon Chairman and CEO John W. Rowe and Natural Resources Defense Council President Frances G. Beinecke today urged Midwest business leaders to support comprehensive climate legislation. In a panel discussion at the Economic Club of Chicago, Rowe and Beinecke said economy-wide cap-and-trade legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is essential... 

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

October 30, 2009 Category: Geothermal Energy
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... 

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

October 27, 2009 Category: Energy Management, Energy Prices, Green Energy
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... 

PA Coal Association Opposes Federal Climate Change Bill

August 27, 2009 Category: Coal Energy
PA Coal Association Opposes Federal Climate Change Bill

The Pennsylvania Coal Association (PCA) unanimously voted at its annual board meeting to oppose the federal climate change legislation (H.R. 2454, the Waxman-Markey bill or the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009), which now is before the U.S. Senate. The statewide association of coal companies said the fundamental problem with Waxman-Markey... 

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