Gainesville Regional Utilities Gives Away VendingMiser® Smart Technology

USA Technologies Inc. reported that Gainesville Regional Utilities in Florida was giving their customers free VendingMiser devices. This is part of the Utilities’’ objective to become a national leader in energy efficiency by targeting vending machines with the help of its EnergyMiser® smart technology. Gainesville, one of 57 energy utilities supporting... 

Beacon Power Moves into Next Stage of DOE Loan Guarantee Process for 20-MW Flywheel Regulation Plant

Beacon Power Corporation, a company that designs and develops advanced products and services to support more stable, reliable and efficient electricity grid operation, has delivered the last of nearly 100 separate documents in its application for a loan guarantee to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Guarantee Program Office and moved into the next... 

Puget Sound Energy Purchases Mint Farm Power Plant

Puget Sound Energy last week completed the $240 million purchase of a 310-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant in Longview, Wash., the latest step in the utility’s long-range effort to ensure a reliable, cost-effective energy supply for its growing customer base in Western Washington. PSE signed an agreement in September to buy the 11-month-old... 

AMI DODUCO Prepares for High-Voltage Infrastructure Market Opportunities

AMI DODUCO, a Technitrol company, announced that it has completed a two-year program to expand production in high-voltage contact technology. Custom-designed furnaces have been acquired, the latest-generation welding equipment brought on board and the mechanical and automated production centers expanded. “Despite the broad economic slowdown, these... 

Global Solar Leaders and UNEP Outline Central Role for Solar in Climate Solution at United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poland

Representatives from three leading international solar companies and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) — Dr. Zhengrong Shi, Suntech’s Chairman and CEO, Jeremy Leggett, Executive Chairman of Solarcentury, Mike Ahearn, Chairman and CEO of First Solar, and Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director — gathered at the United Nations... 

Orion Energy Systems Receives Esteemed Platts Global Energy Award

Orion Energy Systems Inc. has received the prestigious Platts Global Energy Award for Sustainable Technology Innovation of the Year for its energy efficient and direct renewable technology. The award recognizes the company that has made “the single most innovative technology advance in the area of green technology,” according to Platts.... 

Tenaska Solar and Soltage Invest in Solar Energy Development

Tenaska Solar, LLC announced an equity investment in Soltage, LLC to expand the development and use of solar-generated electricity. Soltage, a privately-held full service renewable energy company, is based in Jersey City, N.J. The company develops, finances, installs, owns and operates solar electricity generating stations which provide electricity... 

Atlantic Energy Solutions Partners With Evolution Solar on Solar Panels

Atlantic Energy Solutions, Inc. announce they are in negotiations to make Evolution Solar Corporation their provider of photovoltaic (PV) panels for several of Atlantic Energy’s current solar energy efficiency projects. After conducting extensive research with a number of global manufacturers of PV panels, Atlantic Energy has concluded that securing... 

Peabody Energy Earns ‘Award of Excellence’ and ‘Strategic Energy Investment of the Year’ at Global Energy Awards

An international panel of judges has presented Peabody Energy with dual honors at the 10th Global Energy Awards in New York City: The Award of Excellence honors Peabody’s industry leadership, and the Strategic Energy Investment of the Year recognizes Peabody’s global transformation to capitalize on high-growth, high-margin markets. The Award... 

Tethys Petroleum Limited: Cooperation Agreement Signed With “INTER RAO UES OJSC”

Tethys Petroleum Limited announced the signature of a Memorandum of Intent on Cooperation with the Russian energy company “INTER RAO UES OJSC” concerning cooperation in Kazakhstan and other parts of Central Asia. Specifically the MOI concerns Tethys and “INTER RAO UES OJSC” cooperating and negotiating in good faith as a matter...