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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Resource Group International, Inc. announced that the Company has signed an agreement to develop several wind energy projects in South America beginning with Chile. Resource Group is partnering with ANPL G.P., through its Chilean subsidiary ANPL Latin America Limited, and has signed a “beneficial” agreement to construct several wind farms...