PG&E Employees Receive Annual Environmental Leadership Award for Protecting Natural Resources, Raising Awareness About Compact Fluorescent Lamps

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced the winners of its seventh annual Richard A. Clarke Environmental Leadership Award. The award acknowledges the top individual and team efforts for demonstrating PG&E’s ongoing environmental leadership, focusing on areas such as environmental protection, energy efficiency and renewable... 

TRC Named Engineering Consultant in $3 Million Substation Design Project

October 27, 2008 Category: Energy Consultant, Energy Management, Hydropower

TRC Companies, Inc., a recognized leader in engineering, consulting and construction management that provides integrated services to the environmental, energy, infrastructure, and real estate markets, today announced that it has been awarded a $3 million contract to serve as the engineering consultant on the Keene Road Substation Project for the Bangor... 

IPS to Supply Control Technology to World’s First Hydrogen Power Plant

October 21, 2008 Category: Electricity, Hydrogen Energy

Invensys Process Systems (IPS), a global technology, software and consulting firm, announced that it has been selected by Enel to supply control and automation technology for the world’s first hydrogen-fuelled power plant, to be constructed in Fusina, near Venice in the Veneto region of Italy. Enel is Italy’s largest power company with more... 

The German-Chinese Tannery ISA Tan Tec Now Lists CO2 Emissions and Water Consumption for Each Individual Product

October 10, 2008 Category: Energy Efficiency, Energy Saving

The leading manufacturer of high-quality leather, ISA Tan Tec, is the first company in the industry to disclose information on the environmental footprint of each and every one of its products. An environmental pioneer, the company will now specify how much CO2 is generated and how much water is consumed per square meter of leather for all of its products.... 

Metals Theft Summit Brings Renewed Commitment to Catch Thieves

October 10, 2008 Category: Electricity

“I’m sure we all wish the passage of a law could eradicate a criminal act, but it doesn’t work that way,” said Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI) Director Vernon Keenan. Keenan made the remarks at a Metals Theft Stakeholder Summit held Oct. 6 in middle Georgia and telecast in Atlanta. Keenan referred to legislation passed... 

Rooftop Solar Power Now the Best Investment Under the Sun

October 4, 2008 Category: Electricity, Green Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy

With today’s passage of the Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 — which includes the best incentives for solar power in a generation — Akeena Solar, Inc., one of the nation’s leading designers and installers of solar power systems, believes the key elements are now in place for unprecedented growth in residential solar adoption. “Finally,... 

Laidlaw Reaches Agreement with Public Service Company of New Hampshire for Power Purchase Agreement for New Hampshire Biomass Project

Laidlaw Energy Group, Inc., through its affiliate, Laidlaw Berlin BioPower, LLC, announced that it has reached agreement with Public Service Company of New Hampshire (“PSNH”) on the material terms of a contemplated 20-year power purchase agreement for Laidlaw’s Berlin, New Hampshire Biomass Energy Project. The agreement between the parties contemplates... 

New plants convert waste pipeline heat into clean electricity

September 2, 2008 Category: Electricity, Green Energy, Renewable Energy

Pristine Power Inc. and ENMAX Green Power Inc. announced that commercial operations have started at their jointly owned Enpower 5 MW Energy Recovery Generation (ERG) project in British Columbia under the terms of a 20-year electricity purchase agreement with BC Hydro. The plant, located in Savona, about 45 km west of Kamloops, generates electricity... 

Siemens receives order for 101-MW wind farm in Oklahoma, USA

Siemens has been awarded an order to supply 44 of its 2.3-megawatt (MW) wind turbines for the Keenan wind farm in Woodward County in Oklahoma. The purchaser is CPV Renewable Energy Company, a subsidiary of Competitive Power Ventures (CPV), Inc. and a power generation development company focused on the North American market. The Keenan wind farm will... 

Alon USA Announces Expansion of Its Organizational Structure

August 18, 2008 Category: Energy Companies

Alon USA Energy, Inc. announced that the Board of Directors has approved changes to the Company’s organizational structure in order to facilitate management of its expanded operations and to further prepare for the Company’s planned initiatives and future growth opportunities. The management changes are effective immediately. David Wiessman,... 

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