University of California, San Diego Forests Parking Areas With Solar Trees(TM) From Envision Solar

The University of California, San Diego, which strives to be one of the nation’s “greenest” college campuses, has undertaken a forestation program in an unlikely place…on the roof of two of its parking garages. Steel components have already taken shape, forming the framework for Solar Trees™ that will soon be fitted with a canopy of Kyocera... 

EESTech and Dagang Power, China Sign MOU for Carbon Capture Project

EESTech Inc. and Tianjin DaGang Huashi Power Generation Co. Ltd have signed an MOU to establish a Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project using EESTech’s carbon management and storage technology. Dagang will use one of its two 330MW power units to demonstrate the capture of CO2 from its flue gas stream and then transport the CO2 for Geosequestration... 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company Announces the PeakChoice Program to Help Businesses Manage Their Energy Use

Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced the launch of its PeakChoice(TM) program, a new demand response program that allows business customers to customize their contribution to power reliability during times of high energy use. Demand response programs are designed to be both fiscally and environmentally responsible ways to respond to occasional... 

EESTECH and AGL Energy Sign Agreement to use Australian Developed Technology to Provide Clean Energy from Waste

EESTECH Inc. and AGL Energy Limited have signed an MOU to establish a demonstration project using EESTECH’s patented Hybrid Coalmine Gas Technology (HCGT). HCGT utilizes ventilated coalmine methane gas that would otherwise be vented to the atmosphere, as a fuel source to generate reliable, cost-effective and cleaner forms of energy. Methane gas... 

Pike Electric Corporation Completes Acquisition of Shaw’s Energy Delivery Services

Pike Electric Corporation announced that on September 1, 2008 it completed the acquisition of Shaw Energy Delivery Services, Inc. (“EDS”), an affiliate of The Shaw Group Inc. With EDS, Pike will provide its customers a complete solution for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (“EPC”) of distribution, transmission and... 

Tigo Energy Taps Expertise of Jeff Krisa for Key Sales & Marketing Role

Tigo Energy, the solar company whose unique technology significantly increases efficiency in photovoltaic solar installations, has brought aboard veteran sales and marketing executive, Jeff Krisa. Industry insiders interpret this appointment as another sign that Tigo’s solar future is bright. According to Shirish Sathaye, General Partner at Matrix... 

ConocoPhillips sells remainder of gas stations

ConocoPhillips will sell the remainder of its gas stations in the United States, the company said Wednesday, though Conoco, Phillips 66, and 76 will continue to operate under those familiar signs. The 600 or so stations are being sold to Pacific Convenience & Fuel LLC, a subsidiary of PetroSun Fuel. The deal is “in the ballpark” of... 

EPA-Qualified, High Efficiency Wood Boilers Combat Soaring Heating Oil Prices

The high cost of oil is causing many people to panic about winter heating bills as homeowners brace for higher prices than last year. According to estimates by the Department of Energy, households using heating oil will pay an average $4.34 a gallon, or $2,644 for the heating season, up more than 30 percent from last winter and up 150 percent since... 

Shaw Joint Venture to Build a New World-class Module Fabrication and Assembly Facility in Lake Charles, La.

A state-of-the-art module fabrication and assembly facility will be built in Lake Charles, La., by a newly formed joint venture created by The Shaw Group Inc. and Westinghouse Electric Company, L.L.C. Shaw’s Fabrication & Manufacturing Group will serve as managing member of the new joint venture, named Global Modular Solutions, L.L.C. “After... 

PGE And Confederated Tribes to Restore Fish Passage in Deschutes River Basin

For the first time in 40 years, salmon and steelhead could soon be swimming their way down the Metolius, Crooked and upper Deschutes Rivers as a result of new equipment now in advanced stages of construction. Portland General Electric (PGE) (NYSE:POR) and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, co-owners of the Pelton Round...