Renegy Holds Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony to Celebrate the Recent Startup of Its First Biomass Plant

Renegy Holdings, Inc., a renewable energy company focused on acquiring, developing and operating a growing portfolio of biomass power generation facilities, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week with elected officials and other dignitaries to formally commemorate the recent startup of its 24 megawatt (“MW”) biomass power generation facility... 

Send Students Back to School With High Scores in ‘Electrical Safety 101′

As teachers do their best to enforce solid study habits this fall, it is a good time for parents to remind their children about the ABCs of electricity safety. Electrical shocks and fires injure thousands of people each year. According to the U.S. Fire Administration, an estimated 28,300 residential building electrical fires cause 360 deaths, 1,000... 

Providence Housing Authority Receives Department of Homeland Security Funding for the Purchase and Installation of Pioneering’s Safe-T-element(R) Cooking Technology

Pioneering Technology Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario was advised today by Rhode Island’s Providence Housing Authority (PHA) that they have been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) grant program for the purchase and installation... 

Duke Energy Carolinas Signs Deal to Turn Landfill Gas into Energy

Beginning in 2009, gas produced from a landfill in Durham, N.C., will be turned into power to serve customers of Duke Energy Carolinas. The company announced today that it has signed an agreement with Methane Power Inc. to purchase two megawatts of renewable energy generated from the city of Durham landfill, which was closed in the mid-1990s. “This...