At its recent Annual Meeting, the New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling (NYSAR3) named Meg Morris, Director for Environmental Science & Community Affairs at Covanta Energy, as Recycler of the Year for a Private Company.
“Meg has worked tirelessly to support recycling and has brought credibility and professionalism to every position she’s held [...]
We Energies, Madison Gas & Electric and Wisconsin Public Power today announced a significant new commitment to environmental initiatives. They include reductions in greenhouse gases, investments in additional renewable energy resources, funding to protect Lake Michigan’s ecosystem and the retirement of older, less-efficient generation.
“Coupled with other initiatives we have under way, our three utilities are [...]
Oil prices fell about a dollar Thursday, pulling back from the previous day’s rally as waning U.S. demand for energy overshadowed supply threats from the conflict in Georgia.
Crude fell as low as $112.59 a barrel before settling at $115.01 as traders continued to ponder Wednesday’s U.S. Energy Department report on weekly fuel inventories.
The department’s Energy [...]
SavWatt USA, Inc., pioneers in LED lighting and the Green revolution, announced today that its high power LED Street Lights are now available for energy saving solutions. Compared to High Pressure Sodium Lamps, SavWatt’s LED street lights can save about 50% – 70% in energy consumption. Additionally, the lifespan of LED street lamps is 3 [...]
The AES Corporation announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Wind Energy (North Rhins), Limited, secured £35.1 million in long-term financing to construct and operate the 22 MW North Rhins wind farm in Scotland, UK. The £35.1 million facility is a non-recourse senior project construction and term loan from Barclays Commercial Bank. The loan is repayable over [...]
China Technology Development Group Corporation, a provider of solar energy products and solutions in China focusing on a-Si thin film technology, today announced that it had commenced the commercial production of SnO2 solar base plate, a TCO (transparent conductive oxide) substrate which is used as a key top electrode of a-Si thin film solar cell, [...]
Congressional leaders together with Barack Obama’s new Cabinet are planning a $25 Billion stimulus package in order to meet the President-elect’s goal of doubling renewable energy production in the next three years, according to a report in Sunday’s Washington Post.
President-elect Obama’s Cabinet favors an $8.6 billion extension of the Federal Production Tax Credit, a program [...]
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 the USA Technologies EnergyMiser rebate [...]
Patriot Energy Corporation announce the official launching of the Professional Cycling Team TelTeck-H2O. The announcement was made official through a press conference on Saturday morning at 11:00 am in Varese, Italy where the World Cycling Championship was being held. Team Manager Max Radoni and Team Sport Manager Francesco Frattini unveiled for the first time the [...]
Sharp, a world leader in solar cell production, announced today at Solar Power International 2008 that it will introduce next generation thin film solar cells in the U.S. market in the near future. With its thin film solar product, Sharp will be capable of handling multi-megawatt, large-scale utility projects that are best served by a [...]