Miniaturized electronics developed by GE Consumer & Industrial engineers and scientists are the enabling technology of a new covered GE Energy Smart® compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb featuring the GE Spiral® CFL inside the glass bulb. With this new CFL—an exclusive design achievement that GE has protected with more than a dozen U.S. patent applications—the [...]
Consumers Energy has secured more than 28,000 acres of easements in Tuscola and Mason counties for potential wind generation development and is starting the process of testing sites.
Construction started today on four meteorological towers in Mason County and three towers in Tuscola County. Construction of the towers, which are about 180 feet tall, is expected [...]
The Electronic Disposal Group, a San Diego-based recycling company, is planning an event that will allow people to exchange incandescent light bulbs for free energy-efficient light bulbs.
The exchange is planned for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Aug. 24 at Wal-Mart’s southwest parking lot, 605 Fletcher Parkway in El Cajon.
The event is free and [...]
Power-Save Energy Company, an emerging leader in the renewable energy and energy saving products industry, today announced its partnership with Aqua Finance Inc. to offer affordable consumer finance for Power-Save Solar purchases.
Since 1986, Aqua Finance Inc., (AFI) has provided financing programs through its Dealer Financial Services division. AFI is qualified to do business in all [...]
On the third day of the World Future Energy Summit (WFES), Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, met with the Young Future Energy Leaders (YFEL), an initiative led by Masdar Institute.
Christiana Figueres said: “Creating solutions to the climate change issues facing the world must involve the next generation. [...]
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 [...]
Atlantic Power Corporation announced that it has extended through 2013 its forward purchases of Canadian dollars in amounts sufficient to make the current level of monthly distributions on its Income Participating Securities (“IPS”).
“We are very pleased to have extended our strategy of mitigating currency risk for another two years through 2013,” commented Barry Welch, Atlantic [...]
Avantium announced today that it has entered into a master services agreement with Chevron Energy Technology Company for the application of high-throughput technologies in the development of catalysts in the oil and gas field.
Avantium specializes in high-throughput methodologies that enable scientists to conduct parallel experiments on a very small scale, under industrial conditions and at [...]
On August 1, area legislators, elected officials, volunteers, and many area citizens gathered at Drake Well Museum to announce the recent passage of multiple resolutions and to recognize the kick-off of “Oil 150″ and “Oil Heritage Month.”
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Mr. Will Wingo, Oil 150 Director at the Oil Region Alliance, welcomed guests and encouraged one and all to [...]
Charlotte-based Piedmont Natural Gas has selected a site in Davidson County for its new Nashville operations center. Construction on Piedmont’s new Century City facility will begin later this year and should be completed sometime in the spring or summer of 2010. The Company employs approximately 210 people locally, and serves more than 170,000 customers in [...]