Swedish EcoEnergy to Begin Construction of Waste-to-Energy Facility in Donetsk

In June 2009, the Swedish company EcoEnergy Scandinavia and the Ukrainian government signed Memorandum of understanding on constructing and operating waste incineration plants in Ukraine. Today, EcoEnergy and the Municipality of Donetsk participated in a ceremony in Donetsk in conjunction with the launch... Read more..

Tags: Alexander Lukyanchenko, Biogas, cost efficient energy source, Ecoenergy, EcoEnergy Scandinavia, Electricity, energy, energy independence, energy plant

Dominion Resources GreenTech Incubator to Grow Clean Technology Businesses, Jobs in Central Virginia

The Dominion Resources GreenTech Incubator, a center to assist new businesses focused on energy efficiency and other clean and green technologies, is scheduled to open early next year in Ashland, Va., with financial support from Dominion, one of the nation’s largest producers of energy. Modeled... Read more..

Tags: bio-technology research park, Bob McDonnell, Business incubator, clean and green technologies, clean and green technology movement, clean technologies, David R. Lohr, Dominion Resources, Dominion Resources Inc.

Business and Environmental Groups Unite in Support of Climate Legislation

Exelon Chairman and CEO John W. Rowe and Natural Resources Defense Council President Frances G. Beinecke today urged Midwest business leaders to support comprehensive climate legislation. In a panel discussion at the Economic Club of Chicago, Rowe and Beinecke said economy-wide cap-and-trade legislation... Read more..

Tags: Action on climate change, carbon finance, Climate change, Congress, Economic Club of Chicago, Edison Electric Institute, Emissions trading, energy, Environment

U.S. Department of Energy Awards Momentive $4.5 Million Grant

Momentive Performance Materials will receive $4.5 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to continue the development of breakthrough technology for the low cost production of light emitting diodes (LEDs) used in solid state lighting (SSL) and for increased LED light source performance.... Read more..

Tags: Advanced Photonic Crystals LLC, energy, energy conservation, energy consumption, energy research project, Environment, Eric Thaler, GE Advanced Materials, less energy

Solarbrook Announces “Blowdown Recovery System” Design Phase Completion

Solarbrook Water and Power Corporation’s CEO announced the completion of the design and prototype study phase of a water recovery system to be used on cooling towers. “The system will recover water traditionally sent to the sewers, and will remove dissolved solids, and contaminates which... Read more..

Tags: Aquatic ecology, chemical engineering, Cooling tower, energy, environmental engineering, fewer chemicals, George Moore, green technologies, National Power Corp

Exelon Generation and ODEC Sign 10-Year Energy Supply Contract

Exelon Generation announced that the Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) awarded it a ten-year contract commencing on June 1, 2010 to provide 200 MWs of baseload generation capacity and energy. ODEC awarded Exelon the deal as a result of a competitive bidding process it initiated in June 2009. The... Read more..

Tags: Base load power plant, Business Partnership, electricity market, energy, Exelon, Exelon Corporation, Exelon Power Team, Kenneth W. Cornew, Lisa Johnson

World Energy Brokers 1.4 Million CER Deal over the World Green Exchange

World Energy Solutions, Inc., an operator of online exchanges for energy and green commodities, today announced it has successfully brokered a purchase agreement for over 1.4 million certified emissions reductions (CERs) on the World Green Exchange®. The deal, significant in both volume and revenue,... Read more..

Tags: bio-gas, business to business, carbon finance, Carbon footprint, Carbon offset, Carbon project, China, Clean Development Mechanism, Commercial International Investment Company

Hydrogen milestone could help lower fossil fuel refining costs

Hydrogen researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory have reached another milestone on the road to reducing carbon emissions and protecting the nation against the effects of peaking world oil production. Stephen Herring, laboratory fellow and technical director of the... Read more..

Tags: Alternative propulsion, Battelle Energy Alliance, Carl Stoots, Day-to-day management, Electricity, Electrochemistry, energy, Energy's Idaho National Laboratory, Environment

Can CA Economy Afford Climate Policies?

As political pressure mounts to delay California’s ambitious global warming policies, a new report from University of California researchers examines the economic impacts of putting the Governor’s climate program on hold. Energy Prices and California’s Economic Security, a project sponsored... Read more..

Tags: crude oil prices, David Roland-Holst, economy-wide forecasting tool, Efficient energy use, Electricity, electricity costs, energy, energy development, energy economics

Energy Recovery, Inc. PX Devices to Be Implemented at Southern Seawater Desalination Plant in Australia

Energy Recovery, Inc., a leader in the design and development of energy recovery devices for desalination, today announced that its PX Pressure Exchanger™ (PX™) devices will be implemented at the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant (SSDP) in Western Australia. To be constructed by the Southern Seawater... Read more..

Tags: AJ Lucas Operations Pty Ltd, energy, Energy Recovery Inc., Environment, recovery devices, Southern Seawater Desalination Plant, Técnicas Reunidas Australia Pty Ltd, Valoriza Water Australia Pty Ltd, Western Australia