Local Community Banding Together to Harness the Power of the Sun

Although solar heating can dramatically slash home utility bills and has tremendous environmental benefits, converting to solar is often too cost-prohibitive for many home owners. A group of homeowners in Mt. Pleasant, a suburb outside of Washington D.C., have realized though that there is strength, and more importantly, savings, in numbers. Seventy-five homeowners in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood have banded together in order to help save money... Read more..

XsunX Provides Overview on Positive Developments for the Renewable Energy Industry

XsunX, Inc., a solar technology Company engaged in the build-out of its multi-megawatt amorphous thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar manufacturing facilities in Oregon, provides a look into 2008’s initiatives, legislation, and events set to positively impact the Renewable Energy Industry and reduce dependence on carbon based fuels. – In October, the 30-percent Federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC) was extended for 8 years. Important to this... Read more..

Centriforce Technology’s Desalination Process Will Reduce Energy Requirements with Lower Environmental Impact

Centriforce Technology Corp.’s new desalination technology is designed to reduce the amount of energy needed to produce fresh water and reduce the environmental impact compared to existing technologies. Current desalination processes that convert salt or brackish water into fresh water require significant energy input and expense. Centriforce’s process will yield fresh water at a lower cost and be friendlier to the environment. In the... Read more..

Madison County Wind for Schools Project Brings Alternative Energy Education to Western N.C.

Winds blowing through the mountains of North Carolina will move more than leaves next year when the first rural wind power education program east of the Mississippi River is established in Madison County. A regional partnership will install small wind turbines at three schools in Madison County and develop a K-12 alternative-energy curriculum as part of an effort to introduce wind power to rural communities and initiate community discussions around... Read more..

Renewable Energy Thrust Nets GeneSiC Semiconductor $1.5M from US Department of Energy

The US Department of Energy has awarded GeneSiC Semiconductor two separate grants totaling $1.5M for the development of high-voltage silicon carbide (SiC) devices that will serve as key enablers for wind- and solar-power integration with the nation’s electricity grid. “These awards demonstrate the DOE’s confidence in GeneSiC’s capabilities, as well as its commitment to alternative energy solutions,” notes Dr. Ranbir Singh,... Read more..

Green Energy Upgrades Make Corporate Office a Net Energy Producer

RCG LLC, developer of East Mill, and tenant Nexamp, Inc., a veteran-owned energy and carbon solutions company, recently completed extensive onsite renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements. These green energy upgrades make Nexamp’s corporate office a “beyond zero net-energy” workplace: a rare facility that produces more energy than it consumes. The improvements at East Mill — a commercial complex of renovated 1850s... Read more..

Green Mountain Power Files for Rate Adjustment of Less Than Two Percent

Green Mountain Power today asked the Vermont Public Service Board to authorize a 1.58 percent rate adjustment to go into effect on January 1, 2009, as part of its alternative regulation plan. The increase is largely due to increases in regional transmission costs. “While we know any increase in rates can be difficult for our customers, we are pleased to have been able to keep our adjustment extremely low at a time when many of our customers... Read more..

IntercontinentalExchange, The Clearing Corporation and Nine Major Dealers Announce New Developments in Global CDS Clearing Solution

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc., a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, and The Clearing Corporation (TCC), today announced new agreements intended to advance their previously announced joint global clearing solution for Credit Default Swaps (CDS). Together with nine of the major global investment banks who are dealers in the CDS markets, ICE and TCC have entered into memorandums of understanding... Read more..

Oncor Tips to Safely Light the Way for Trick-or-Treaters

Halloween is fast approaching, and before you know it, goblins, ghosts, superheroes and even princesses will be at your door. Make it safe for these and all the trick-or-treaters that knock on your door this year by decorating in an electrically safe manner. The scary part is that roughly four times as many children aged 5 to 14 years are killed while walking on Halloween night compared with any other time of the year, with falls being the leading... Read more..

Windpower 2009 Conference & Exhibition

The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority and the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau are pleased to join the American Wind Energy Association in announcing that the WINDPOWER 2009 Conference & Exhibition, the world’s largest annual wind energy event, will be held in Chicago next year, at the McCormick Place Convention Center from May 4 – 7, 2009. The WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition has become one of the most successful... Read more..