Company celebrates major milestone with event honoring transit agency partners as EV pioneers North America’s leading manufacturer of zero-emissions battery-electric buses, Proterra Inc., recently congratulated its customers on achieving a major milestone for the EV industry: logging one million miles in revenue service. The company celebrated this achievement with an event at its plant in Greenville, S.C. honoring its …
Read More »Three San Diego County Churches Help Combat Climate Change, Reduce Electricity Costs with KYOCERA Solar
Sullivan Solar Power Installs 153kW of Kyocera Solar Modules at St. Patrick Catholic Parish in North Park, St. Bartholomew’s in Poway and Paradise Valley Church in National City San Diego – March 23, 2015 – Kyocera Solar, Inc. and Sullivan Solar Power teamed up to equip three San Diego County churches with solar systems that include Kyocera high-efficiency modules and …
Read More »Green Vegetables Gas Up – Biogas Plant
WELTEC BIOPOWER Builds 500-kW Biogas Plant for Vegetable Producer In January 2015, WELTEC BIOPOWER started building an anaerobic digestion plant in Loughgall, Northern Ireland. The customer and operator of the 500-kW plant is the vegetable producer Gilfresh Produce. The enterprise produces numerous field-grown products and processes them into food. „For WELTEC, this is the third plant in Northern Ireland …
Read More »Engineers Develop New Yeast Strain to Enhance Biofuel and Biochemical Production
Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have used a combination of metabolic engineering and directed evolution to develop a new, mutant yeast strain that could lead to a more efficient biofuel production process that would make biofuels more economically competitive with conventional fuels. Their findings were published online in the journal Metabolic …
Read More »Farmers urged to ask for biodiesel on National Biodiesel Day
Iowa Biodiesel Board says on-farm use has room to grow ANKENY, Iowa – St. Patrick’s Day isn’t the only date for celebration this week – at least not for biodiesel supporters. National Biodiesel Day is March 18, and the Iowa Biodiesel Board is taking the opportunity to remind farmers to ask for and use biodiesel as they head into spring …
Read More »Solar PV Systems Preview
Led by Commercial Systems, 9 Percent of Solar PV Systems in North America Will Have Storage Attached in 2018, IHS Says 700 MW of PV systems to be installed with energy storage attached in North America in 2018, compared to 30 MW in 2014 Wellingborough, U.K. (March 16, 2015) — IHS (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information …
Read More »Solar Power Strong Countries
Do you know who the international leaders are in terms of solar power generation? Well this infographic shares the results and lets you know which countries are leading the way with solar power energy in 2015. source: http://www.halfpriceshutters.com.au/solar-panels
Read More »Biomass Conversion and Solar Energy Conversion Combined
MADISON, Wis. — In a study published March 9 in Nature Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison chemistry Professor Kyoung-Shin Choi presents a new approach to combine solar energy conversion and biomass conversion, two important research areas for renewable energy. For decades, scientists have been working to harness the energy from sunlight to drive chemical reactions to form fuels such as hydrogen, …
Read More »Wave Motion to Generate Energy and Desalinate Water
This is an interesting new technology out of Australia that uses the motion of the ocean (wave motion) to create energy in a non invasive way and out of sight as well just below the surface of the ocean. How does it work? Watch below. or this for more tech details. According to Carnegie Perth Wave Project: This project will be …
Read More »EL CIELO WINERY in Baja California Uncorks the Power of the Sun with KYOCERA Solar
Photovoltaic System Provides 75 Percent of the Winery and Restaurant’s Total Energy Consumption Nestled in the verdant Valle de Guadalupe winemaking region and with an eye on sustainability, El Cielo Winery in Baja California now offsets approximately 75 percent of its energy needs with a new Kyocera solar installation. El Cielo, which translates as “The Sky,” has installed 220 high-reliability …
Read More »Global PV Balance-of-System Revenues to Exceed $20 Billion in 2019
IHS Says Asian markets dominated by niche BoS suppliers lead the market Wellingborough, U.K. (March 4, 2015) — IHS (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information and insight, today announced that the global photovoltaic (PV) balance-of-system (BoS) market is forecast to grow at an average rate of 5 percent per year, reaching $21 billion in 2019. China, India …
Read More »Affordable and Ultra-Clean Fuel Cells
— Ability to capture up to 90 percent of carbon emissions with a scalable solution — Performance milestones reached for coal and natural gas power plant carbon capture — Cost per ton of carbon captured below U.S. Department of Energy target of $40/ton — Added benefit includes destroying smog-producing nitrogen oxide (NOx) DANBURY, Conn., March 5, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — …
Read More »Big box stores could ditch the grid, use natural gas fuel cells instea
Study finds potential for reduced carbon emissions and lower power costs RICHLAND, Wash. – Large facilities like big box stores or hospitals could keep the lights on by using a fuel cell that runs off the natural gas that already flows in pipelines below most city streets. Instead of drawing electricity from the power grid, facilities could use natural gas-powered …
Read More »Wind Power For Ohio Factory
Whirlpool Corporation Announces Plans To Use Wind Turbines To Power Findlay, Ohio Facility Turbines expected to offset an estimated 22% of plant’s energy consumption FINDLAY, Ohio, Jan. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR), the world’s largest global manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances is building on the company’s 40 years of commitment to sustainability by using wind energy …
Read More »Turning Sewage To Power With Turbines
Lucid Energy Announces Portland Water Pipeline Now Producing Renewable Energy for PGE Customers The Portland Water Bureau “Put a Turbine In It” and began generating renewable energy for Portland General Electric earlier this month. The new four-turbine LucidPipe™ Power System project in Portland, Oregon is the first in the U.S. to secure a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement for renewable energy …
Read More »Schools Can Now Apply Online for Energy Efficiency Funding
The California Energy Commission has launched a new online system for schools to submit Energy Expenditure Plans under the California Clean Energy Jobs Act (Proposition 39). The system provides schools a streamlined process to submit all the elements of a plan for review and approval under the newly authorized 2015 Program Implementation Guidelines. “Voters approved Proposition 39 in 2012 …
Read More »FuelCell Energy Completes Sale of University Micro-grid
— NRG Yield purchased from FuelCell Energy, the previously announced 1.4 megawatt fuel cell power plant project at University of Bridgeport — First-ever fuel cell project placed into a yieldco FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq:FCEL), a global leader in the design, manufacture, operation and service of ultra-clean, efficient and reliable fuel cell power plants, today reported the closing of its …
Read More »College Campus Waste Management Efficiency
Campus-wide deployments result in an average of 80 percent efficiency gains while supporting universities’ commitment to sustainability and providing a green campus life for students Bigbelly, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise waste management solutions, announces broad adoption of Bigbelly Smart Waste & Recycling solutions by universities and colleges across the United States seeking efficient and environmentally friendly ways to …
Read More »Can Electric Nissan Leaf Handle Speed Test?
Stuntman Rodger Larue gets the Nissan LEAF up to full speed. Photograph: Foglight Entertainment What kind of rush do you get behind the wheel of a car fueled by pure electricity instead of traditional gas combustion? Stunt driver Rodger Larue handles America’s best-selling electric car, the Nissan LEAF to a test of speed and reports on the experience of 100% electric …
Read More »Proterra Introduces Extended-Range Electric Bus, Flexible Battery System
To more fully serve the diverse needs of the North American transit market, Proterra Inc., the leading provider of zero-emission battery-electric buses, has launched a new extended-range product line. With the introduction of the new TerraVolt™ XR extended-range battery, Proterra buses can now be configured to travel up to 180 miles between charges. This newest high energy density battery complements …
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