First it was “organic,” then it was “fair trade.” Now it may be”windmade.”
A new effort by the wind power industry is intended to make products and companies fueled by wind power the newest beneficiaries of a global branding push. Keep reading →
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EnerNOC started with a brilliant idea: enable energy efficient electricity customers to get paid for their efforts.
The company’s business model uses demand response meters to measure energy consumption on a minute-by-minute basis, allowing energy consumers to limit usage during peak demand times and thereby earn money by not using energy. Keep reading →
$1.2 billion federal loan guarantee awarded by @ENERGY for a 280MW #solar #CSP project in California by @ABENGOAnews
By Shifra Mincer$1.2 billion federal loan guarantee awarded by @ENERGY for a 280MW #solar #CSP project in California by @ABENGOAnews http://bit.ly/mvBkmY @Aolenergy
Google announced its largest ever investment in clean technology today: $280 million for a special fund that California-based SolarCity will use to help with leasing arrangements and that both firms hope will encourage more widespread adoption of rooftop solar panels.
This video shows what homes would look like with rooftop panels feeding them electricity directly and how consumers can save money on their power bills. Keep reading →
Melting chocolate bunnies! Do I have your attention?
LED company Cree certainly hopes so; they use the highly unexpected prop to illustrate the energy efficiency provided by new lighting technology. Keep reading →
Before last week, IBM’s recent successful implementation of the complete infrastructure for a smart grid throughout the Mediterranean island country of Malta may have seemed distant and even irrelevant for Americans.
That could of course never happen here! Keep reading →
With all the recent talk in Washington of smart meters, transmission may be getting the short end of the stick.
But Clean Line Energy Partners, a Houston-based transmission company that specializes in high voltage direct current (HVDC) technology, which can be effective in transmitting intermittent power generated by renewable fuels, is trying to balance the equation. On Monday it announced that it would partner with Siemens on HVDC technology for the Iowa wind to Illinois Rock Island Clean Line transmission project. Keep reading →
On the heels of yesterday’s White House announcement of a multifaceted initiative on smart grid technology, Siemens undertook a major project of its own.
I have trouble enough keeping up with my e-mail; checking my thermostat 300 times a day isn’t going to happen Keep reading →
Exactly who is in charge of regulating energy in the US?
Most people would probably say the Department of Energy (DOE), but the role of other federal agencies like the Department of Agriculture, as well as appointed commissions like FERC and CFTC, play equally significant but often largely invisible roles. With so many players, and Congress hesitant to provide direction on broad policy direction, the White House has become the de facto setter of energy policy and implementation. Keep reading →
It starts with a ‘C’ and ends with an ‘L.’
Coal may have become the dirtiest word in the energy industry last week when American Electric Power (AEP) finally caved to continued Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation pressures and announced that it would “prematurely” retire nearly 6,000 MW of coal generated electricity by the end of 2014. Keep reading →
