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Efficiency is the mantra of modern business, but many companies appear to have trouble with their math when it comes to energy.
Energy efficiency has become an integral part of corporate decision-making in major economies worldwide, but efficiency projects face a continuing battle with other corporate priorities for investment even though they save money in the long run, a new global business survey shows. Keep reading →
Plans to open a fuel-cell manufacturing plant in Delaware represent a significant step forward in the development of a technology that is already helping to power companies like Google, Coca-Cola and Wal-Mart.
California-based Bloom Energy said on June 9 that, starting in 2012, it would like to begin manufacturing its fuel-cell servers in a former Chrysler factory site in Newark, creating 900 jobs and supplying 30 MW of electricity to the local utility, Delmarva Power. It plans to do this for 21 years. Keep reading →
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 →
$1.2 billion federal loan guarantee awarded by @ENERGY for a 280MW #solar #CSP project in California by @ABENGOAnews
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In this interview, David Eves, President and CEO of Public Service Company of Colorado, the Xcel Energy Company based in Colorado, provides a roadmap of smart grid and renewable energy initiatives will take over the course of the next couple years.
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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 →
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 →
