Seal Beach CA (SPX) May 02, 2008 - Clean Energy Fuels has been awarded the contract to supply compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel and provide operations and maintenance for the CNG fueling station located near the base of the Golden Gate Bridge in the Presidio. The station currently provides fuel for shuttle buses serving residents of and tourists at the Presidio, adjacent to the city's Marina District.
Melville NY (SPX) May 02, 2008 - With consumer interest in energy-efficient lighting growing rapidly, the next wave of mass-market residential and business lighting could be coming from LEDs - light-emitting diodes, also known as solid-state lighting. That's the key finding of a new consumer survey commissioned by Arrow Electronics. The survey was conducted for Arrow by Harris Interactive.
Palo Alto CA (SPX) May 02, 2008 - Based on its recent analysis of the advanced gas separation market, Frost and Sullivan recognizes Vaperma with the 2008 Frost and Sullivan North America Technology Innovation of the Year Award for its development of a breakthrough polymer membrane technology that reduces the energy costs and carbon footprint for biofuels, natural gas and industrial processes.
Worcester MA (SPX) May 02, 2008 - Mass Megawatts Wind Power has announced the sale of a wind power plant to be used by the United States Army. The 50 kilowatt wind power project will be constructed at U.S. Army Intelligence Headquarters located in Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Construction will begin this spring as part of the Army's ongoing efforts to expand into renewable energy.
Santa Clara CA (SPX) May 02, 2008 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named the City of Santa Clara a Green Power Community, making the City only one of 14 communities to receive such an honor. Santa Clara ranks as the second largest Green Power Community, both in terms of population and size of its green power commitment-57 million kilowatt-hours annually. Together, the 14 communities are protecting the environment by purchasing nearly 300 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually.
Tyngsboro MA (SPX) May 01, 2008 - Beacon Power has announced that it has been awarded a subcontract to provide a flywheel energy storage system in support of a wind integration R and D project sponsored by the California Energy Commission. Beacon will receive approximately $250,000 to offset R and D expenses and will contribute an additional $90,000 of engineering resources for the project, bringing the R and D total to approximately $340,000.
Washington DC (SPX) May 01, 2008 - The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), the world's largest investor collaboration on climate change, with 385 institutional investors holding assets under management of US $57 trillion, has announced the first ever findings of its Supply Chain Leadership Collaboration. Cadbury Schweppes, Dell, HP, Imperial Tobacco, L'Oreal, Nestle, PepsiCo UK and Ireland, Procter and Gamble, Reckitt Benckiser, Tesco and Unilever all work through CDP's Supply Chain Leadership Collaboration to measure carbon risks and liabilities in the supply chain.
Canberra, Australia (SPX) May 01, 2008 - CSIRO scientists with the Minerals Down Under National Research Flagship have successfully used an electronic listening post to track and control a drill operating more than 300 metres below the Earth's surface.
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) May 01, 2008 - Managing heat is a major challenge for engineers who work on devices from jet engines to personal electronics to nano-scale transistors. A team led by a University of Michigan mechanical engineer has received a five-year, $6.8-million grant from the Air Force to examine this problem, which is a barrier to more powerful, efficient devices.
Calabasas CA (SPX) May 01, 2008 - Ixia will showcase its Green IT testing initiatives for network equipment and data centers at Interop Las Vegas. Ixia will demonstrate a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) testing solution, a fully automated, comprehensive, turnkey benchmarking system for measuring power efficiency in relation to network and application load.
Boston MA (SPX) May 01, 2008 - Whether you live in a cardboard box or a luxurious mansion, whether you subsist on homegrown vegetables or wolf down imported steaks, whether you're a jet-setter or a sedentary retiree, anyone who lives in the U.S. contributes more than twice as much greenhouse gas to the atmosphere as the global average, an MIT class has estimated.
Cape Town, South Africa (SPX) May 01, 2008 - Global growth consulting company Frost and Sullivan believes that the challenges posed by South Africa's power crisis are not without reasonable solutions. While there is no quick fix to creating additional generation capacity, the country does have the opportunity to implement key projects that will reduce the capacity shortfall.
Rotterdam, Netherlands (AFP) May 1, 2008 - Anlgo-Dutch food and consumer goods giant Unilever said Thursday it would back a moratorium on further palm oil deforestation in Indonesia and intended to use only fully traceable palm oil by 2015.
Chicago, April 30, 2008 - As climate change and rising oil prices intensify the search for alternative energy sources, researchers are on the brink of commercializing algae for fuel, experts say.
- Talks between Nigeria's leading petroleum workers' union and officials with ExxonMobil failed Wednesday to produce a solution that would end the seven-day strike that is reportedly costing the American energy firm some 800,000 barrels of production per day.
Dammam, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Apr 30, 2008 - GE Energy has announced the groundbreaking of its Power Technology Center, Middle East, a new state-of-the-art service facility in Dammam, developed in association with GE's joint venture partner Ali A. Tamimi Co. With an investment of SAR280 million ($75 million USD), the center will span 125,000 square feet and expand GE Energy's capabilities to serve its customers in the region.
