September, 2006
Eaton, Altergy Cooperate on Telecom Fuel Cells
Eaton Corporation has signed two agreements with fuel cell manufacturer Altergy to provide fuel cell power solutions for telecommunications and other premium power and mission-critical applications. Altergy's fuel cell engines will be integrated with ...
Shared-Car Services Attract Businesses
More and more business owners are using shared-car services instead of their own vehicles. In Washington D.C., Zipcar and Flexcar, two such services, have 530 shared cars, making them increasingly attractive to new kinds of ...
Bill Could Unlock $100 Million for San Francisco Solar Power
A bill passed by the California Assembly last week would allow San Francisco to use $100 million from a 2001 bond measure for solar energy to build large-scale solar projects at locations such as reservoirs ...
Study Gives Canadian City Path to Reduce GHG Emissions
If you'd like some insight into how cities are grappling with alternative energy sources for city vehicles and operations, a recent study concluded that Mississauga, Canada's sixth largest city with a population of more ...
Waste Management Turns Conservation into Advertising Tool
Companies are beginning to realize the public relations' benefits of going green. Waste Management has introduced a new television advertising campaign that focuses on environmental messages, including its role as a major recycler. Waste Management ...
Chinese Ethanol Exports Could Reach 900,000 Tons in 2006
China's 2006 exports of ethanol, made largely from corn or cassava, are set to exceed 500,000 tons. Some traders even say 900,000 tons is closer to the mark. Most of the ethanol exports - last ...
N.C. Agency Recommends Raising Rates to Subsidize Conservation
Believing that raising rates will cut energy use, North Carolina's consumer advocacy agency on utility rate cases has recommended that the state study raising electricity rates to create a fund that would promote efficiency and ...
E85 Drives Poorer Fuel Economy
Consumer Reports has concluded that E85 ethanol will cost consumers more money than gasoline and that there are concerns about whether the government’s support of flexible fuel vehicles can really help ...
Westinghouse Lands Chemistry Monitoring System Contract for Bulgarian Nuclear Power Plant
Westinghouse Electric Company has been awarded a contract to provide Primary Side Chemistry Monitoring Systems for Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant Units 5 and 6 in Bulgaria. Westinghouse will provide an on-line chemistry analysis system ...
Dow Unveils New Solar Material, Could Ease Silicon Shortages
Dow Corning has produced a solar-grade silicon derived from metallurgical silicon that the company said exhibits good solar cell performance characteristics when blended with traditional polysilicon feedstock. In a press release, Dow said ...
Honeywell Enters Alliance with China’s FibrLINK
Honeywell has entered into a five-year strategic alliance with power industry network and services provider FibrLINK Communications to help China's power plants improve their energy efficiency and reduce emissions. Honeywell will provide its ...
Northern Power Wins BTC Pipeline Power System Contract
Northern Power, a subsidiary of Distributed Energy Systems, has landed a $1.8 million follow-on contract by the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Company for a stand-alone power system at an emergency drain-down facility along the ...
GE, NGC to Jointly Develop Wind Turbine Gearbox
GE Energy and China's Nanjing High Speed & Accurate Gear Company announced that they've signed an agreement to jointly develop gearboxes for GE’s 1.5-megawatt wind turbines. The agreement makes NGC one of GE’s ...
TXU Plans to Increase Nuclear Power
TXU plans to file applications with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2008 for construction and operating licenses for two to six GW of new nuclear-fueled power generation capacity at one to three sites. The company ...
REpower Erects Biggest Off-Shore Turbine
For the first time, a REpower type 5M wind turbine has been set up on the open sea. In the Scottish North Sea, in the Moray Firth, the first of a total of two ...
Serco Builds Consortium, Targets BNG
Support services group Serco Group PLC is forming a consortium to bid for nuclear waste clean-up firm British Nuclear Group, Forbes reports. Partners may include Bechtel to bid for BNG against a ...
Hydro Green Energy Gets Thumbs Up from SATOP
According to a study by the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program, which is funded by NASA, Hydro Green Energy's kinetic hydro power technology is materially superior to other technologies, ...
AES Breaks Ground on Buffalo Gap 2
AES has begun construction of a 233 MW wind project near Abilene, Texas, and has signed a 10-year power purchase agreement with Texas retail electric provider Direct Energy. The AES project, Buffalo Gap 2, is ...
Cilion Lands $160 Million Venture Funding
Cilion, which wants to build eight corn-based ethanol plants by 2008, has landed $160 million in funding, one of the biggest clean tech VC investments ever. Cilion plans the first three plants for California, The Mercury ...
Invenergy Given Go-Ahead for West Virginia Wind Farm
Invenergy has received approval to build 124 wind turbines in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, although a lawsuit to block the project is likely. The $300 million, 186-megawatt Beech Ridge Energy Wind Farm would be one ...
Ericsson Sustainability Report: Direct Carbon Intensity Drops 6%
