Electricity

Electricity is generated by conventional energy and renewable energy sources, for example, oil, gas, solar arrays, and wind power. Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMs) and other new alternative sources to generate electricity also are covered here. Finally, we look at different means to control and measure electric output including smart meters and smart grids.

Utility Asks for 15% Rate Hike; Efficiency Spend to Double

Utility Asks for 15% Rate Hike; Efficiency Spend to DoubleUtility Ameren Missouri is planning a 14.6 percent rate hike next year to reimburse investments in renewable energy, efficiency and reliability. The subsidiary of Ameren ...

February 6, 2012

Companies Lured with 45% Electricity Discount

Companies Lured with 45% Electricity DiscountSantee Cooper, South Carolina's biggest power producer, is offering discounts as high as 45 percent to businesses moving to or expanding in the state ...

February 3, 2012

Demand Grows for Standardized Testing in the Ultracapacitor Industry

Demand Grows for Standardized Testing in the Ultracapacitor IndustryWhat are compliance standards and why do they exist? Across many industries, compliance standards have been created so buyers are assured that the products ...

February 2, 2012

Environmental Logos and Certifications for Paper, Part II

Environmental Logos and Certifications for Paper, Part IIIn yesterday's post I wrote about the rationale behind eco-logos and illustrated the difference between self-generated claims and certifications. Now ...

February 2, 2012

Calgon Launches Products to Control Mercury Emissions

Calgon Launches Products to Control Mercury EmissionsCalgon Carbon Corporation has launched an advanced line of its Fluepac products aimed at controlling mercury emissions in the coal-fired electric power generation market. The new ...

January 27, 2012

Sandia Casino Expects 75% Energy Drop with LED Lights, Solar Panels

Sandia Casino Expects 75% Energy Drop with LED Lights, Solar PanelsSandia Resort & Casino in Albuquerque will consume about a quarter the energy in its parking lots through switching hundreds of gas discharge lamps ...

January 23, 2012

EL Pro CertainTeed Cuts Energy, Water Use, Landfill Waste

CertainTeed Cuts Energy, Water Use, Landfill WasteBuilding products manufacturer CertainTeed has reduced energy consumption by 15 percent and water usage by 24 percent over the past four years. The Valley Forge, Penn., ...

January 17, 2012

Maintenance is Key to Lowering Energy Costs

Maintenance is Key to Lowering Energy CostsAs green thinking and sustainability come to the forefront of business practices, well-run maintenance department with a focus on energy efficiency are becoming ...

January 17, 2012

IBM, 1E, Verdiem ‘Best in Breed’ for PC Power Management

IBM, 1E, Verdiem ‘Best in Breed’ for PC Power Management1E, IBM and Verdiem should always be on the shortlist for companies seeking PC power management products, according to a report by technology consultants Ovum. In ...

January 12, 2012

Green Monday Panel Discusses Corporate Energy

Green Monday Panel Discusses Corporate Energy Green Monday panel discusses corporate energy.

January 10, 2012

Utility Savings at Home and at Work

Utility Savings at Home and at Work Watch the Vanderbilt Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO) and the Vanderbilt American Studies Sustainability Project's Dec. 7 installment of the ...

January 4, 2012

5 Ways Manufacturers Can Cut Energy Use in 2012

5 Ways Manufacturers Can Cut Energy Use in 2012Manufacturers should concentrate on five areas that could have the greatest overall effect on their facilities' energy efficiency, according to Paul Stiller, director of ...

January 4, 2012

IBM Backs ‘People Power’ as Next Renewable

IBM Backs ‘People Power’ as Next RenewableAnything that moves or produces heat has the potential to create energy that can be captured, and such human activities as walking, jogging and bicycling ...

December 20, 2011

Crystal Lagoons Applies Recreational Waters Technology to Power Station Cooling

Crystal Lagoons Applies Recreational Waters Technology to Power Station CoolingCrystal Lagoons' sustainable cooling technology, a water cooling system that can disconnect thermoelectric plants from natural water sources, is showing at Power-Gen International 2011 ...

December 15, 2011

Consumer Sector Dominates Energy Harvesting

Consumer Sector Dominates Energy HarvestingThe consumer sector is leading the way in energy harvesting - using ambient energy to power small electronic devices, according to a report by analysis firm ...

December 5, 2011

Solar Briefing: L’Oreal, Carmanah, San Diego, Cogenra and Defense Dept.

Solar Briefing: L’Oreal, Carmanah, San Diego, Cogenra and Defense Dept.L'Oreal USA's North Little Rock, Ark., manufacturing facility's solar array installation is fully operational. The 13 kW solar array will provide 18,000 kWh of electricity annually, ...

November 30, 2011

EnergySavvy Launches Program Optix; Signs City of San Francisco, LEAP

EnergySavvy Launches Program Optix; Signs City of San Francisco, LEAPSoftware company EnergySavvy has put its Program Optix product - aimed at utilities running energy efficiency drives - on general release, and signed the City of ...

November 30, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Carbon Rules, Soot Standard, Competing Studies

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Carbon Rules, Soot Standard, Competing Studies The EPA said that it will propose twice-delayed rules for greenhouse gas emissions from power plants early next year, Reuters reported. The agency delayed the ...

November 18, 2011

Efficiency Company BlueStar Buys TruBrite

Efficiency Company BlueStar Buys TruBriteBlueStar Energy Solutions, a provider of energy efficiency and demand response services, has acquired TruBrite Energy Management. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition builds upon ...

November 18, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Energy IG Report, Keystone XL Reroute, Pickens Plan

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Energy IG Report, Keystone XL Reroute, Pickens Plan The criticism is coming from all corners for the Energy Department. The department's inspector general issued a report on Tuesday recommending that the department rein in ...

November 16, 2011