Energy Storage
Energy storage offers articles on the different ways to store power, for example, solar collection of energy during the day for later use during the evening and hybrid car batteries. Other stories discuss how energy storage is being built into products that store energy for later use such as green freezers and clean trucks.
3,800 kW PPL Renewable Energy Park Opens
The 3,800 kilowatt PPL Renewable Energy Park located in Camden County, New Jersey was dedicated recently. It is composed of three power generating plants and was built by PPL Energy Services. The Energy Park features ...
NIH Explores Using Fuel Cells To Power Data Center
The U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institute of Health have begun exploring whether fuel cell technology can be used to power the NIH's data center facilities. But Paul Powell, data center manager for ...
Ice Energy System Tested in California
Ice Energy's The Ice Bear, which is used in conjunction with air conditioners, freezes tap water at night when energy demand and, often, power prices are low. During the day, it circulates standard coolant ...
Nevada Utilities Issues Renewable Energy RFP
Sierra Pacific Resources' two Nevada-based utility subsidiaries, Nevada Power and Sierra Pacific Power Company, have issued a Request for Proposals for renewable energy resources. Proposals will be considered for wind, geothermal, biomass and other non-solar resources ...
Lerner & Tower Go All Green
Lerner Enterprises and The Tower Companies have committed to purchasing 100% wind renewable energy credits for their Washington, D.C. office building, Washington Square and their combined headquarters building in Bethesda, Maryland. Under the terms ...
Solebury Township Aims for 100% Alternative Energy
Pennsylvania's Solebury Township is moving forward with a series of studies that would provide direction for outfitting buildings with solar panels, batteries to collect unused solar energy and mechanical systems that rely on natural underground ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ersol Inks $128 Million PowerLight Deal
ErSol Solar Energy AG has closed its first U.S. deal, signing a five-year contract to deliver solar cells to California's PowerLight Corporation. The total volume of the new contract amounts to approximately $128.4 ...
Pa. Doubles Green-Energy Use to 20%
Pennsylvania's state government will double the amount of electricity it consumes from renewable energy sources to 20 percent. "It makes Pennsylvania by far and away the largest state in terms of purchasing megawatts from green electricity," ...
Huaneng Plans $31 Billion to Double Generation
China's biggest electricity producer, state-owned Huaneng Group, will spend up to $31.25 billion by 2010 to more than double its generation capacity. Most will go to coal power stations, but new hydro and wind ...
VRB Power Sells 12MWH Storage System to Sorne Hill
VRB Power Systems is selling a 1.5 MW x 8 hour (12 MWH) VRB energy storage system to Tapbury Management, which oversees Sorne Hill Windfarm. The total contract value for VRB Power is approximately ...
Texas Instruments Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Jump 23%
