Leon Walker, Author at Environment + Energy Leader

Schneider Named Advanced Distribution Management Leader

April 30, 2014 by Leon Walker

Energy management specialist Schneider Electric has been named by Gartner as a leader in the advanced distribution management systems field. Schneider scored highest in the “completeness of vision” and “ability to execute” metrics in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Advanced Distribution Management Systems report (subscription required). Schneider Electric believes this position is attributed, in part, ... Read more »

Making the Natural Gas Boiler Switch

April 30, 2014April 29, 2014 by Leon Walker

Making modification to boiler burners to allow the use of natural gas often makes sense in the long term in terms of costs and emissions savings, Pollution Engineering reports. Many commercial boiler operators have made such a switch, but such changes affect temperatures, velocities and heat absorption in the equipment. As ... Read more »

Marine Energy Sector ‘Needs to Halve Costs’

April 29, 2014April 28, 2014 by Leon Walker

The UK’s marine energy sector should aim to halve its costs by end of decade, according to a plan released by the UK Energy Research Centre and the Energy Technologies Institute. Marine energy resources, consisting of wave and tidal stream energy, are abundant in UK waters. Although marine technology must secure cost ... Read more »

Rice Creates Wearable Energy Storage Film

April 29, 2014 by Leon Walker

Researchers at Rice University have created a thin film for energy storage that could be used for flexible, portable and wearable electronics. The flexible material, which was developed by Rice chemist James Tour and his colleagues, features nanoporous nickel-fluoride electrodes layered around a solid electrolyte to deliver battery-like supercapacitor performance that the team says ... Read more »

2013: More Solar than Fuel Cell Patents

April 28, 2014 by Leon Walker

There were more solar energy-related patents in 2013 than patents for any other clean energy technology, the first time this has happened, according to Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti‘s Clean Energy Patent Growth Index 2013. The number of solar patents topped the number of fuel cell patents for the first ... Read more »

Environmental Executive Moves: US Water Alliance, Amiad Water Systems, Earthjustice

April 28, 2014May 12, 2014 by Leon Walker

Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Earthjustice: The environmental law firm has appointed Lisa Garcia as vice president of litigation for health. Garcia joins from the EPA. T&M Associates: The engineering consultancy has appointed Ed Melanson to lead the automation practice, focusing on meeting client needs in the energy, environment, water ... Read more »

Intel, City of Houston Top Green Power Rankings

April 25, 2014 by Leon Walker

Intel has maintained its place as the nation’s largest energy user to be powered entirely by renewable energy, according to the EPA Green Power Partnership’s latest rankings. The GPP rankings highlight the annual green power use of Green Power Partners within the United States and across individual industry sectors. Lists include the ... Read more »

Green a Supply Chain Using ‘Advanced Sourcing’

April 25, 2014April 24, 2014 by Leon Walker

Choosing suppliers that support your organization’s sustainability goals can play “a huge role” in making your organization more green, and automated sourcing technologies can help with this process, according to a blog from cloud-based business automation software firm SciQuest. For example, if you are looking for a transportation supplier, advanced ... Read more »

Past Honeywell Energy Savings Finance Future Pa. Retrofit

April 24, 2014August 2, 2019 by Leon Walker

The Harrisburg Housing Authority (HHA) in Pennsylvania will help finance the renovation of a vacant housing complex using guaranteed energy savings from previous Honeywell-led improvements at other authority-owned properties. Some $10.8 million of the $21 million needed to renovate the 159-unit Jackson Towers complex will be drawn from previous Honeywell-guaranteed energy savings. Those ... Read more »

Up to a Third of Wild US Seafood Likely ‘Illegal’

April 24, 2014April 23, 2014 by Leon Walker

Between 20 and 32 percent of wild-caught seafood imported into the US is likely illegal, according to a new study published in the journal Marine Policy. Valued at $1 billion-to-$2 billion annually, this represents between 15-to-26 percent of the total value of wild-caught seafood imported into the US, according to Estimates of ... Read more »

Researchers Create Low-Waste Biofuel From Alligator Meat in a Snap

April 23, 2014April 23, 2014 by Leon Walker

University of Louisiana at Lafayette have developed a speedy, low waste method for converting alligator fat into biofuel. Conversion of animal fat to biodiesel has been around for some time – an earlier, but more-wasteful, way to process aligator fat into biofuel was developed in 2011, but the traditional biodiesel process ... Read more »

GEA Sees ‘Substantial’ Growth in Geothermal Market

April 23, 2014 by Leon Walker

The international geothermal power market is booming, and the US could soon lose its status as the world leader in geothermal energy production, according to a report from the Geothermal Energy Association. For instance, the US has about 1,000 MW in the pipeline and 3,400 MW nameplate capacity for a ... Read more »

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