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Wal-Mart Evaluates Environmental Efforts

November 13, 2006October 2, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Wal-Mart has reviewed early results of various environmental projects at its experimental stores located in McKinney, Texas, and Aurora, Colorado after one year of operation and is applying some projects to other Wal-Mart stores and Sam’s Clubs. “When we conceptualized these two experimental stores, we thought about our environmental opportunities ... Read more »

BAE Wins Award to Build Fuel Cell for Hybrid Transit Bus

November 13, 2006November 20, 2006 by Paul Nastu

The FTA has selected BAE Systems to develop advanced hydrogen fuel-cell technology on a hybrid electric transit bus. The $5.35 million FTA award is part of the agency’s National Fuel Cell Bus Technology Development Program. WestStart CALSTART, a non-profit organization, will distribute the award. BAE Systems will lead the ... Read more »

Spain Makes Solar Power Mandatory

November 13, 2006November 20, 2006 by Paul Nastu

All new and renovated buildings in Spain must now have solar panels, Reuters reports. The code will come into force fully next March but the energy saving element was implemented on Sept. 29. New homes have to be equipped with solar panels to provide between 30 and 70 percent of ... Read more »

Green Star to Build 90 Biodiesel Reactors for De Beers

November 13, 2006November 20, 2006 by Paul Nastu

Green Star Products has signed an agreement with De Beers Fuel Limited of South Africa to build 90 biodiesel reactors. Each of the biodiesel reactors will be capable of producing 10 million gallons of biodiesel each year for a total production capacity of 900,000,000 gallons per year when operating at ... Read more »

Wolverine Largest Participant in Michigan’s Renewable Energy Program

November 13, 2006November 20, 2006 by Paul Nastu

Wolverine World Wide and Consumers Energy, Michigan’s second-largest provider of natural gas and electricity, announced that Wolverine will become the largest participant in Consumers Energy’s Green Generation program. Wolverine’s involvement in the program will make the Company one of the largest users of renewable energy in the state of Michigan. ... Read more »

GE, Hitachi Plan Global Nuclear Energy Alliance

November 13, 2006November 20, 2006 by Paul Nastu

GE and Hitachi have signed a letter of intent to negotiate the formation of a global alliance that will combine their new nuclear power plant and services businesses. The transaction will proceed through a cross-shareholding arrangement under which Hitachi will take a 40 percent holding in GE’s existing nuclear business and GE ... Read more »

Whole Foods Sells Wind Energy Credits

November 10, 2006October 2, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Whole Foods Market has signed up with Renewable Choice Energy to sell a Wind Power Card, available at approximately 80 Whole Foods Market locations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. Produced by Renewable Choice Energy, Wind Power Cards let consumers buy certified wind energy credits equivalent to ... Read more »

Special Inspection Planned for Largest Nuclear Plant in U.S.

November 10, 2006November 20, 2006 by Paul Nastu

Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials will begin a special inspection of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station’s core safety injection valves next week. NRC officials have scheduled a Nov. 20 meeting with the executives of the triple-reactor plant west of Phoenix to discuss ongoing repair issues, the Houston Chronicle reports. The ... Read more »

NY Power Plant Burns Biofuel Blend

November 10, 2006November 20, 2006 by Paul Nastu

The Charles Poletti Power Project in Queens, NY, an 885 megawatt plant that runs on natural gas or heating oil, ran biofuel from soybeans fuel blended with heating oil at concentrations between 5 percent and 20 percent for two days in late October, Reuters reports. It was the largest use ... Read more »

Impact of Renewable Energy on the Electric Power Grid

November 10, 2006January 9, 2018 by Paul Nastu

With a $1.23 million grant, researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will be creating a distributed power test bed to study how the electricity distribution grid might be affected by the widespread adoption of clean, renewable energy sources. The two-year project, which is funded by the New York State Office of Science, Technology ... Read more »

California’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Identified & Measured

November 10, 2006November 20, 2006 by Paul Nastu

The California Energy Commission has released a report that provides estimates of the state’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared over a 15-year period. The report, Inventory of California Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990 to 2004, provides policy makers and researchers with the sources of emissions that could alter the climate ... Read more »

Peterbilt Hybrid Reduces Fuel Use Up To 40%

November 10, 2006November 20, 2006 by Paul Nastu

Peterbilt is planning a hybrid-electric medium duty truck – outfitted with a fully integrated bucket lift body -? for 2007 that it says will result in a 30 to 40 percent reduction in fuel use. The Class 7 Model 335 is meant for municipal and utility applications and features improved fuel economy ... Read more »

Wal-Mart Evaluates Environmental Efforts

BAE Wins Award to Build Fuel Cell for Hybrid Transit Bus

Spain Makes Solar Power Mandatory

Green Star to Build 90 Biodiesel Reactors for De Beers

Wolverine Largest Participant in Michigan’s Renewable Energy Program

GE, Hitachi Plan Global Nuclear Energy Alliance

Whole Foods Sells Wind Energy Credits

Special Inspection Planned for Largest Nuclear Plant in U.S.

NY Power Plant Burns Biofuel Blend

Impact of Renewable Energy on the Electric Power Grid

California’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Identified & Measured

Peterbilt Hybrid Reduces Fuel Use Up To 40%

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