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Altorfer, a Caterpillar dealer, has commissioned a 1,000 kW solar photovoltaic system in Rantoul, IL. The array will help fulfill a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Illinois Municipal Electric agency (IMEA). IMEA is an Illinois government entity that consists of 32 municipal electric systems and one electric cooperative. ... Read more »
In his first public pronouncement since being confirmed as the Environmental Protection Agency's administrator, Scott Pruitt said that growing jobs and the economy while promoting the environment are consistent with one another.
UPS, 7-Eleven and Casey’s General Store are among the three dozen companies and trade organizations urging the EPA to keep the current compliance standard under the Renewable Fuel Standard.
Businesses in California could face what in some cases would be considerable changes in energy procurement if a bill introduced last week in the legislature becomes law. SB 584, according to UtilityDive, mandates that all of the state’s energy be from renewable sources by 2045. The move to 50 percent ... Read more »
The interrelated goals of predicting energy requirements and cutting costs will continue driving the sustainability and energy management software market through 2022, according to a study available from Persistence Market Research. Energy management software enables corporations to track and manage data, set emission reduction and energy efficiency targets, analyze consumption ... Read more »
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As the prompt month changes to April, Energy Research Council’s (ERC) national average benchmark price for competitive electricity dropped by 0.5% last week to $0.0759 per kilowatt hour. The price decline in electricity was consistent with declining natural gas prices over the past two weeks. The benchmark price has dropped ... Read more »
Despite more than 100 retail energy providers (REPs) offering more than 2,000 electricity plans across Texas, more than two-thirds of Houston ratepayers – 67 percent – don’t fully understand their electric bills.
Grumman/Butkus Associates, a Chicago based, energy efficiency consultancy, released the latest edition of its annual Hospital Energy and Water Benchmarking Survey earlier this month – including usage and costs for fossil fuels and electricity. Since the survey was first conducted more than 20 years ago, the overall fossil fuel usage in healthcare facilities has trended downward, but the consumption of
A new type of battery developed by scientists at Oregon State University – the first to use only hydronium ions (H 3 O +) as the charge carrier – shows promise for sustainable, high-power energy storage, the school announced on February 20.
The official confirmation of Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency has implications across the business board, with the fossil fuel companies generally favoring his ideas while the hi-tech giants oppose them.
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Singapore has plans to implement a carbon tax starting in 2019 and big industry says that it supports the measure.
Companies can increase plastic film recovery rates by consulting with plastic film recyclers when designing a new flexible film package.
IKEA Southeast Asia has commissioned a 1 MWp solar system for IKEA Tampines, which is in Singapore. The system will generate 1.3 million kWh of energy annually. That, the press release says, will reduce its energy bill by about $2.4 million during the next decade. IKEA Southeast Asia has installed ... Read more »
Monsanto achieved 89 percent of its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from crop protection operations by 22 percent (per pound of active ingredient) by 2020, according to its 2016 sustainability report.
The market for energy efficient lighting still is growing. According to a new report from MarketsandMarkets, the market will grow from $118.29 billion in 2015 to $174.45 billion by 2022. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between last year and 2022 will be 5.38 percent. The key areas are in ... Read more »
Buildings in the Gulf countries in the Middle East are on the road to being more intelligent, environmentally friendly and energy efficient, according to a Frost & Sullivan analyst. The stars are aligning for the transition, which was summarized by Casidhar Chidanamarri, the firm’s Associate Director of Energy & Environmental ... Read more »
The automaker is investing millions in fuel cell vehicles and hydrogen fueling stations as it bets on the death of the internal combustion engine.
The Chicago structures sourced local materials, recycled 75 percent of construction waste and include water-saving features such as low-flow fixtures and rainwater catchment, helping them achieve the green building certification.
Unilever commitment to the circular economy is going straight ahead: By 2025, it says that all of its plastic packaging will be either reusable, recyclable or compostable.
The emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) as a tool for building control has a tremendous number of positive implications for energy managers. But there is a dark side: The electronic linking of building devices and systems to centralized controls and the cloud raises intense security concerns. Paul Jauregui, ... Read more »
In the Colorado General Assembly, a measure (SB17-105) that would require investor-owned electric utilities – such as Xcel Energy, serving the Denver area; and Black Hills Energy, serving Pueblo – to provide their customers with a comprehensive breakdown of costs on their monthly bills passed the Senate Agriculture, Natural Resources, ... Read more »
The animosity between Rancho Mirage and the Coachella Valley Association of Governments surrounding CV Link – a proposed 50-mile biking and hiking pathway in Southern California that initially would connect eight of the nine cities in the Coachella Valley and three Indian reservations – has spilled over to complicate an unrelated regional community choice aggregation plan, according to a February
A report released on February 17 by Advanced Energy Economy Institute –a national association of business leaders dedicated to making the global energy system more secure, clean, and affordable – has established that that a combination of demand reduction strategies could entirely offset a projected 2,000-MW increase in summer peak demand in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula from 2017 through 2026 –
Cloud-based solutions that can store and analyze big data are helping industry better manage its fleets by giving it a 360-degree view of its assets.
Effectively positioning your brand as sustainable makes financial sense now and in the future.