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The Stapleton neighborhood in Denver has the largest concentration of rooftop solar in the city. That’s why Xcel Energy is using its North Central Park and Eastbridge neighborhoods for a $4 million, two-year pilot program that will test the value of storing solar energy in banks of batteries, according to a February 15 report by the ABC-TV news affiliate, The
The Endangered Species Act is running headfirst into the rights of landowners, farmers and mining companies, which want to extract resources.
Robots are cleaning up Europe’s biggest nuclear site, reaching contaminated areas that are too dangerous for humans.
The digitalization of the waste and recycling industry gives hauling companies and their customers more — and better — data to improve their operations and achieve waste management goals.
In what is a further rebuke of the previous administration, President Trump is expected to sign executive orders to curb the environmental work of his Environmental Protection Agency once his appointed EPA administrator is confirmed.
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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has concluded in a report that the state could cut its carbon levels through cap-and-trade program -- without hurting businesses there.
The recently updated version of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers’ (ASHRAE) Standard 90.1-16 can achieve more than 30 percent savings when compared to the 2004 version of the standard, according to an analysis by Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL) reported upon at Engineered Systems. The analysis of ... Read more »
New York City’s 5-cent disposal bag fee is dead, at least until 2018, now that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill that blocks the city’s tax on single-use plastic and paper bags.
Regulatory demands from the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) will increase in complexity in 2018 with the forthcoming European Substance Volume Tracking (SVT) regulations, and EHS software provider Sphera has released an enhanced version of its Intelligent Authoring software that the company says will ensure companies are able to stay in ... Read more »
The contradictory goals held by electricity generators and consumers that lie at the heart of the demand response could put a damper on the growth of the approach. Indeed, the tension already has done so in Australia. Dealing with this core issue is important as such are implemented in the United ... Read more »
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Berkeley, California, has chosen Ygrene Energy as the provider for its Property Assisted Clean Energy (PACE) program, which is aimed at both the commercial and residential sectors. PACE is an emerging financing structure in which renewable and energy efficiency projects are paid for by approved lenders and repaid by a ... Read more »
The IT giant says it will reduce its operational greenhouse gas emissions through a three-phase approach.
03The U.S. Navy plans to develop a 44-MW solar farm and battery energy storage system on nearly 200 acres at the 2,134-acre Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands on the west side of the island of Kauai, according to a February 9 report by Pacific Business News. The Navy ... Read more »
A legislative hearing is being held today on a bill (LB660) referred to as The Nebraska Retail Electricity Choice Act that would remove restrictions on what electricity providers Cornhusker State ratepayers can choose, the NBC-TV news affiliate in Scottsbluff reported on February 14.
As California officials rush to repair a huge sinkhole in the emergency spillway at the Oroville dam, the Hyatt Powerplant – an 819-MW hydropower plant located in the bedrock beneath the dam – remains shut until authorities judge it is safe to come back online.
Companies are switching from coal to natural gas and other lower-carbon fuels, the EPA says.
Labeling products “biodegradable” or “compostable” can be a costly mistake — even a $1 million mistake, as Walmart found out earlier this month.
A partnership between Greenprint and Measurabl will improve environmental management and building performance tracking for more than 20,000 commercial buildings.
China is trying to incorporate more green cars onto its highways. And as part of that plan, it is now reviewing 207 such vehicles
Datacenter designer Switch earlier this week opened The Citadel Campus, a large datacenter complex in near Reno, NV. The campus, which in the 2,000-acre Tahoe Reno Industrial Center (and next to the Tesla Gigafactory) will be completely powered by renewable sources. The facility can provide as much as 7.2 million ... Read more »
The Arkados Group and SparkFund have entered an agreement to provide Internet of Things (IoT) functionality to commercial and industrial customers on an “as-a-service” basis. The technical goal is to distribute IoT sensors and related equipment throughout facilities. The equipment will be deployed in Arkados’ Energy Measurement and Verification (EM&V) ... Read more »
Green Charge is installing a 1MW/2MWh storage system at the Napa Valley campus of Pacific Union College, according to the company. The press release says that Union will save almost $800,000 during the course of the 10 year agreement. The savings will come from demand charge reduction and participation in ... Read more »
The Green Sports Alliance and The National Institute of Building Sciences last week released a report focusing on driving energy and water efficiency in sports venues. The press release for the report – “Taking the Field: Advancing Energy and Water Efficiency in Sports Venues” – points to big opportunities: Over ... Read more »
Corporations would get a break on meeting strict air pollution limits under bipartisan legislation that would push back the implementation date of the EPA’s 2015 ozone standard until 2025.
A federal audit is forcing hundreds of oilfield wastewater wells throughout California to shutdown.