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Emory University’s Office of Sustainability recently completed a month-long, campus-wide energy reduction competition. The goal was to reduce energy relative to what was consumed in October, 2015. The campus saved 274,945 kWh. The winner in the residential category was a sorority village, which reduced energy use 29 percent. The administrative, ... Read more »
The advent of electric vehicles (EVs) is a big deal to energy managers because they will be tasked with supplying electricity to units on their premises. Such stations are becoming more common. For instance, Duke Energy, under its “EV Charging Infrastructure Project,” will install more than 200 charging stations in almost ... Read more »
President Obama's EPA has given the incoming Trump administration something to think sip on -- whether fracking for natural gas has a negative effect on drinking water supplies.
Within six months of opening its new single-stream recycling facility, Lakeshore Recycling Systems is generating a profit — about $100 per ton in revenues from commodity sales — and expects to divert more than 1 million tons of material from landfill by 2025.
Chevron has made an equity investment in biobased lubricant producer Novvi.
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A public-private partnership between the city of Midland, Texas and Pioneer Natural Resources will upgrade the city’s infrastructure, save millions of gallons of freshwater and provide the oil and gas company a supply of reclaimed water for its fracking wells.
A community group based in Germfask Township, Michigan–members of which are customers of the Upper Peninsula Power Co. (UPPCO) – has asked state legislators to push for energy law changes that they say would reduce residential rates and give utility ratepayers more clout with the state commission responsible for overseeing investor-owned utilities, according to a December 14 report in the
Utilities have strengthened their relationships with their business customers to a record high score of 780 on a 1,000-point scale, partly because they are offering choices on rates, according to survey results released on December 14 by Market Strategies International (MSI).
Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Carson Wentz has signed an endorsement with NRG, a competitive retail electricity supplier based in Philadelphia and a part of NRG Energy.
These devices consume huge amounts of electricity. The goal in The Golden State is to curb their appetites, a least a bit.
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Large buildings in Evanston, IL, will be required to benchmark energy performance, according to the Daily Northwestern. The newspaper of Northwestern University, which is in Evanston, reported that aldermen voted 7-2 this week to compel buildings of more than 200,00 square feet to benchmark. More than 550 buildings in the ... Read more »
Ameresco has entered into a non-exclusive master reseller agreement with Silver Spring Networks. The agreement makes Ameresco a channel partner for Silver Spring’s Internet of Things (IoT) products. The goal of the collaboration is to enable cities and other operators of public lighting to add intelligence to systems and build ... Read more »
Breakthrough Energy Ventures revealed that it has raised more than $1 billion to fight climate change and to address emissions from electricity, transportation, agriculture, manufacturing and buildings. It’s a 20-year fund the will take the long view and that has a lofty goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by a half-gigaton a year.
Viscous liquids sticking to equipment, such as blenders, reactors and tanks, creates problems such as waste and added expense for manufacturers.
ERC’s national average benchmark price for a January electricity contract jumped last week by 3.3%, to $0.0763 per kilowatt hour (kWh). The national average benchmark price is now 5% higher than a month ago. Last week electricity prices posted their strongest gains in Connecticut (5.2%), Maine (4.6%), Rhode Island (4.6%), ... Read more »
Ikea says it will invest €1 billion ($1.1 billion) to secure a long-term supply of sustainable materials for its products.
A new report analyzes 465 municipal recycling programs across the US and suggests ways to improve curbside recycling.
The New Mexico Supreme Court found on December 12 that the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) can order the state’s largest electric utility to reimburse customers, should it be determined that a rate hike is unlawful after it is implemented, according to a report in the Albuquerque Journal.
ersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) – a FirstEnergy company that serves 1.1 million retail electric utility customers in the Garden State – announced on December 12 that the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has approved a settlement in the company's base rate case (Docket No. ER16010044) that will help support and build on the significant system hardening
Earlier this month, the Salt River Project (SRP) power district’s Board of Directors approved a decrease in electricity prices for the Arizona-based public utility's more than 1 million customers. The ten–month temporary decrease, effective with the January 2017 billing cycle, will average an overall 1.6 percent.
The American Geophysical Union is about to embark on a year-long project. The goals are to make the AGU's headquarters net-zero--and show other organizations how it's done.
Navigant Research has released its fourth quarter microgrid deployment tracker. The firm found that North America remains the leading region for the technique, with 54 percent of the market. Asia Pacific is next on the list with 41 percent of the market. The firm says that it is tracking 1,681 ... Read more »
The Cost Plus Plaza shopping center in Larkspur, CA, now is using electricity from a 345 KW direct current solar power system. The system was developed by Alta Energy for the facility at the request of real estate firm Rawson, Blue & Leon. The press release says that the rooftop system ... Read more »
Who will the next Energy Secretary Be? Rick Perry of Texas and Joe Manchin are in the running, with the former being dedicated to oil and gas the latter being dedicated to coal.
Clean Harbors has completed its $120 million waste incineration facility expansion in Southern Arkansas — the first commercial hazardous waste incinerator to come online in the US in almost 20 years.