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The Department of Energy (DoE) last week launched the Smart Energy Analytics Campaign. The goal, the DoE says, is to increase adoption of Energy Management and Information Systems (EMIS) by commercial building owners and operators. Even if operating correctly at a given point, buildings can quickly go “out of tune.” ... Read more »
Ultimately, the success of a project can often be traced right back to step one: are you being tactical or strategic? When a company’s goal for a project is to develop an inexpensive way to collect data, they are thinking tactically. That’s not necessarily a bad thing; if you’re just ... Read more »
Capstone Turbine Corporation said that it has received an order for a C1000S Signature Series microturbine for use in a local district heating project in northwest Italy. The sale was made by IBT Group, which is Capstone’s Italian distributor. The 1 MW C1000S will be used in a combined heat and ... Read more »
While most of us know that heat loss happens, we don’t really understand the magnitude of it until we get a larger-than-expected bill. The bill is a just a symptom of the problem, while the source remains hidden.
According to the US Energy Information Administration, coal production is expected to decline by nearly 17 percent to 746 million tons compared to the year before. That's 25 percent less than in 2014, when more than 1 billion tons of coal were mined.
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In a delay for the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit yesterday said the full court will hear oral arguments on the carbon emissions rule on Sept. 27. A three-judge panel had been scheduled to hear the case on June 2. ... Read more »
A fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas that killed 15 people in 2013 was a criminal act, according to authorities. How will this finding affect the EPA’s Risk Management Program and other chemical safety and management rules that resulted from the deadly blast?
Ford is developing new foam and plastic car components made from carbon dioxide.
The Texas Railroad Commission would surrender its authority over gas utility rate cases to the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) under new recommendations to state lawmakers, the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power (TCAP) reported on its blog on May 12.
Not so fast, said the Houston City Council last week about CenterPoint’s filing of a distribution cost recovery fee (DCRF) request (Docket No. 45747) with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT).
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Managers charged with overseeing energy requirements across a portfolio of buildings face a very different challenge than those responsible for a single structure.
The TVA is applying to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build small modular nuclear reactors in its territory.
Shell, which is the largest oil company in Europe, has established a division to invest in renewable and low-carbon power, according to The Guardian. The New Energies division, the story said, will consolidate the company’s hydrogen, biofuel and electric initiatives. It also will be the base upon which a move ... Read more »
Current, which is a GE company, today announced a relationship with Tridium, an Internet of Things (IoT) provider. The agreement calls for Tridium’s Niagara Framework to be paired with Predix, GE’s cloud infrastructure. The combined offering will capture the volume, velocity and variety of machine usage data across commercial and ... Read more »
The quickest way to hurt American economic output is to deny investment to the country’s infrastructure, which delivers everyday products as well as clean water and electricity to households and businesses, says the American Society of Civil Engineers
Microgrids have certainly become one of the power industry’s “hottest” topics due to several market and business drivers that include decentralized energy investment and positive financial impact of on-site power generation.
About half of Unilever’s growth last year came from its sustainable living brands, which grew 30 percent faster than the rest of the company’s business, according to the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan annual progress report. The company defines sustainable living brands as those that “integrate sustainability into both their purpose ... Read more »
Using closed-loop circular design principles — reusing discarded asphalt products as road-building materials and waste lumber as wooden flooring material, for example — is one of the approaches that could, and should, shape the sector’s future, according to a new report by the World Economic Forum.
Funding for a large carbon capture and storage project in Texas has been pulled by the US Department of Energy. This move will effectively kill the Texas Clean Energy Project, the project’s developer, Summit Texas Clean Energy, told Inside Climate News. In February the DOE denied Summit Texas Clean Energy’s ... Read more »
The Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA) – a coalition of multinational companies that propose to aggregate their alternative energy buying needs to achieve competitive, predictable power prices for the long-term – announced its formal launch in a media conference call on May 12.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has begun investigation an of Southern Company and its subsidiary Mississippi Power over costs and delays at the Kemper Project “clean coal” power plant, according to a May 10 report from Watchdog.org.
The World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities has released a report – “Accelerating Building Efficiency” – that speaks to a lot of constituencies at a very high level about the advantages of improving the energy efficiency of buildings. It also tells the various stakeholders the best ways to turn that vision into a reality.
Microsoft and Facebook are partnering with The Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance, according to a Bloomberg story. The goal is to drive development of 60 GW of renewable energy by 2025. That, the story says, is enough to replace the coal-fired plants the U.S. plans to retire during the next four ... Read more »
A report from the U.S. General Services Administration’s Green Proving Ground program backs plug-and-play LEDs downlight lamps as replacements for compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), according to the Lunera. The release says that it provided the LEDs that were tested. They saved 40 percent to 50 percent with matching quality and light ... Read more »
the Environmental Protection Agency has finalized the standards for methane emissions from the oil and gas industry -- a necessary move, says the agency and its proponents, given that methane from those sources goes up each year by 9.8 million metric tons.