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Project Looks at the Intelligent Coupling of Solar and CHP

German solar inverter manufacturer, SMA Solar Technology; German HVAC company, Vaillant; and RWTH Aachen University in Germany are conducting a joint research project to find out how best to intelligently couple PV systems with CHP plants and heat pump heating systems. The goal of the PV-KWK project is to develop ... Read more »

Adsorption Cooling Helps Company Save Energy

Combined heat and power (CHP) units used in conjunction with thermally driven cooling systems (combined cooling and power, or CCP) are helping German manufacturing companies that require energy-intensive production processes to be more energy efficient. The CHP cogeneration system produces power and heat efficiently and cost-effectively, and with the addition of ... Read more »

Staples, Packsize Win Packaging Award

Staples’ Smart-size Packaging, developed by Packsize International, has shrunk the retailer’s environmental footprint: more than 15 percent less corrugated used, approximately 60 percent less void fill, and an improvement in less-than-full-case average cube utilization by 20 percent. By implementing Smart-size Packaging, Staples also reduces its annual carbon footprint by more ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Carbon Standards, Pipeline Closure, Dyno Nobel Penalty

The EPA has rescheduled two delayed listening sessions on its forthcoming carbon standards for existing power plants. The Boston session has been rescheduled for November 4, and the Philadelphia session has been pushed back to November 8. Both were postponed because of the government shutdown. The other nine dates are ... Read more »

Austrian Cogeneration Plant Installs GE Gas Engines

Austria’s largest cogeneration plant powered by gas engines was recently commissioned in the city of Kirchdorf an der Krems. Energie AG, an Austrian utility serving about 1,400 customers, upgraded its district heating facility by replacing the existing steam turbines with three of GE’s latest Jenbacher J624 gas engines. Energie AG’s ... Read more »

Bavarian Utility Installs GE Gas Engine Cogeneration System

The German government is emphasizing greater industrial energy efficiency as part of its “Energiewende” energy transition plan, and in support of the effort, the Stadtwerke Rosenheim municipal cogeneration plant in the city of Rosenheim is increasing its combined heat and power (CHP) generation. The utility is installing GE’s largest Jenbacher gas ... Read more »

On-Site Power Briefing: SolarCity, Los Angeles Schools, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, James Cropper, Poindexter Nut, Cenergy Power

SolarCity says its 7.4 MW solar power project that will bring renewable energy to 26 Los Angeles Unified School District schools will save the district more than $776,000 in the first year and more than $25 million over the next 20 years. Seventeen schools have already been installed, and SolarCity ... Read more »

Adidas, General Mills Drop Off ‘Most Ethical’ List; Kellogg’s, Hasbro, Alcoa Join

Starbucks, Patagonia and General Electric are among the 23 companies that have been named for six years running to Ethisphere’s Most Ethical Companies list, while Adidas and General Mills are among the major brands to have dropped off the list. Swedish electronics manufacturer Electrolux joined the list this year, as ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Rainforest Alliance, LEED, Clean Truck Program, Green Mill Index

Caribou Coffee coffees and espresso are now all sourced from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms, and it is the first major U.S. coffeehouse to meet this mark. Caribou Coffee last April announced its goal to source 100 percent of the coffee across all products from Rainforest Alliance farms by the end ... Read more »

Renewables Briefing: SunPower, CEI, Sound Solar, Matinee, CHP in Cambridge, Perdue and Fibrowatt

Matinee Energy Inc. has broken ground on a 120MW solar power plant planned for Benson, Ariz. WEIS GmbH Consortium from Germany supplied project partners for elements of construction, solar components and financing. Agriculture firm Perdue AgriBusiness and animal waste utility developer Fibrowatt LLC have proposed building a 10 MW biomass ... Read more »

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