With $1.5M Plunge, ExxonMobil Becomes First Energy Company to Join Recycling Partnership
ExxonMobil is investing $1.5 million in The Recycling Partnership - the first energy company to do so, the company says.
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Residents of Puerto Rico to Get Distributed Power Platform
Fairbanks Morse, an engine manufacturing company, has announced that it has delivered its PoweReliability-as-a-Service platform to a Fortune 500 company in Puerto Rico. The installation provides a dual fuel combined heat and power (CHP) microgrid with approximately 10 megawatts of capacity. The PoweReliability-as-a-Service offering will be installed with advanced software ... Read more »
New Report Forecasts Capacity and Revenue for Microgrid Enabling Technologies
A new report from Navigant Research examines the market for microgrid enabling technologies (MET), providing global forecasts for capacity and revenue, segmented by technology and region, through 2026. As one of many options to aggregate and optimize growing penetrations of distributed energy resources (DER), the microgrid platform allows for new levels of ... Read more »
Harvard University Sets Course To Be Fossil-Fuel-Free by 2050
Harvard University seeks to be fossil-fuel-free by 2050, according to a new plan based on recommendations from a task force made up of students, faculty members, and senior administrators. “An analysis done by the task force found that the full scope of damages associated with Harvard using fossil fuels to ... Read more »
Italian Company Using Trigeneration Plant for Clean Energy
Bio-on, an eco-sustainable chemical technologies company, and Gruppo Hera, one of Italy’s main multi-utility providers, have reached an agreement for the supply of clean energy thanks to the a newly designed trigeneration plant. The 1 MW trigeneration plant will guarantee clean electric energy for the new biopolymer production plant, currently under construction outside ... Read more »
Industrial Trade Associations Oppose Federal Proposal to Change PURPA
More than a dozen large trade associations including the Industrial Energy Consumers of America, the American Forest & Paper Association, and the Iron Mining Association sent a letter opposing proposed federal legislation to change the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) of 1978. The letter was addressed to the sponsor ... Read more »
Market for CHP Systems for Data Centers to Reach $277 Million by 2024
According to a recent study, the market for combined heat and power (CHP) systems for data centers in the U.S. will grow at 3.4% CAGR through 2024. The market in the U.S., although estimated to witness moderate growth throughout the assessment period, will continue to hold the highest value share in ... Read more »
International District Energy Association Calls for Greater Use of District Cooling and Microgrids
The International District Energy Association (IDEA) is calling for more focus and energy being put towards district cooling systems and microgrids. As Robert P. Thornton, president & CEO of IDEA, writes on gineersnow.com, “one of the key challenges facing our both industry and society at large is the rapid ... Read more »
Energy Plant at the University of Minnesota Reduces Campus Emissions by 50%
A deteriorated, decommissioned 104-year-old heating plant on the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus has been resurrected as a cutting-edge “co-generation” — or combined heat and power — utility that is 83% energy-efficient, which is more than double the efficiency of a coal-fired power plant. The University of Minnesota ... Read more »
Las Vegas’ Plaza Hotel and Casino Makes the Switch to LEDs
The Plaza Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is the first in downtown Las Vegas to make the switch from cold cathode lamps to energy efficient LED sign lamps. According to the news release, this change provides a more traditional, warm lighting effect throughout the Main Street walkway and North Tower ... Read more »
Massachusetts Awards $20M Grants for Energy Storage
Massachusetts awarded $20 million in grants for energy storage projects in the state this week, doubling the initial amount planned, MassLive reported. The funding is going toward 26 projects involving different business models in an effort to accelerate the development of energy storage technologies. The Advancing Commonwealth Energy Storage (ACES) ... Read more »
US Coast Guard Academy Utility System Upgrade To Save $2 Million Annually
The US Coast Guard Academy broke ground Monday on a new project with Eversource and Ameresco to replace an aging utility system on its 85-year-old campus in New London, Connecticut, the Associated Press reported. Starting in 2020, the upgrades are expected to save the academy more than $2 million annually. ... Read more »