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GE, NETL Ink $1.2m CO2 Sequestration Monitoring Contract

October 8, 2012October 8, 2012 by Leon Walker

GE Global Research has signed a contract with the National Energy Technology Laboratory, part of the US Department of Energy national laboratory system, to build a multi-point sensing system to monitor carbon dioxide injected into geothermal containment wells. The use of these cavities, which extend one to two kilometers below ... Read more »

Google-Funded 845 MW Wind Farm Goes Online

September 26, 2012September 26, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A Google-backed wind farm in Oregon is operational and generating up to 845 MW of wind energy. The Shepherds Flat project is one of the largest on-shore wind farms in the world, according to Oregon officials and developer Caithness Energy, and will eliminate 1.483 million metric tons of CO2 annually. ... Read more »

Utility ComEd Launches Data Center Efficiency Program

August 10, 2012August 30, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

ComEd, a unit of Chicago-based Exelon, has introduced an efficiency program aimed at reducing the energy use of data centers. The utility will work with data center designers, owners and tenants to maximize energy efficiency and improve operations. The utility will provide per-kWh financial incentives and technical assistance. ComEd has ... Read more »

ORNL Steam Plant to Cut Fossil Fuel Use 80%

July 25, 2012July 25, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

A new biomass gasification plant at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory will burn wood waste from local sawmills to heat the complex, reducing fossil fuel use by 80 percent and greenhouse gas emissions by 23,000 metric tons a year. The gasification plant built by Nexterra Systems converts waste biomass into ... Read more »

Smithsonian Recovers LED Costs in 16 Months

July 10, 2012July 10, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

The Smithsonian American Art Museum recovered the higher initial cost of its LED retrofit project in 16 months of operation through energy savings, according to a final report evaluating the solid-state-lighting demonstration. The US Department of Energy’s Gateway Solid-State Lighting Technology Demonstration Program replaced halogen and incandescent lighting at several galleries ... Read more »

Tesla Model S Verified as Longest-Range Electric Vehicle, at 265 Miles

June 22, 2012June 25, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

Tesla Motors’ Model S has received a rated range of 265 miles and a combined efficiency of 89 miles-per-gallon equivalent from the EPA, establishing the luxury sports sedan as the electric vehicle with the longest battery range on the market. Tesla Motors will today begin delivering its first Model S sedans, which start ... Read more »

Oil Prices Fall on US Economy Concerns

April 11, 2012April 11, 2012 by Leon Walker

U.S. businesses may be waving goodbye to rising gas prices, according to figures from two surveys. The national average for a gallon of gasoline on Monday was $3.927 – a slip of two-tenths of a penny since Sunday, according to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report, The Los Angeles Times ... Read more »

Best Buy, Veolia, and Others Join National Clean Fleets Partnership

March 6, 2012April 23, 2013 by Leon Walker

Best Buy, Johnson Controls, Pacific Gas and Electric, and Veolia have joined the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Clean Fleets Partnership, a public-private partnership that aims to help the nation’s largest fleet operators to cut the amount of gasoline and diesel they use. The new partners join 14 other major ... Read more »

Honeywell Wins State Department ESPCs

December 27, 2011 by Leon Walker

The U.S. Department of State has awarded Honeywell an energy savings performance contract for a project at two of its facilities in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. The project will implement energy efficiency and water conservation measures at the Harry S. Truman Building in Washington, D.C., which serves as the ... Read more »

Ameresco, DoE Announce Completion of Cogeneration Facility

December 23, 2011December 23, 2011 by Leon Walker

The U.S. Department of Energy has issued energy service company Ameresco final acceptance for the completion of the Savannah River Site Biomass Cogeneration Facility in Aiken, S.C., constructed under the nation’s largest energy savings performance contract worth $795 million. Under ESPCs, new energy efficient equipment is installed at no up-front ... Read more »

FBI Raids Offices of Bankrupt Solar Company

September 9, 2011September 12, 2011 by Leon Walker

FBI agents searched the offices of recently-bankrupt solar company Solyndra on Thursday, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The raid is believed to be in connection with Solyndra’s $535 million loan guarantee from the U.S Department of Energy, the newspaper says. At least 30 FBI agents and officials from the ... Read more »

DOE Announces $246m for Renewables, EVs

September 9, 2011 by Leon Walker

The Department of Energy has announced $245.9 million in loan guarantees and grants for a variety of renewable energy and electric vehicle projects. Energy secretary Steven Chu (pictured) announced $43 million over the next five years aimed at speeding technical innovations, lowering costs, and shortening the timeline for deploying offshore ... Read more »

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