The Gardiner Farms cattle feedlot in Kirkton, Ontario, Canada, is producing electricity and thermal energy with a new combined heat and power (CHP) system, offsetting the prior purchase of energy produced using fossil fuels.
HyperSolar Inc., developer of a new technology to make renewable natural gas using solar power, said that its patent-pending process produces the gas using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will hold its third annual Energy Innovation Summit on Feb. 27-29, 2012, at the Gaylord Convention Center near Washington, D.C.
SOLON Corp. has introduced SOLquick™, a new patent-pending commercial solar rooftop installation solution. According to the company, initial SOLquick flat roof installation has been shown to reduce mechanical installation time by over 85 percent and electrical installation time by 50 percent.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is accelerating its move to energy efficiency and renewable energy to reduce risks to the military, enhance energy security, and save money, according to a report released by The Pew Charitable Trusts.
SageSim™ LLC, a leading provider of return-on-investment (ROI) simulation technology, has announced the availability of SageSim-es™ (SageSim Energy System Simulator), a simulation application designed to quickly model and optimize energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy applications.
At the American Council On Renewable Energy’s (ACORE’s) annual RETECH Trade Show and Conference, industry leaders noted that the renewable energy sector has shown surprising growth for 2011.
While manufacturers continue to look at ways to make HVACR equipment as energy efficient as possible, just as much attention is being paid to finding ways to get that equipment off the electric grid and powered as much as possible by such alternative energy sources as solar, wind, photovoltaic (PV), and geothermal.
Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) led a bipartisan effort including Reps. Ron Paul (R-Texas), Jay Inslee (D-Wash.), and Shelly Berkley (D-Nev.) in re-introducing the Heat is Power Act, H.R. 2812.
Utility rates from cities all across the United States are now available in one place — the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Open Energy Information platform, or OpenEI.org.
