Gas Turbine Efficiency Earns Industry Recognition
March 10, 2010Leave a Comment
GTE’s non-OEM solution provides measurable benefit for power plant operators
From getfficiency.com
ORLANDO, Florida — Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (AIM: GTE), a leader in energy and aviation products and services, has been featured in Combined Cycle Journal 3Q/2009, which highlights its ECOMAX™ gas turbine optimization system, a solution currently in place at Entegra Power Group’s Gila River [...]
The Newest Hybrid Model
March 9, 2010Leave a Comment
The Newest Hybrid Model
Mar 5, 2010 New York Times
INDIANTOWN, Fla. — In former swamplands teeming with otters and wild hogs, one of the nation’s biggest utilities is running an experiment in the future of renewable power.
Across 500 acres north of West Palm Beach, the FPL Group utility is assembling a life-size Erector Set of 190,000 [...]
Apple Shuns CSR Report at February’s Shareholder Meeting
March 9, 2010Leave a Comment
In a highly competitive industry, Apple could benefit from more transparency.
In a proxy filing issued in January, Apple’s Board of Directors urged shareholders to vote against a shareholder resolution proposed by As You Sow, an environmental group specializing in shareholding advocacy, and co-sponsored by The New York City Office of the Comptroller and the Green [...]
BrightSource Energy’s $1.4B Loan for Solar Thermal
March 9, 2010Leave a Comment
BrightSource Energy gets $1.4 billion loan for the world’s largest solar thermal project
Eco Factor: Solar thermal plant to generate 400MW of renewable electric power.
After being forced to scale down its solar thermal plant plans significantly [...]
The Green Spider Sparks Interest
March 8, 2010Leave a Comment
The Green Spider is the Latest Innovation in Energy Efficient Lighting
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.– In today’s economy where many businesses are looking to save money and operate in environmentally friendly ways, a new product promises to achieve both in a place few consider: the parking lot.
A new, first-of-its-kind energy-efficient lighting system called The Green Spider launched this [...]
Credits from Cows
February 16, 20101 Comment
Cows give Point Carbon their One Thousandth Offset Project.
Offset projects, which provide carbon credits for companies so that they can reduce their carbon footprint, have had success in Europe. In the EU, carbon reduction is mandated by the Kyoto protocol. Europe has also faced fuel and energy prices that outweigh those in the US. As [...]
Green Point Joins CRD Analytics LLC
February 11, 2010Leave a Comment
CRD Analytics Engages Greening Point as Business Development Partner
New York, NY.– CRD Analytics LLC and Greening Point, Inc. announced today a partnering agreement that makes the full range of CRD Analytics SmartView™ sustainability investment analytics reporting available as part of the Greening Point solution portfolio.
Greening Point will join the CRD Analytics Preferred Partner Network, enabling [...]
OriginOil Turns Corner to Commercialization, Unveils In-House Pilot System
February 2, 2010Leave a Comment
Suite of breakthrough technologies now combined for end-to-end algae-to-oil production
From originoil.com
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1, 2010 — OriginOil, Inc. (OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, unveiled a comprehensive pilot system for algae growth and harvesting at an exclusive event [...]
Department Of Labor Announces $150 Million for Training Grants
January 28, 2010Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced $150 million in green jobs training grants, as authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). The “Pathways Out of Poverty” grants — as the group of funding awards is known — will support programs that help disadvantaged populations find ways [...]