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Full Breakout Session Lineup for 2014 SunShot Summit

SunShot is pleased to announce its lineup of Grand Challenge Breakout Sessions for the 2014 SunShot Grand Challenge Summit and Peer Review. Stay tuned for specific locations and times of each session, as well as the speaker lineup. Open Innovation: SunShot Catalyst and Next Generation Government Prizes Pitch for Solar The SunShot Approach: How a Funding Opportunity is Born and Managed The ...

Apr. 9, 2014

By US Department of Energy

Prince Charles Visits Biogen Gwyriad

His Royal Highness The Price of Wales has visited Biogen’s GwyriAD anaerobic digestion plant in Wales. The site is located in at Llwyn Isaf near Caernafon and has been developed by Biogen with funding from Iona Capital. Prince Charles visited the facility on the 2nd of July. The facility produces biogas, a renewable fuel, which is used in a combined heat and power engine facility that is ...

Aug. 9, 2013

By Clarke Energy

Clarke Energy features on 2 French TV Programmes

Didier Lartigue, a Main Board Director of Clarke Energy has featured on a regional TV programme in France. This programme highlights some of the applications where gas engine technology can be used. These include: Landfill gas and biogas, where gas engines are used to generate renewable base-load power Cogeneration– High efficiency utilisation of natural gas to deliver onsite ...

Apr. 8, 2013

By Clarke Energy

Statement from Deputy Secretary of Energy Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall after Visiting the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station

Today I had the opportunity to visit the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station to see first hand the significant progress that is being made by TEPCO and the dedicated workers at the Fukushima site cleanup and to gain a better understanding of the challenges that remain. Japan is a close ally and we are committed to making available the full range of U.S. expertise in nuclear energy, ...

Oct. 15, 2015

By US Department of Energy

AFC Energy and De Nora for longevity of electrodes

Adam Bond, CEO, said:” The ability to deliver this extended operational lifetime in our electrodes is the critical factor in reducing the levelized cost of power. This would be an incredible outcome not only for AFC Energy, but for the fuel cell industry and the wider hydrogen economy, and will put our technology on a comparable footing with other low carbon, base load power generation ...

Jan. 19, 2018

By Industrie De Nora S.p.A. | De Nora Water Technologies

Maamba Collieries in Zambia sets record straight on load-shedding

Maamba Collieries in Zambia needs ZESCO to clear outstanding debts owed to the company so it can maintain efficient operations at its 300 MW coal-fired power plant. Due to a continued shortfall in monthly payments of its power bills by ZESCO, Maamba Collieries (MCL) has not been able to keep up a robust maintenance programme at its modern eco-friendly thermal power plant - which has been ...

Oct. 30, 2019

By Spintelligent (Pty) Ltd - part of Clarion Events

Long-term Power Reliability Arrives in Alice Springs

The much-anticipated arrival of ten new GE’s Jenbacher power generation engines at Territory Generation’s Owen Springs Power Station this week heralds a new era for power reliability in the region. The project is part of an electricity cost reduction drive, spearheaded by the Northern Territory Government of Australia. The new high-efficiency natural gas-fired units will provide ...

Feb. 14, 2017

By Clarke Energy

Bord na Móna’s Drehid Landfill Gas Power Plant Officially Opened

Following Clarke Energy announcing the award of the contract for Bord na Móna’s Drehidlandfill gas power plant the facility was officially opened on the 7th April 2014. The Irish Minister of Communication, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte, was there to formally inaugurate the project at the landfill site. The Irish Drehid landfill facility opened in 2008 to manage up to ...

Apr. 8, 2014

By Clarke Energy

ZeroPoint Clean Tech Powers European Grid Produces Carbon-Negative Heat and Power

ZeroPoint Clean Tech, Inc. (ZeroPoint) today announced that its biomass gasification solution produced carbon negative heat and power for the last half-month of its 2011 operations in Germany. The carbon negative process utilizes biomass to create renewable gas and yields biochar as a co-product. Biochar is a highly stable form of sequestered carbon with multiple uses in agriculture and ...

Jan. 3, 2012

By ZeroPoint Clean Tech, Inc

Siemens to build cogeneration plant in Berlin

Siemens has received an order to build a new cogeneration plant in the Marzahn district of Berlin. The company will act as general contractor for the energy utility company Vattenfall Europe Wärme AG to erect this natural-gas fired combined-cycle power plant with district heat extraction. The centerpiece of the plant will be its gas turbine, which will be manufactured at Siemens' gas turbine ...

May 5, 2017

By Siemens AG

Ormat Technologies, Inc. to develop a geothermal project in Honduras

Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) announced today that an Ormat subsidiary entered into an agreement with Geotérmica Platanares to acquire a late stage development geothermal project in Honduras. The project comprises of the rights to a field where exploration work has been conducted in the past and a Power Purchase Agreement for up to 35MW with the national utility of Honduras, ENEE. ...

Nov. 13, 2012

By Ormat Technologies, Inc.

WM expands renewable energy program

Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WMI) has announced that it plans to use its expertise as the nation’s largest developer of landfill gas to energy (LFGTE) projects to partner with private and municipal landfill owners to develop the country’s untapped landfill gas resources. Waste Management is the first in the waste management industry to launch such a program. Waste Management’s third-party LFGTE ...

Oct. 6, 2008

By Waste Management Inc.

B&W Calls on U.S. EPA to Limit Methane Emissions From Landfills

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (B&W) (NYSE:BW) has provided formal comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed emissions rules for municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills, calling for more stringent limits on emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas that plays a role in climate change. Methane, which is generated in landfills by the decomposition of organic ...

Oct. 26, 2015

By Babcock & Wilcox

Investment in biomass “set to be next global trend”

KMPG has published its annual survey of global renewable energy mergers and acquisitions (M&A), entitled Powering Ahead: 2010. The report has pinpointed the "hot spots" for deal activity in 2010/11 and provides an insight into the global M&A activity in renewable energy. The findings are based on a survey of over 250 senior executives active in the renewable energy industry worldwide, ...

Jun. 8, 2010

By GLOBE SERIES

WM expands renewable energy program to develop landfill gas-to-energy project

Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WMI) has announced that it plans to use its expertise as the nation’s largest developer of landfill gas to energy (LFGTE) projects to partner with private and municipal landfill owners to develop the country’s untapped landfill gas resources. Waste Management is the first in the waste management industry to launch such a program. Waste Management’s third-party LFGTE ...

Oct. 16, 2008

By Waste Management Inc.

Ormat Extends PPA for its Zunil Power Plant in Guatemala by Additional 15 Years

Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) announced today its indirect, wholly owned subsidiary signed an amendment to the power purchase agreement (PPA) with Instituto Nacional de Electrificacion (INDE) for its Zunil geothermal power plant in Guatemala. The amendment extends the term of the PPA from 2019 to 2034. The PPA amendment also transfers operation and management responsibilities of the Zunil ...

Jan. 22, 2014

By Ormat Technologies, Inc.

Ormat Technologies commences operation of 36 MW Geothermal Power Plant in Kenya

Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA) announced today that it reached commercial operation of Plant 2 in the Olkaria III complex in Naivasha, Kenya, increasing the company’s total generating capacity by 36 MW to 611 MW worldwide. Ormat also plans to add an additional 16 MW of generation at Olkaria III by building a third plant, which it expects to complete in 2014. Once Plant 3 is complete, ...

May 2, 2013

By Ormat Technologies, Inc.

Siemens Receives Further Contract for High-Efficiency Power Plant in the United States

Siemens has been awarded an order for the turnkey supply of the Panda Temple II power plant in Temple, Texas. Following the Temple I and Sherman Power Projects, this is the third order awarded to Siemens by the private equity firm Panda Power Funds within less than a year. Siemens will supply the natural-gas-fired combined-cycle power plant in consortium with its partner, Bechtel. The plant, with ...

Apr. 4, 2013

By Siemens AG

Cutting CO2 emissions from existing coal plants

Professor Ernest Moniz, director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) and former undersecretary of the US Department of Energy, has unveiled a report on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal plants. The report is based on the findings of a major MIT symposium on retrofitting coal-fired power plants, and identifies a range of possible next steps for the consideration of policy ...

Jun. 22, 2009

By MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Capstone C600 Signature Series Microturbine to Power Chinese Smart Microgrid

CHATSWORTH, Calif., Aug. 08, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (Nasdaq:CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, announced today that it received an order for a C600 Signature Series microturbine for a microgrid project in Beijing, China. Capstone’s distributor, Beijing Haohai Power, secured the ...

Aug. 8, 2016

By World Alliance for Decentralized Energy (WADE)

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