IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analytics, today announced its long-term planned management succession, with current President and Chief Operating Officer Scott Key assuming the role of President and Chief Executive Officer effective June 1, 2013. Jerre Stead, current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will become Executive Chairman, also effective on June 1, ...
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced plans to invest up to $120 million over five years to launch a new Energy Innovation Hub, establishing a multidisciplinary and sustained effort to identify problems and develop solutions across the lifecycle of critical materials. Rare earth elements and other critical materials have unique chemical and physical characteristics, including ...
A new report from Navigant Research examines regional and global trends in the home energy management (HEM) market, including global HEM market forecasts, broken out by segment and world region, through 2023. After years of sputtering growth, the HEM market has begun to gather momentum. Product vendors, utilities, service providers, retailers, and other stakeholders report increasing activity, ...
This turbine's first prototype, installed in Alaiz (Navarra) last year, generates enough power to supply 5,000 households for one year Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, has secured type A certification for its G132-5.0 MW turbine from DNV GL, a certification service provider. This milestone marks the culmination of the G132-5.0 MW certification process and endorses the ...
Only one in three enterprises in the renewable energy industry have a dedicated communication strategy. Particularly those responsible for PR in firms without a properly defined communication strategy criticise the lack of an overall plan, and the lack of internal and financial support for communication activities. While 74 per cent of those responsible for corporate communication consider press ...
Greenely and Stanford University are launching the Greenely Go mobile application in California after a year of development in a unique collaboration aiming to demonstrate how effectively a newly developed behavioral algorithm can help decreasing households' electricity usage in California. The app utilizes energy consumption data from PG&E and is now available to download for all PG&E ...
£200m of new and additional Government funding has today been announced to provide a special time-limited ‘introductory’ offer to boost the early take up of the Government's Green Deal energy efficiency scheme. With bills rising because of rocketing global energy prices, the Government wants to see as many people as possible benefiting when the Green Deal hits the high street ...
The third instalment of Energy Efficiency Trends– EEVS’ quarterly review of the market for non-domestic energy efficiency has just been published. The review provides essential insight and market intelligence for the non-domestic energy efficiency sector. We are proud to have supported EEVS by sponsoring the report and in case you haven’t seen it, we are sharing the highlights ...
A new Leaderboard Report from Navigant Research examines the strategy and execution of 16 leading home energy management (HEM) vendors, including vendor profiles and rankings, to provide industry participants with an objective assessment of these companies’ relative strengths and weaknesses in this growing market. While the HEM market has struggled to gain traction in the past, ...
A new report from Navigant Research examines the evolution occurring in technology and customer-focused solutions for residential utility customers, analyzing how traditional business models are being disrupted.As the grid evolves into a cleaner, more distributed, and intelligent infrastructure, incumbent utilities are looking to deliver new customer-focused products and services. For some ...
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, is seeking applications for the permanent position of Director to lead a national program in the development of innovative geothermal technologies that advance geothermal's role in the U.S. energy portfolio. The program includes enhanced geothermal systems, hydrothermal systems and exploration, low-temperature ...
Smart, sustainable living is now becoming reality for London home buyers. In cooperation with quality British homebuilding company Berkeley, E.ON is exclusively offering the new digital E.ON Home product to new home buyers alongside smart energy technology upgrade packages. The performance of smart home energy technology packages can be visualized and controlled via E.ON Home and are now ...
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change has released a timely publication that make the case for market-based clean energy and climate solutions.for job creation. Clean Energy Markets: Jobs and Opportunities, a new brief, explains how investment in clean energy technologies will generate economic growth and create new jobs in the United States and around the world. Comprehensive, market-based ...
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., May 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2011, The Bosch Group is celebrating its 125th anniversary, as well as the 150th anniversary of its founder's birth. On Nov. 15, 1886, Robert Bosch established his "Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering" in Stuttgart, Germany, laying the foundation for what has become a leading global supplier of technology and ...
Many believe they can save energy with small behavior changes that actually achieve very little, and severely underestimate the major effects of switching to efficient, currently available technologies, says a new survey of Americans in 34 states. The study, which quizzed people on what they perceived as the most effective ways to save energy, appears in this week's Proceedings of the National ...
With immediate effect Press Agency Krampitz has changed its name to Krampitz Communications - PR for Renewables and Technologies. This emphasises the internationally oriented agency’s communication expertise in the fields of renewable energy and new technology. Natural scientists and technology experts “In addition to renewable energy, our agency has in recent years also focussed on ...
In support of the President’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to diversify our nation’s power supplies, the Energy Department today released a new report looking at the future of wind power through 2050 and the economic benefits that come with a robust wind industry. The report, Wind Vision: A New Era for Wind Power in the United States, confirms that with technological advancements ...
We've been hearing for years that the energy efficiency industry needs to find its equivalent to the cell phone. These days industry folks refer to it as the 'killer app," the revolutionary product or service that consumers can't resist. But lately, partly because I'm dieting, I've been thinking what energy efficiency really needs is something akin to a Weight Watchers dessert. Let me explain ...
The third instalment of Energy Efficiency Trends – EEVS’ quarterly review of the market for non-domestic energy efficiency was published last week. We regard Energy Efficiency Trends as a hugely valuable source of information and guidance for the industry and as such, we decided to sponsor it. Here’s a bit of background as to why we think this research provides such an essential ...
The U.S. Department of Energy this week released the Energy Storage Grand Challenge Roadmap, the Department’s first comprehensive energy storage strategy. Announced in January 2020 by U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette, the Energy Storage Grand Challenge (ESGC) seeks to create and sustain American leadership in energy storage. In addition to concerted research efforts, the ...