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GE Opens Innovation Center for Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Solutions
GE Capital Fleet Services announced today the opening of its Vehicle Innovation Center, a world-class facility that provides businesses, industry groups and researchers with a first-hand experience with alternative fuel vehicles and enabling GE technologies. The first-of-its-kind center reinforces GE’s commitment to the deployment of more efficient vehicles in ...
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The international launch of Energy Policies of IEA Countries: Netherlands 2014 Review
Press Conference on Tuesday 22 April 2014, 16:30 Henk Kamp Minister of Economic Affairs, The Netherlands Maria van der Hoeven Executive Director, International Energy Agency Clingendael International Energy Programme Clingendael 7, The Hague The press conference (presentation, Q&As and following panel discussion) will be held in Dutch. The International Energy Agency regularly reviews the ...
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Historic Wave Energy Legislation Initiative Takes a Significant Step Forward in California
Eco Wave Power Global AB applauds the introduction of California Senate Bill 605 – Wave and Tidal Energy – by California State Senator Steve Padilla of Chula Vista. The bill aims to promote and facilitate the development and growth of wave energy in the state, which will help California reach its ambitious clean energy goals. The bill, introduced by State Senator Padilla on February 15, calls for ...
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NREL names new executives to lead Bioenergy, Bioscience and Energy Systems integration facility
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently made three key hires to lead research centers. NREL has named Tom Foust, a nine-year NREL veteran, as its National Bioenergy Center Director; David Post as the Center Director for the Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF); and Rich Greene as Biosciences Center Director. Tom Foust to Head National ...
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Pakistan´s First Hydroelectric Project Powered by IBM
Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) Remaco, the builder of Pakistan's first private sector hydroelectric power scheme, has selected IBM (NYSE: IBM) software to streamline operations and help meet the business challenges of running the US$235 million plant. The addition of this power source will replace about 135,000 tons of imported oil, reducing carbon emissions and saving Pakistan approximately US$100 ...
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Advanced Microgrid Solutions Raises $34 Million in Series B, Energy Leaders See DER Optimization as Major Growth Market
Advanced Microgrid Solutions ("AMS") announced it has raised over $34 million in a Series B funding round amid projections by utility executives that distributed energy resources (DERs) will create the biggest stress on the grid in the coming decade. The round was led by Energy Impact Partners ("EIP"), a collaborative utility-funded investment firm, Southern Company (NYSE: SO) and DBL Partners, ...
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Arizona State, Idaho National Laboratory Team to Boost Clean Energy Research
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and Arizona State University (ASU) have agreed to expand their joint efforts in clean energy research for the next five years. An agreement signed in October establishes a framework for both institutions to develop low-carbon processes for the energy and manufacturing sectors. One joint project works to improve and decarbonize methods to extract critical minerals ...
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Siemens and Macquarie
Macquarie's Green Investment Group (GIG), Siemens' Smart Infrastructure (SI) and Financial Services (SFS) groups this week announced the formation of Calibrant Energy (Calibrant), a joint venture that offers comprehensive onsite Energy-as-a-Service solutions at no up-front cost for its customers, which include corporate and industrial clients, as well as municipalities, universities, schools and ...
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Stem, Inc. to Combine with Star Peak, Creating First Public Pure Play Smart Energy Storage Company
Stem, Inc., a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI)-driven clean energy storage systems, and Star Peak Energy Transition Corp., a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, announced today a definitive agreement for a business combination that will result in Stem becoming a public company. Upon closing of the transaction, the combined company will be named Stem and remain listed ...
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Energy Department Invests up to $32 Million to Improve Resilience of the Nation`s Power Grid
The U.S. Energy Department recently announced up to $32 million for seven Resilient Distribution Systems projects, which will support early stage research and development of next-generation tools and technologies that will further improve the resilience of the nation's electric grid. This is the second round of funding under the Department's Grid Modernization Initiative, a DOE-wide ...
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Tampa Electric Company Signs Contract with Itron to Deploy Smart Street Lighting Solution
Itron, Inc. has signed a contract with Tampa Electric Co. (TECO) to deploy Itron's smart street lighting solution to allow streetlights to communicate with the utility. In coordination with the utility's streetlight replacement program to convert traditional lighting infrastructure to energy-efficient LED technology, Tampa Electric will install more than 260,000 Itron smart photocells in the next ...
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Ameresco Partners with Michigan’s Ovid-Elsie Area Schools on Major Energy Efficiency Project
Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC), a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company, announced today the start of major work in its Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) with Ovid-Elsie Area Schools in central Michigan. The $1.1 million ESPC is expected to save the Schools more than $85,000 annually, and includes facility improvements at all of the ...
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United States Named Global Leader in Renewable Energy Investment
In 2011, American renewable energy investment in solar and wind technologies dominated the global market, propelling the United States past China into the leadership position, according to Ernst & Young's latest quarterly Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (CAI), released today. Ernst & Young LLP also issued a new forward-looking report – United States Renewable ...
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Ameresco Announces Work on Energy Efficiency Project at Nevada’s Fourth Largest School District
Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC), a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company, announced today its Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) with Lyon County School District (LCSD) in western Nevada. The $3.6 million ESPC is expected to save the state’s fourth largest school district over $345,000 annually for 15 years. LCSD includes one of ...
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Get Recharged on September 27th at the Annual eMobility Forum
The following is being issued by the German American Chambers of Commerce: WHO: German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest and Germany Trade & Invest bring together US and German OEM industry experts from international electric vehicle companies and suppliers, government entities, academic institutions, and infrastructure providers. WHAT: ...
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Siemens Government Technologies Honored as a Top Technology Company in the Greater Washington Region by the Northern Virginia Technology Council
Siemens Government Technologies (SGT), Inc. – the federally-focused U.S. arm of technology powerhouse Siemens – is honored to announce that the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) has selected SGT for its 100 most innovative technology companies in 2020, as well as recognized SGT President and CEO Tina Dolph as a NVTC Tech 100 Executive The NVTC Tech 100 honors the most ...
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NREL to Test Inverters for the “Little Box Challenge” Presented by Google and IEEE
The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will test power inverters submitted to the Little Box Challenge presented by Google and the IEEE Power Electronics Society. The Challenge is an open competition to build smaller power inverters for use in solar power systems. The winner of the $1 million prize will have designed and built a kilowatt-scale inverter with the ...
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NREL selected to join Europe’s DERlab
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been selected as a new member of the nonprofit Association of European Distributed Energy Resources Laboratories (DERlab). DERlab is an international association of leading laboratories and research institutions in the field of distributed energy resources equipment and systems. NREL was selected by DERlab in ...
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Spectrum Solar Plus Storage Project with EnSync Energy Commissioned and Operational in Hawaii
EnSync, Inc., dba EnSync Energy Systems, a leading developer of innovative distributed energy resources (DERs), recently (12/15) announced the full commissioning and live operation of an advanced energy generation, storage and management system at a Spectrum headend facility in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, as part of a power purchase agreement owned by a leading U.S. infrastructure investor. ...
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Political Support and Clear Policies Prove Critical for Renewable Energy Market Growth
Having quadrupled its solar capacity target to 50GW by 2020 and begun an accelerated domestic installations program to tackle the oversupply of solar panels, China looks set to continue its domination of the global renewable energy market, according to Ernst & Young's latest quarterly global Renewable energy Country Attractiveness Indices report (CAI) released today. The indices provide ...
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