ElectraTherm has commissioned its first Power+ waste heat to power unit in California. The unit generates fuel-free power from the waste heat generated by an existing biomass boiler using the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC), thanks to a grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for combined heat and power applications or prime power generated from biomass.
Consumer products giant Procter and Gamble has completed a 50 megawatt biomass-fired cogeneration facility at its paper products factory in Albany, Georgia in partnership with retail energy supplier Constellation.
Eleven Native American communities are planning to implement renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies on tribal lands, thanks to competitively … [continued]
Massachusetts and California top ACEEE’s energy efficiency ranks for the fourth straight year while clear winners and losers stand out across America.
by Chadwick Wasilenkoff Sometimes what’s old becomes new again and “cogeneration,” which is over 130 years old, is gathering momentum … [continued]
CBS Studios is the latest high-profile corporation to turn to fuel cells in an effort to “green” its energy use. Six 90%-efficient UTC Power PureCell systems are to be installed at production and office facilities, resulting in significant reductions in CO2 and NOx emissions, as well as water consumption. […]
South Windsor High School’s UTC Power fuel cell system kicked in and saved the day in the Connecticut community of South Windsor, operating “flawlessly” as it provided heat, hot water, and electrical power over a nine-day period in the wake of Winter Storm Alfred, a “freak” snowstorm that cut power to an estimated 1.8 million people across New England.
On my recent tour of Finnish greentech, I found that a simple law on the books for decades helps account … [continued]
By 2020, we will use more energy storing all of our virtual lives “on the cloud” than we will by … [continued]
