California Leads the Way for Advanced Transportation Vehicles   California celebrates National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day today on the cusp of a transportation revolution that will lead to cleaner air and fewer greenhouse gas emissions as more drivers turn to zero-emission vehicles. The U.S. Senate has declared Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day, referencing hydrogen’s …

63 Megawatt Preferred Resource Fuel Cell Energy Park Proposed for Beacon Falls, Connecticut — Preferred resource power plant producing energy at market-level pricing while enhancing grid resiliency — Expected to pay up to $90 million in local property and State sales taxes over project life — Generates and maintains local advanced manufacturing jobs as well as construction and service jobs — Ultra-clean, quiet and …

The Seattle Mariners Swing for the Fences with Solar at the Team’s Arizona Training Facility, Provided by Healthy Planet Partners, KYOCERA and Sky Engineering Healthy Planet Partners, LLC (HPP), a Clean Energy Solutions Fund that finances, implements and maintains distributed energy and energy efficiency projects that optimize performance in commercial buildings, and Kyocera Solar, Inc. announced today the completion of …

Sometimes we’re spot-on when we predict the future. Other times we blow it horribly. Take smart homes, the forerunner of today’s smart grid. Back in the 1980s, prognosticators thought we’d have millions of smart homes by now and that they would achieve remarkable feats. For example, a United Press International article from 1986 said that a child would be able to stick …

Energy efficiency’s largest players grew, even as the economy lagged in recent years. And they show no signs of slowing down, says a new report distributed by the National Association of Energy Service Companies. Revenue growth averaged nine percent annually from 2009 to 2011 for large energy efficiency service companies, or ESCOs, according to the report, prepared by the Department …

Charge Across Town Invites Public to Get Behind the Wheel of an EV Charge Across Town is driving forward the adoption of electric vehicles in the Bay Area with “EV Week 2013: San Francisco to Silicon Valley” – a three-city, five-day series of events and activities designed to engage, educate and excite Bay Area drivers about the benefits, ease and …

New study shows food and fuel are top of mind for Americans Sustainable America, a Stamford, Connecticut-based non-profit focused on the intertwined issues of food and fuel, announced today that its latest survey results show Americans are feeling pinched by high food and fuel costs but don’t fully understand the connections between the two. Sustainable America is leading the effort …

In the sprawling metropolis of Phoenix, Arizona, traveling via automobile is a hard reality. With gas prices remaining steady, new car buyers are looking for options that can save them money at the pump. Consumers are particularly curious about the Chevy Volt and hybrid vehicles in general. Phoenix Chevy dealers are not only pushing the environmental and fuel saving benefits …

By Elisa Wood John Lennon wrote that life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. Apparently, the same is true of energy efficiency. Energy savings happen when we’re busy doing other things – Internet-based things specifically. We use email, bank online and download music not to save energy, but to make life easier and more interesting. …

President Obama confirmed his commitment to clean energy and to environmental and public health protections in his State of the Union Address last night. He celebrated the extraordinary growth of the clean energy economy, and he laid out a plan to create more clean energy jobs and more responsible energy development. “We don’t have to choose between our environment and …

Google makes innovative use of electric vehicles and charging stations. For employees, Google took an early lead in converting Toyota Prii (yep that’s the official plural of Prius) to be plug-in hybrids. Then Google installed beautiful solar covered parking including charge stations so that electric cars can be charged with sunlight. At its headquarters, Google is now showing us how …

DBT, the No. 1 charging station manufacturer in Europe, opened a new U.S. subsidiary in Chicago this January: DBT USA. With more than 6,000 units installed in more than 20 countries to date, DBT is the world’s leading provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. DBT USA business operations are already underway in Chicago, and U.S. assembly operations are planned …

The most important part of a typical solar cell system is the semiconducting material of the solar panel itself. Semiconductors, along with metals, insulators and semi-metals, are basic building blocks of Nature. They possess very distinctive electronic characteristics which make them ideal for solar applications. One of their significant features is the ability to convert the incident sun light into …

2 One of the biggest household expenses is the electricity bills The amount you pay for power is next to the bank home mortgage Many home owners are looking into using solar energy to supplement their home energy needs A complete system installed by a professional contractor can be quite expensive Be prepared to invest upwards of for a home …

solar shade structures GWS Technologies Inc an alternative energy company developing and marketing solar and wind-powered renewable energy products and solutions announced today that it would begin distribution of the Solaranda Solar Shade Structure The Solaranda is innovative creative and just the solution to give the solar industry a boost said GWS Technologies Vice President Michael Coskun The Solaranda appeals …

steps of geothermal energy Sheldon P asked The term geothermal came from the Greek words geo and therme which means earth and heat respectively Geothermal is from the heat acquired from the hot circulating ground water of the Earth People have used this particular type of energy for centuries now One of the most common sources of geothermal energy is …

f Insulation is common in most houses and offices today It should be treated with importance because it carries out a vital role in our homes Different forms of thermal insulation work in different ways Thermal insulating materials work better the least dense they are Wood can be effective as a thermal insulator but there are more modern options available …

feed pellet mills for sale A pellet mill is the core piece of equipment in the pellet manufacture line or pellet plant There are several unlike designs of pellet mill including the flat die pellet mill and the ring die pellet mill At PelHeat we promote for sale predominantly the flat die pellet mill Flat die pellet mills are in …

BMW and the German Chamber of Commerce invited me to a dinner about BMW’s electric future last month at Stanford University. BMW Group owns MiniCooper, BMW, and Rolls Royce. Although they didn’t lend me a Rolls Royce to take friends to dinner in Napa Valley, they did let me take the MiniE for a spin. The MiniE electric car delivered …

mss Today pellet manufacture is becoming more widespread This obviously includes large scale construction faculties yet it also includes small scale production as well as even pellet mills operated at peoples homes Small portable pellet mills are becoming more common Many people are interested in a small portable pellet mill to make not only their own energy but additional pellets …