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A Cambridge company developing technology to make ethanol more efficiently said it has been granted two key US patents.Joule Unlimited Technologies has made significant progress toward its goal of finding a way to produce 25,000 gallons of ethanol per acre, spokeswoman Felicia Spagnoli said yesterday.The alternative energy fuel is made from various sources, including corn. The company uses .. more …
“I would direct staff to review options and proceed without Kings Beach as an alternative,” said Placer County Supervisor Jennifer Montgomery. How the county will proceed without Kings Beach as a primary alternative is not immediately clear.One option is continuing with the current environmental analysis, which includes assessing the feasibility of hosting the site at Cabin Creek, off of Highway .. more …
Eight in 10 Californians favor tougher fuel efficiency standards for cars , federal funding for solar and wind power and curbs on heat-trapping emissions from factories and power plants, a new public opinion poll has found.And even with the anemic economy, most state residents say policymakers must act now to head off the more damaging impacts of climate change.”At a time when the economy .. more …
Impact Battery meets the solar power needs of folks who enjoy the outdoors. The company supplies solar batteries and chargers for RVs, ATVs , motorcycles and marine applications.Grants Pass, OR (PRWEB) July 29, 2011 “Impact Battery knows our customers work hard to earn leisure time to play in the great outdoors. They play hard, and quite often, under extreme conditions in remote locations. We .. more …
What is Energy Use Intensity? ASHRAE Seeks to Define, Educate American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers 1791 Tullie Circle, N.E. Atlanta, GA, 30329, USAPress release date: July 26, 2011 ATLANTA – While the importance of building energy performance metrics to reduce energy use is accepted worldwide, there is no single generally accepted definition of that metric. .. more …
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ” Plans to build a $400 million stored-energy park in Iowa have been scrapped after a report raised questions about its viability.The proposed 270-megawatt, compressed air project would have taken wind energy at off-peak periods, compressed the air into an aquifer 3,000 feet below ground and brought it back to the surface during peak usage periods. Officials said the park’s .. more …
EPSOM, UNITED KINGDOM – July 29, 2011: Toyota and British Gasthrew the switch to launch an industry-leading initiative in sustainableenergy generation at Toyota’s Burnaston car plant this week.A vast solar power system – the largest installed by any UKvehicle manufacturer – has officially come on stream at theDerbyshire site, ready to help meet the factory’s electricity demandand .. more …
Posted: 2:00 pm Tue, July 12, 2011 By ToddNelsonTags: Jimmy Randolph , Mark Fritsch , Martin Saar , Russell Straate Researchers plan to commercialize as soon as possible Potential investors are showing interest in a new geothermal energy production system that two University of Minnesota researchers hope to commercialize.The patent-pending, renewable way of generating electricity from .. more …
