Tag Archives: US Department of Energy

Secretary Chu Announces $620 Million for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

According to the Press Release, “At an event in Columbus, Ohio this afternoon, Secretary Chu announced that the Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems that will help build a smarter, more efficient, more resilient electrical grid.  These 32 demonstration projects, [...]

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Clean Energy Dollars Find Home in San Francisco Bay Area

When it comes to research, the universities of the San Francisco Bay Area are some of the finest institutions devoted to that task. Due to this incredible amount of advancement in a geographically small area, many businesses have developed in fields of scientific advancement, thus giving graduates a place to apply their skills. The U.S. [...]

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Green News: Electric Vehicles Gone Postal

With consumers largely avoiding electric cars due to their shortcomings (range, charging infrastructure) the United States Postal Service is already undertaking the electrification of their current Long Life Vehicle (LLV) model to contribute to the green movement. AM General and Smith Electric Vehicles (SEV) will be teaming up to complete this project in converting all [...]

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U.S. Military Plans 500 MW Solar Plant in Mojave

According to the Press Release, “The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has hired two companies to build a 500 megawatt power plant at Fort Irwin in California’s Mojave Desert, which would be by far the military’s largest solar facility.”  This project, set to be complete by 2022, would cost roughly $2 billion and dwarf the [...]

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Germany wins Solar Decathlon

Green architecture has become a growing industry, changing the urban landscape in many different ways. Everything from roof-top gardens to buildings that utilize environmentally friendly building materials in construction and solar panels for electricity needs have become nearly common-place. The more adventurous of architects have taken pages out of the books of Wright and Gehry [...]

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Santevia Water Systems to Donate up to $10,000 on World Water Day with Twitter Campaign

Delta, British Columbia (PRWEB) March 22, 2013 What is World Water Day? It’s a time to reflect on just how [...]

Earth Friendly Products Announces Green Living Rebates For Employees

Garden Grove, CA (PRWEB) April 6, 2011 Earth Friendly Products (http://www.ecos.com), a leader in manufacturing award-winning, eco-friendly cleaning products, practices [...]

Obama Agrees: Wind Generators Make More Than Just Energy

(PRWEB) October 26, 2012 It is not just about manufacturing of wind generators. The generators require poles to mount them [...]

Elliptic Technologies Secure HDCP 2.2 Content Protection Solutions Selected by ST-Ericsson for Miracast Wi-Fi Display Applications

(PRWEB) February 14, 2013 Elliptic Technologies, a leading provider of complete embedded security and content protection solutions, today announced that [...]

DUNMORE Introduces FastCert Solar Module Qualification Program to Accelerate New & Redesigned Solar Module Delivery to Market

Bristol, PA (PRWEB) July 9, 2010 DUNMORE Corporation introduces its FastCert Qualification Program for photovoltaic modules. The proprietary FastCert program [...]

Peppermill Reno Rolls Out New Virtual Visit for Meeting Planners

Reno, NV (PRWEB) January 13, 2010 Peppermill Reno and Virtual Visit Presentations have created a free, online tool to help [...]