How Can We Increase Energy Efficiency Investments? Here are 10 Suggestions
This is the final post in a three-part series on understanding and increasing investments in energy efficiency by businesses and individuals. In the first post, we estimated these US investments total about $60-115 billion per year. In the second post, we discussed what motivates many households and businesses to invest in energy efficiency. This post builds on the first two and discusses approaches that could increase such investments in the future. No more than one-fourth of households...
SynTech Bioenergy Announces Distributorship in Japan
Denver Colo. - SynTech Bioenergy, a Denver-based renewable energy technology company, has officially announced the formation of its Japanese Distributorship in Tokyo Japan under the name SynTech Japan Co, LTD. SynTech Japan is now the exclusive distributor of BioMax® units in Japan. The office will support installations of SynTech Bioenergy's technology for delivering clean energy through advanced thermal conversion of biomass and other waste materials in Japan. SynTechJapan and SynTech Bioe...
Global Gas Meter Market to Surpass $ 4.2 Billion by 2022
According to recent release by TechSci Research “Global Gas Meter Market By Type, By Application and By Region, Competition Forecast and Opportunities, 2012–2022”, global gas meter market is projected to reach $ 4.2 billion by 2022, on account of expanding city gas distribution (CGD) network, rising LPG consumption and growing initiative taken by various governments to fuel adoption of natural gas as a primary fuel for residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. Increasing investments in oi...
Fluor Awarded Contract for PETRONAS Isononanol Chemical Plant in Malaysia
IRVING, Texas - Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract by PETRONAS Refinery and Petrochemical Corporation Sdn. Bhd. for an isononanol plant located in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia. Fluor will book the undisclosed contract value in the third quarter of 2017. “This award is a testament to the strong partnership we have with PETRONAS,” said Ken Choudhary, president of Fluor’s energy and chemicals bus...
ACEEE Guide Tracks How Local Energy Policy Boosts Community Resilience
How have your community's energy efficiency initiatives also increased its resilience? Our new paper, Indicators for Local Energy Resilience, gives municipal leaders a unique set of tools to answer this question. We explore local energy resilience, our new term for the interconnection of community resilience and various aspects of energy supply and consumption. We look at different aspects of this concept - like thermal building performance and transportation connectivity - and methods communiti...
EIA Releases New U.S. Short-Term Energy Forecast
Forecast Highlights Global liquid fuels North Sea Brent crude oil spot prices averaged $48 per barrel (b) in July, $2/b higher than the June average and almost $4/b higher than in July 2016. EIA forecasts Brent spot prices to average $51/b in 2017 and $52/b in 2018. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices are forecast to average $2/b less than Brent prices in both 2017 and 2018. NYMEX contract values for December 2017 delivery that traded during the five-day period ending August 3 s...
The Most Efficient Form of Renewable Energy
The renewable energy sector is growing fast. Its strength lies in its diversity and its numerous tangible benefits. This infographic explores the different types that are currently in use. Learn more about how they work and how experts determine their efficiency. To learn more, checkout the infographic below created by New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Online Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree program. Click on the below link to see the Infogtaphic: http://graduatedeg...
Energy Department Reports: Wind Energy Continues Rapid Growth in 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Energy Department today released three wind market reports demonstrating continued growth in wind energy nationwide. America’s wind industry added more than 8,200 megawatts (MW) of capacity last year, representing 27 percent of all energy capacity additions in 2016. In 2016, wind supplied about 6 percent of U.S. electricity, and 14 states now get more than 10 percent of their electricity from wind. The reports cover the following market sectors: land-based utility scale, o...
NARUC Welcomes FERC Senate Confirmations and Quorum
WASHINGTON—The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners welcomes the Senate’s confirmation of Robert F. Powelson and Neil Chatterjee as commissioners to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The confirmations return FERC’s quorum and will allow movement on important regulatory energy issues that had been stymied for months. “This is certainly positive news for our members, as there are several matters that can be addressed now that we will have a quorum at FERC,” said NARU...
North America Oilfield Roller Chain Market to Cross $146 million by 2022
According to a recently published TechSci Research report, “North America Oilfield Roller Chain Market By Application, By Type, By Country, Competition Forecast & Opportunities, 2012 – 2022”, oilfield roller chain market in the region is anticipated to cross $ 146 million by 2022, on account of rise in exploration of shale gas, tight oil and other unconventional resources in North America. Over the past decade, countries such as the US and Canada, have experienced substantial growth in demand fo...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
