Pasadena, California Fire Department Switches to Neste MY Renewable Diesel
The Pasadena Fire Department, a California city northeast of Los Angeles, has switched much of its fleet of apparatus from operating on petroleum diesel to using Neste MY Renewable Diesel™. The department plans to transition all its fleet apparatus to renewable diesel by 2019. Neste MY Renewable Diesel is a low-carbon diesel produced from 100 percent renewable and sustainable raw materials, such as waste animal and fish fat, vegetable oils and used cooking oil. It emits up to 80 percent less...
Renewable Energy Jobs Reach 10.3 Million Worldwide in 2017
Abu Dhabi, UAE — The renewable energy industry created more than 500,000 new jobs globally in 2017, a 5.3 per cent increase from 2016, according to the latest figures released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). According to the fifth edition of Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review, launched at IRENA’s 15th Council in Abu Dhabi today, the total number of people employed in the sector (including large hydropower) now stands at 10.3 million globally, surpassing the 10 millio...
BP and Alaska Gasline Development Corporation Sign Binding Gas Sales Precedent Agreement
(ANCHORAGE) — The Alaska LNG Project reached a historic milestone today as BP Alaska and Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) announced the parties have agreed to key terms of a Gas Sales Agreement, including price and volume. The terms are captured in a Gas Sales Precedent Agreement signed May 4, 2018. The parties anticipate finalizing a long-term gas sales agreement in 2018 for AGDC to purchase BP Alaska’s share of 30 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of gas from the Prudhoe Bay and P...
EIA Releases May’s U.S. Short-Term Energy Forecast
The U.S. Energy Information Administration released its Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 The full STEO can be downloaded at: http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/steo/ EIA’s STEO forecast on summer gasoline prices and demand/supply is at: https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/pdf/sf01.pdf EIA’s STEO forecast on summer household electricity expenses is at: https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/pdf/sf02.pdf Forecast Highlights Global Liquid Fuels Brent crude oil spot pric...
Energy Storage Company Launches Bid to Raise $50 Million
1414 Degrees Head of Corporate Service Penelope Bettison, Executive Chairman Dr Kevin Moriarty and Chief Technology Officer Matthew Johnson at the commpany's Lonsdale plant. South Australian energy storage company 1414 degrees has launched a bid to go public and raise up to A$50 million to fast track its operations. The company has spent a decade and $15 million developing its silicon storage technology and today announced it had lodged a prospectus for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) with...
Moxie Solar Illinois Opens Headquarters in Dixon, Illinois
DIXON, IL- Moxie Solar Illinois LLC, in partnership with the City of Dixon, Lee County, Small Business Development Center of Dixon, Lee County Industrial Development Association, and Dixon Chamber of Commerce and Main Street, is proud to announce the opening of its headquarters and regional distribution center located in the former Walter C. Knack building in Dixon, IL. Dixon is the county seat of Lee County, and the boyhood home of former US President Ronald Reagan. Approximately 100 miles...
Progress on Global Energy Goals Slow, but Strong Gains in Countries Show Promise
LISBON, May 2, 2018 —The world is not on track to meet the global energy targets for 2030 set as part of the Sustainable Development Goals, but real progress is being made in certain areas – particularly expansion of access to electricity in least developed countries, and industrial energy efficiency, according to a new report from five international agencies. Renewable energy is making impressive gains in the electricity sector, although these are not being matched in transportation and heat...
Nevada Solar Applications Through the Roof Following Passage of Net Metering Bill (AB 405)
LAS VEGAS – The rooftop solar industry is shining once again in Nevada. NV Energy’s most recent annual plan noted a strong increase in applications for its SolarGenerations rooftop solar program following key state policy changes in 2017 that put the market back on track. SolarGenerations applications went from 287 in 2016 to 3,308 in 2017, with most applications coming in the second half of the year, after AB 405 was signed into law. This represents an 11-fold year-over-year increase an...
Amerlux, FSG Unlock $831B for Retrofits
OAKLAND, N.J. – Amerlux, an award-winning design-and-manufacture lighting company, announced today its collaboration with Facility Solutions Group (FSG) to launch a free energy audit program that will help municipalities and companies take advantage of $831 billion in federal reimbursements to fund LED retrofits before the monies expire. As part of the program, FSG will provide its world-class energy management services so cities, colleges and companies understand how much they could sa...
Engineers Get a Grip on Slippery Surfactants
HOUSTON – A Rice University group's innovative surfactant theory removes limitations of a 100-year-old model for interfacial behavior in enhanced oil recovery. The lab of Rice chemical engineer Walter Chapman customized a well-worn model to analyze surfactant-containing fluids that are pumped into wells to coax as much oil possible out of rocks deep underground. To accomplish the modeling task required a shift in thinking for the lab that uses sophisticated mathematical models to analyze...
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