Data centers need a lot of energy. Dairy farms create a lot of methane. Now a team from HP Labs has done the math to show that one could be used to support the other. The research appears in a paper presented today at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) International Conference on Energy Sustainability [...]
GE Energy Storage Technologies, a unit of GE Transportation, introduced today its Durathon battery for critical backup power.
The battery can be used in uninterruptible power supply (UPS) applications for large data centers, hospitals, and other areas where a continuous supply of power is necessary. A UPS is an electrical apparatus that provides emergency power when [...]
General Compression, Inc. is developing a near-isothermal compressor/expander module to create 2 MW to 1,000 MW, 8 to 300 hour discharge, compressed air energy storage (CAES) projects. General Compression Advanced Energy Storage (GCAES™) projects enable renewable generators to output energy to almost any power curve required by a customer. The GCAES™ system is designed to [...]
Altergy Systems, announced that its Freedom Power™ Systems turned the red carpet “green” at this years 82nd annual Oscars® by supplying the first clean hydrogen fuel cell power systems used to power numerous applications at the Academy Awards® ceremonies.
Altergy’s Freedom Power™ Systems provided clean “off the grid,” electricity to fulfill various power requirements at the [...]
Siemens technologies took first place in two categories of the first Innovation Prize for Climate and Environment awarded by Germany’s Federal Environment Ministry and the Federation of German Industries (BDI). German Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen and BDI Director General Werner Schnappauf presented the awards – totaling €125,000 – to winners in five categories in Berlin [...]
Semprius, Inc. and Siemens Industry, Inc. have announced that they have entered into a joint development agreement to co-develop and deploy plug-and-play demonstration systems based on Semprius’ Solar Module Arrays and Siemens’ automation and control components. The systems are slated to be installed at numerous test sites around the world, including major utilities, commercial sites, [...]
Duke Energy is adding solar power to its commercial renewable energy portfolio through the acquisition of a large-scale solar photovoltaic project under development in San Antonio, Texas.
Duke Energy Generation Services (DEGS), a Duke Energy Commercial Businesses unit that owns and develops renewable power assets, will purchase the Blue Wing Solar Project from juwi solar Inc., [...]
Protonex Technology Corporation a leading provider of advanced fuel cell power systems today announces that, as anticipated in its results announcement of 13 January 2010, it has received a $1.85 million (£1.13M) contract award from the U.S. Army CECOM, as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to develop and deliver advanced [...]
GE Transportation announced this month that it has received advanced manufacturing credits for the construction of a manufacturing facility to develop next generation energy storage systems and create new high-tech manufacturing jobs in the United States. The tax credit of $25.5 million is part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and will be [...]
First Solar and NRG Energy recenlty announced the start of commercial operation for the largest photovoltaic (PV) solar project in California. First Solar developed and built the 21-megawatt (MW) power plant in Blythe, Calif., which was acquired last month by NRG through its wholly owned subsidiary NRG Solar. Electricity generated by the solar facility is [...]