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Main Street Power Awarded 4.5MW of Distributed Solar Projects for San Diego Unified School District

Main Street Power Company, Inc., a national solar developer, based in Boulder, Colorado announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the San Diego Unified School District’s Board to build, own and operate 4.5 megawatts of distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) systems on approximately... - September 18, 2010 - Main Street Power Company, Inc.

SunRun Expands to Hawaii as Islands’ First Affordable Home Solar Option

SunRun, the nation’s leading home solar company, today announced that its solar power service is now available in Hawaii. The company allows homeowners to have rooftop solar panels installed for as little as $0 down and pay monthly for solar electricity. SunRun owns, monitors, maintains, and insures the panels for no additional cost. This launch is SunRun’s second expansion in just two months. - September 17, 2010 - SunRun Inc.

Rentricity Inc. Presents to AWWA Distribution System Symposium & New Jersey Technology Council Green Summit

Frank Zammataro, President and Co-Founder, will present “Building a Smart & Sustainable Water Grid Powered by Renewable Water Energy” at the American Water Works Association 10th Annual Distributed System Conference and NJTC Green Summit. The presentation will stress the growing... - September 16, 2010 - Rentricity Inc.

Shermco Acquires ESCO Energy Services

Shermco Industries, headquartered in Irving, Texas, has reached an agreement to acquire ESCO Energy Services, a company based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, that specializes in electrical engineering, equipment repairs, maintenance and testing. The acquisition will extend Shermco’s operations in the... - September 16, 2010 - Shermco Industries

Shermco Gets Dallas County Records Building Back Online

After a severed water main flooded the basement of the Dallas County Records Building, shutting down power and sending several critical county-wide systems offline, Shermco Industries, based in Irving, Texas, was tasked with restoring the building’s electrical system. In order to get the... - September 16, 2010 - Shermco Industries

Shermco Industries a Best Places to Work Finalist

Shermco Industries is once again ranked among Dallas’ finest companies by the Dallas Business Journal, who recognized Shermco as a mid-sized company finalist for the publication’s 2010 Best Places to Work. The esteemed distinction was earned by being one of the top-scoring businesses... - September 16, 2010 - Shermco Industries

Shermco Presents Donation to VFW Foundation at New Austin Facility

Shermco Charities, an organization funded by employees of Shermco Industries, recently presented a check for $3,500 to the Texas VFW Foundation at the company’s newly constructed 10,000-square-foot facility in Cedar Park, Texas. - September 16, 2010 - Shermco Industries

ElectraTherm Selected to Present at National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Industry Growth Forum

ElectraTherm’s heat-to-power technology can convert many sources of low temperature liquid heat (reciprocating engine waste heat, biomass, process heat, geothermal including oil and gas co-produced fluids, solar thermal, etc.) into power. ElectraTherm’s patented twin screw technology offers a simplified and robust solution as compared to conventional turbine-driven ORCs below 100kW in size. - September 15, 2010 - ElectraTherm, Inc.

Efficient Energy of Tennessee Partners with the University of Tennessee's Team Living Light

Robbie Thomas, President of Efficient Energy of Tennessee (EETN) is proud to announce a newly established partnership with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Team Living Light. EETN will help promote Living Light and has offered to utilize their network to find opportunities for the team to... - September 14, 2010 - Efficient Energy Of Tennessee

GaiaRecycle and Wake Forest University Jointly Collaborate on Pilot Project to Divert Food Scraps and Organic Waste On-Campus

Comprehensive Evaluation of GaiaRecycle “Reduction-Recycle-Reuse” Organic Waste Recycling System to Enhance Wake Forest University’s Sustainability Program. - September 13, 2010 - GaiaRecycle, LLC

Polar Bear Planet Enterprises is the New Bronze Sponsor of Polar Bears International

Bronze sponsorship level for Polar Bear Planet Enterprises (PBPE) is awarded by Polar Bears International (PBI) for their assistance to the non-profit organization, dedicated to protection of Polar Bears and their environment. PBPE donates a percentage of all sales from their Electricity Usage Monitors which help to reduce CO2 emissions. - September 12, 2010 - Polar Bear Planet Enterprises.com Inc

Sterling Alternative Energy Group and China: Plan Solar Project

Sterling Alternative Energy (Sterling AE) signed an agreement on Tuesday with Chinese government officials for a 2,500-megawatt photovoltaic farm to be built in the Mongolian desert. Set for completion in 2020, the Sterling AE project is part of an 11,950-megawatt renewable-energy park planned for... - September 09, 2010 - Sterling Alternative Energy Group

Nu-Heat’s Award Winning Training Centre Announces NICEIC PV Course

Nu-Heat’s Training Centre is now offering NICEIC’s solar photovoltaic (PV) course, giving experienced electricians the necessary skills for the basic design, installation, commissioning and servicing of both on and off grid PV systems. As PV attracts a favourable rate in the generation... - September 04, 2010 - Nu-Heat

Main Street Power Starts Construction of Solar Systems at Denver Public Schools, City and County of Denver, Colorado Department of Corrections and Pueblo County

Main Street Power Company, Inc., a leading Colorado based solar PV developer, has started construction on 2.8 megawatts of distributed solar photovoltaic systems on 35 sites for Denver Public Schools, the City and County of Denver, the Colorado Department of Corrections and Pueblo County. Main... - September 02, 2010 - Main Street Power Company, Inc.

3 New England Based Utilities Turned to ElecComm Power Services to Provide Temporary Power During Record Heat Waves

In response to this summer's scorching heat, ElecComm Power Services installed 6 MW's of power for local utilities throughout New England. These specific generators were used to compensate for an increased power demand. EPS's team of engineers and technicians installed (3) 2000kW generators and (3)... - September 01, 2010 - ElecComm Power Services

AeroTech Turbines Completes Products Trials of New Wind Turbine

AeroTech Turbines Inc. declared its product trials for the AeroCity VAWT 2 wind turbine a complete success after more than six months of extensive development tests. Adrian Warner, the company’s Chief Technical Officer, said full scale manufacturing could begin as early as November... - September 01, 2010 - AeroTech Turbines Inc

D & R Energy Services, Inc. Adds Another Consultant to Their Michigan Office

James Cuthrell joins D & R Energy Services bringing with him a diverse background including project management. - August 26, 2010 - D & R Energy Services, Inc

D & R Energy Services Announces the Addition of Yet Another Distributor

Now with a total of five (5) distributors, this company is poised to offer their customers hundreds of Renewable Energy products at even lower prices. - August 25, 2010 - D & R Energy Services, Inc

NYU Poly Incubator Companies Presented at the 2010 New Energy New York Symposium

2010 New York New Energy Symposium August 9th-10th - August 18, 2010 - Rentricity Inc.

Windancer Small Wind Turbine in Taschen's Top 10 Sustainable Energy Products Worldwide

The multi-award-winning Windancer small wind turbine selected for Taschen’s new international survey of leading-edge green product design. - August 14, 2010 - Wind Simplicity

SunRun Brings Pennsylvania Homeowners Clean Alternative to Utility Electricity

SunRun, the nation's leading home solar provider, launched this week in Pennsylvania, bringing homeowners the choice of clean, affordable electricity. SunRun offers solar service plans, similar to a solar lease, allowing homeowners to go solar for as little as $0 upfront after state rebates. More... - August 13, 2010 - SunRun Inc.

EETN and Sharp Complete Successful Installation of TVA Region’s Largest Solar Power Plant; Dedication Ceremony Draws Business Leaders and Top Government Officials

Efficient Energy of Tennessee installs One MW Solar Array using Sharp® Solar Modules Manufactured in Company’s Memphis Plant. - August 12, 2010 - Efficient Energy Of Tennessee

MEGAJOULE Installs Met Mast MJ 200

Renewable energy consultant MEGAJOULE is now operating its 200th met mast in the district of Viseu in Portugal. Altogether MEGAJOULE has operated met masts in 7 countries including Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, East Timor and South Africa. - August 12, 2010 - MEGAJOULE

BFC Leverages Platform for Commercial Scale Biomass Gasification Feasibility Program

BFC recently created the Rapid Verification ProgramTM a program designed for prospective clients to test their alternative fuels, at tonnage levels, with immediate analysis of the synthesis gas produced and full reports on anticipated operational production results. BFC helps companies test, analyze, and develop full plans for alternative fuel plants, at any stage of development. - August 04, 2010 - BFC

OpConnect Praises California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) Ruling

OpConnect LLC, an innovator in the emerging electric vehicle industry praised this week’s decision by California’s Public Utility Commission that companies selling electric vehicle charging services to the public would not be regulated as public utilities. - August 03, 2010 - OpConnect, LLC

E-CYCLES® Introduces Revolutionary Electric Vehicles to Market

E-CYCLES® introduces a fleet of high performance, premium quality, technically advanced and powerfully fun electric scooters and electric motorcycles to market. - August 01, 2010 - E-CYCLES USA

Shermco Golf Tournament Benefits VFW Foundation

Shermco Charities, an organization funded by employees of Shermco Industries, recently had customers “scrambling” at Frisco Lakes Golf Club in a charity golf tournament to benefit the Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation. - August 01, 2010 - Shermco Industries

Shermco Begins Training Courses at New Austin Service Center

Shermco Industries, a national provider of rotating apparatus and electrical power system testing, commissioning, repair, maintenance and training, recently began offering hands-on instructional courses at the company’s newly constructed 10,000-square-foot facility in Cedar Park, Texas. - August 01, 2010 - Shermco Industries

Solar, Wind & Rain is a New Solar and Wind Energy System Design & Installation Company in Central Texas

Green Technology Provider Solar, Wind & Rain Announces Business Opening. New Business Provides Professional, Affordable Solar Power to Residential and Commercial Customers in Central Texas. The new company brings innovative, aggressive solutions for energy prices to residential and commercial electric consumers. - July 30, 2010 - Solar, Wind & Rain

GaiaRecycle™ Launches New Website to Highlight the Need for Organic Waste Recycling

New www.GaiaRecycle.com Website Highlights Solutions for the "Road to Zero Waste." - July 27, 2010 - GaiaRecycle, LLC

Ontario Solar Provider Completes Construction of First Solar PV Plant, Meets 100-Day Plan

Ontario Solar Provider Inc. (OSP), one of Ontario’s leading solar photovoltaic (PV) installation firms, today announced that it had finished the construction of its first solar PV rooftop system in Toronto. OSP has fulfilled its ambitious goal of constructing a fully functioning and commercially viable PV system within 100 days of setting up business in Canada. - July 25, 2010 - Ontario Solar Provider Inc.

Ideal Power Converters Unveils Utility-Quality Low Harmonic VFD Motor Drive - Begins Field Tests with Austin Energy and City of Austin

Ideal Power Converters has just unveiled its utility-quality Low Harmonic VFD Motor Drive. It's patented VFD motorcontrol solution for AC induction motors eliminates the damaging harmonics found in conventional VFD systems. - July 21, 2010 - Ideal Power Converters

SEGlet Launches New Website for Rooftop Leasing

Owners and Building Managers can now list their rooftops as available sites for lease for solar energy, wind energy, urban agriculture and more. - July 09, 2010 - SEGlet

First North-West Hosepipe Ban for 14 Years - Beat the Ban with Nu-Heat's RWH System

With United Utilities announcing it's first hosepipe ban for the North-West of England in 14 years why not beat the ban and reduce reliance on mains water? Rainwater is collected from the roof via the downpipes, filtered, stored and then used for non-potable purposes including toilets, washing... - July 09, 2010 - Nu-Heat

Nu-Heat Trains Bristol City Council Engineers

Nu-Heat’s award winning training centre recently hosted a heat pump course for six heating engineers from Bristol City Council. Dean Haines, the Council’s Heating Advisor for New Technology explains why they were on the course. About a year ago, Bristol City Council decided to get up... - July 04, 2010 - Nu-Heat

MEGAJOULE Publishes Wind Index for Portugal

MEGAJOULE was selected by the Portuguese Renewable Energy Association (APREN) to develop the wind index for continental Portugal. - July 04, 2010 - MEGAJOULE

MLS Receives R&D Funding for Wind Turbine Pitch Systems

MLS Intelligent Control Dynamics leading supplier of control solutions for wind turbines to receive funding for pitch system research and development. - July 02, 2010 - StrathControl

Community Green Energy Gives the Rosemont School District Free Solar Power Through "Solar for Schools" Program

The Rosemont School District #87 will soon have a 1kW solar panel installed, at no cost, atop a district school. The installation will be financed by Community Green Energy (CGE), an organization founded by Fritz Kreiss in 2008 to find new ways to finance and promote green energy, as part of CGE’s "Solar For Schools" program. - June 26, 2010 - Community Green Energy

GaiaRecycle™ to Exhibit at WASTECON in Boston, August 15-17

WASTECON Exhibit Will Highlight GaiaRecycle’s Organic Waste Recycling Solutions for Municipal Solid Waste Industry & Other Environmental Management Professionals - June 21, 2010 - GaiaRecycle, LLC

SunPods Demonstrates Plug ‘N Go Solar Car Charging Station to the U.S. Army

U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) and Fort Bliss invited approved vendors to showcase renewable technology. SunPods Inc., a manufacturer of modular, factory-assembled solar energy platforms, provided a live demonstration of the SunPods SP-300 EV Plug... - June 19, 2010 - SunPods Inc.

Solarflow Launches Awareness Campaign to Highlight Energy Saving Rebate Programs

Despite cutbacks, state and federal home energy assessment programs and rebates for water tanks or hot solar systems still remain in place. Solarflow, a Melbourne-based water tank and solar hot water solutions company, commenced a campaign to stress that home energy assessment programs and rebates for water tanks and hot solar systems remain in place despite cutbacks. - June 16, 2010 - Solarflow

Corn Plus Announces Commitment to Adopt Arisdyne’s Cavitation System to Enhance Ethanol Yield

Arisdyne Systems equipment achieves 4% plus yield improvement with comparatively low power consumption and small retrofit footprint. - June 16, 2010 - Arisdyne Systems

Doreen’s Gourmet Pizza Adds a New Fresh Ingredient… Fresh Air

Doreen’s Gourmet Pizza, who provide a variety of top-quality frozen pizzas to groceries throughout Illinois and Indiana, will “green up” 100% of its electric use for 2010 by purchasing Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) from Community Green Energy (CGE). - June 15, 2010 - Community Green Energy

Tilt-Up Construction Goes "Green"

Greensleeves LLC, announced today that LJB Inc. and Greensleeves have signed an agreement to develop and market high performance tilt-up buildings that use 35 to 50 percent less energy than conventional buildings. - June 13, 2010 - Greensleeves LLC

Lipten Awarded Contract for Renewable Energy Recovery System

Lipten was awarded a contract for a Renewable Energy Recovery System. This contract includes engineering, procurement, controls, site construction management and start-up services for a new 3MW waste-to-electricity system at a wastewater treatment facility near Cleveland, Ohio. The Energy Recovery... - June 10, 2010 - Lipten

LBNL, Wildcat Discovery Technologies and EPRI Selected for $3.66 Million ARPA-E Carbon Capture Grant Award

Wildcat’s high throughput gas sorption assay to play key role in promising CO2 capture project. - June 10, 2010 - Wildcat Discovery Technologies

Nu-Heat Launches Rainwater Harvesting

Underfloor and renewables specialist Nu-Heat has added a range of rainwater harvesting systems to its offer. Rainwater is collected from the roof via the downpipes, filtered, stored and then used for non-potable purposes including toilets, washing machines, garden hoses, for cleaning cars and... - June 10, 2010 - Nu-Heat

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