From Wednesday October 14th through Friday October 16th, the Remediation Technologies Symposium 2009 (RemTech 2009) will be held at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in beautiful Banff, Alberta, Canada. This event is geared towards environmental professionals, showcasing the latest innovations in soil and groundwater remediation.
The California Center for Sustainable Energy in San Diego announced today that the University of California, San Diego will receive $11 million in incentives from California’s Self-Generation Incentive Program for the installation of an innovative fuel cell energy generation and storage system. This is the largest amount ever awarded by the California Public Utilities Commission [...]
Harvard University’s School of Public Health partnered with Professor Olivier Jolliet PhD of the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland to develop an online course designed to provide the fundamentals on Life Cycle Assessment/Analysis (LCA). With backing from The Sloan Foundation, Harvard has developed the distance learning course as a series of modules available [...]
The GE Foundation Developing Futures in EducationTM Summer Conference, which convenes hundreds of key stakeholders and leaders in U.S. education, welcomed United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as the keynote speaker of the conference. ORLANDO, Fla.–27 July 2009– The GE Foundation Developing Futures in EducationTM Summer Conference, which convenes hundreds of key stakeholders and [...]
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The North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) has to announced two new appointments. Don Warfield has been elected to Chair the Board. Don is a long standing NABCEP Board member who joined in 2004. He has worked for BP Solar and predecessor companies for 31 years, and holds the position of Senior Engineer [...]
Update on the situation at Vestas’ blade factory on the Isle of Wight, UK On 28 April 2009, Vestas announced it expected to lay off approximately 1,900 employees at the company’s production units in Northern Europe, primarily in Denmark and UK, as part of a wider capacity reduction strategy in Northern Europe. The announcement was [...]
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu today announced more than $54 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in Nevada, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin. Under DOE’s State Energy Program, states and territories have proposed statewide plans that prioritize energy savings, create [...]
Richard N. Zare, the Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science at Stanford University, is one of 22 nationwide recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. Recipients were named on July 9 and will be honored at a White House ceremony in the fall. They also will receive $10,000 [...]
For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership recognized 20 partners for generating the most green electricity on site. Combined, the top 20 partners are generating and consuming more than 736 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of on-site green power annually. This is equivalent to the electricity needed to power more than 61,000 [...]