For industrial energy management policies and programs to succeed and for adopting protocols like ISO 50001, having an onsite energy manager is essential, but dedicated energy leadership within facilities may be the biggest missing link in energy policy, says a report from the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE). To fill this hole …Continue Reading
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Siemens Energy has opened a facility in Charlottesville, Va., for the commercial production of airfoil ceramic cores for gas turbine blades and vanes using the Tomo-Lithographic Molding (TOMO) technology, initially developed by Mikro Systems. The advancements are expected to improve the cooling capability of gas turbine blading, thus enabling higher levels of engine performance and …Continue Reading
The Department of Energy awarded 88 grants to small businesses in 28 states to develop clean energy technologies with a strong potential for commercialization and job creation. These awards, totaling over $16 million in investments, will help small businesses with promising ideas that could improve manufacturing processes, boost the efficiency of buildings and generate electricity …Continue Reading
The US Army Research Laboratory (ARL), along with the Army science and technology community, is pursuing technology for the Army’s Operational Energy Strategy, which is aiming for net-zero energy use. There are a number of technology areas enabling operational energy, such as energy storage, alternative energy sources, high-density power converters and micro grids that the …Continue Reading
Johnson Controls won a 2013 Edison Gold Award for its recent collaboration with the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (UWM) for their work in the area of energy storage. Johnson Controls was presented with the gold award in the Living, Working and Learning Environments Category for its Energy Advancement and Research Lab and Showcase on …Continue Reading
Penn State University is creating an Energy Efficient Buildings (EEB) Hub at Philadelphia’s Navy Yard, involving both a new building and the renovation of a 1940s building. Officials broke ground on the project last week, and it is expected to be complete by January 2014. Paul Hallacher, director of the EEB Hub, said Navy Yard …Continue Reading
Although Lockheed Martin is usually associated with aerospace technologies, the company is working with Beijing-based Reignwood Group to develop an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) pilot power plant off the coast of southern China. The two companies signed a memorandum of agreement in Beijing last week. Following the ceremony, both companies met with US Secretary …Continue Reading
Philips researchers have developed a tube lighting replacement LED prototype (TLED) that produces 200 lumens per watt of white light (compared with 100lm/W for fluorescent lighting and 15lm/W for incandescent light bulbs), which makes this prototype TLED lamp twice as energy efficient as predecessor lamps. The 200lm/W TLED lamp is expected to hit the market …Continue Reading
The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is developing a process that uses sunshine to increase the amount of energy in natural gas. Installing PNNL’s system in front of natural gas power plants turns them into hybrid solar-gas facilities. The system uses solar heat to convert natural gas into syngas, a fuel containing hydrogen and …Continue Reading
