Alternative Energy

DES PLAINES, IL--Gas Technology Institute (GTI) recently announced the opening of its Combined Heat and Power (CHP) & Renewable Energy Laboratory to provide greater capabilities for developing a wide variety of highly efficient, environmentally friendly renewable energy technologies such as solar thermal products

SADDLE BROOK, NJ-- The New Jersey Sustainable Energy Joint Meeting (NJSEM) is an energy purchasing consortium of 113 New Jersey governmental entities who have joined together to provide small energy consumers equal footing with large energy users.

NEWARK, NJ--The search to find New Jersey's most innovative energy efficiency technologies has begun. PSE&G is soliciting proposals for emerging energy-saving technologies that have the potential to come to market quickly. 

MINEOLA, NY--Clear Skies Solar, Inc., a full-service renewable energy provider to commercial, industrial and agricultural clients, announces its second fully financed project for 2010, a 324 kW solar power project to be installed on the ShopRite building located in the Metro Plaza in New Jersey. <!--more-->

The new project is being financed by G&S Investors of New York City, bringing the total currently announced and financed CSS backlog to $2.1 million or more than half a megawatt in just the first six weeks of the New Year 2010.

ASHEVILLE, NC-- Clean Fuels Ohio has scheduled a media event to announce the launch of the Ohio Advanced Transportation Partnership, a DOE-based initiative to bring 280 alternative fuel vehicles and 15 refueling stations to Ohio. The contract, which provides $11 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, was finalized last week.

EBENSBURG, PA-- A Cambria County wind turbine manufacturer that had to temporarily lay off 79 employees last November after new orders fell will be able to bring back those workers and hire an additional 50 people thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Governor Edward G. Rendell said.

KNOXVILLE/OAK RIDGE, TN--An ambitious new initiative in the Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley has set its sights on providing solutions to many of the nation's transportation and energy security challenges

VANCOUVER -- The University of British Columbia (UBC) and Nexterra Systems Corp., a leading biomass gasification company, has announced that UBC will install and demonstrate a unique, on-site biomass-fuelled combined heat and power (CHP) solution developed by Nexterra and GE Power & Water's gas engine division. The CHP system will be located at UBC's Vancouver campus, where it will provide clean, renewable heat and electricity for the campus, while offering a platform for bioenergy research.

AMES, IA--A new nationwide grant program will provide qualifying Non-Profit Organizations with thousands of dollars in cash allowances and services for the purpose of installing new energy efficient lighting systems. The program was created by VistaBright Lighting, a national supplier of energy efficient lighting products.

WETHERSFIELD, CT-- The Town of Wethersfield and Direct Energy announced Monday they're offering residents and small businesses the opportunity to enroll in the first co-branded residential and commercial electricity offer in the State of Connecticut.