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- Upgraded Lighting System Leads to Energy and Cost Savings at Augusta Newsprint Company
- The Augusta Newsprint Mill in Augusta, Georgia, is part of a joint partnership between Abitibi-Consolidated and the Woodbridge Company, Ltd. New metal halide light fixtures have replaced the 1960s-era mercury vapor light fixtures at Augusta Newsprint Company's facility in Augusta, Georgia. The 313 mercury vapor high-bay fixtures in the paper...
- Case studies
- The Challenge: Improving Ventilation System Energy Efficiency in a Textile Plant
- Established in 1987 as a joint venture between Nisshinbo Industries, Inc., one of Japan's largest textile manufacturers, and Kanematsu Corporation, a large Japanese trading company, NCI's Fresno facility is the only spinning and weaving plant in the Western half of the United States. NCI's ventilation system uses nine supply fans...
- Case studies
- Residential Photovoltaic Program Development for Florida
- This paper assesses the potential of rooftop solar photovoltaic PV systems to gain market acceptance and provide part of the electrical requirement of Florida over the next decade. The attractiveness of rooftop PV systems to individual customers will depend upon a comparison consumers make between the cost per kilowatt-hour kWh...
- White papers 2002-07-02
- Federally Sentenced Women's Facility, Truro, Nova Scotia
- This study gives information on the GeoExchange systems used by the Federally Sentenced Women's Facility. Committed to reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions caused by fossil fuel combustion attributed to its activities, the Correction Service, Canada CSC installed 60 tons of GeoExchange geothermal heating and air conditioning at its new Federally...
- Case studies
- Performance and Impact From Duct Repair and Ventilation Modifications of Two Newly Constructed Manufactured Houses Located in a Hot and Humid Climate
- Two nearly identical houses situated next to each other in Bossier City, Louisiana were studied in an effort to better understand moisture and cooling energy related problems in manufactured houses with low thermostat set-points during the cooling season. The primary cause of House A savings being twice as House B...
- White papers
- Electric Appliance Operating Cost Calculator
- This tool will help you to estimate the cost of operating any given electrical appliance, based on the average KWH Kilowatt Hours used per day, and on the average cost per KWH charged by your electric company.
- Tools & templates 2008-01-01
- ESolar Emerges as the Dark Horse of Solar Thermal
- Following an announcement last week that utility NRG would build 500 megawatts of solar thermal generation with eSolar designs, a Pasadena, Calif. company, has scored another coup, this time with an Indian company called The ACME Group, for development of a full gigawatt of capacity. These are...
- Blog posts 2009-03-04
- In China, the Price is Right For Solar
- Proponents of solar power in the United States may soon have reason to be green with envy over their Chinese peers. Shi Lishan, a spokesman from China's National Energy Administration, says that the country will soon pass a 1.09 yuan per kilowatt hour feed-in tariff for solar power, equal to...
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- NRG Energy Teams With First Solar For Houston Project
- First Solar has snagged its latest utility-scale solar deal, alongside NRG Energy. The two will build a 10 megawatt plant that will supply the city government of Houston, Texas with 1.5 percent of its energy needs, according to the Houston Chronicle. The plant itself will come in...
- Blog posts 2009-09-24
Additional Resources
- Is gas really cheapest? what is the true cost of generating a kWh of electricity? Adjusting for risk overturns the conventional wisdom
- How does the current favourite option--gas-fired generation--compare with wind, solar and other renewables? How reliable are the numbers produced by energy planners and other experts? It is widely believed that gas combined cycle (gas-CC) is the "least-cost" alternative--with a kWh cost in the region of 3 US cents/kWh, give or...
- Research articles 2003-06-01
- BEACON POWER TO UNVEIL NEW 6 KWH FLYWHEEL AT DENVER TRADESHOW; 'OSP EXPO 2001' TARGETS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK PROFESSIONALS.
- Beacon Power Corporation (Nasdaq: BCON) of Wilmington, Massachusetts, a leading manufacturer of flywheel energy storage systems that provide highly reliable, high-quality uninterruptible electric power, says it will unveil its new 6 kWh flywheel at Beacon Power Corporation (Nasdaq: BCON) of Wilmington, Massachusetts, a...
- Research articles 2001-11-19
- KWH Pipe: New Pipe Design, More Effective Selection
- Vaasa, Finland-based KWH Pipe has specialized in polyethylene pipe solutions for more than 50 years. Some of the more demanding projects have been carried out with the mining industry and the company's flexible, abrasion and corrosion resistant pipes and welded joints have proven their durability at mines in Europe, the...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- ICF Consulting Purchases More Than 1 Million kWh of RECS
- ICF Consulting recently announced that, in order to offset 24 percent of total electricity use for all its U.S. offices, the company has purchased more than 1 million kilowatt-hours kWh of electricity generated from renewable resources in the form of renewable energy certificates RECs. According to ICF Consulting, 50...
- Research articles 2005-02-03
- Green Mountain Energy Company Achieves Renewable Energy And Customer Milestone
- AUSTIN, Texas -- Renewable Purchases Surpass 6 Billion kWh in Six Years; Cleaner Energy Customers Reach 600,000 Nationwide Green Mountain Energy Company, the nation's largest retail provider of cleanera electricity, announced today that it has achieved two key milestones in the delivery of cleaner electricity to its customers. The...
- Research articles 2004-10-05
- CHEAT SHEET: Truth About Sky-High MPG Claims for Electric, Hybrid and Mini Cars
- The battle of the MPGs kicked into high gear this week with General Motors making the bold claim that its upcoming Chevy Volt, an extended-range electric vehicle, will get 230 MPG for city driving. Nissan countered with an announcement that its 2011 all-electric LEAF sedan will get some 367 MPG...
- News items 2009-08-12
- The Truth Behind the 230 MPG Claim From the Chevy Volt: Analysis
- It's all in the numbers: The EPA has finally figured out exactly what the testing procedures might be (the regulation hasn't formally been adopted yet) for plug-in hybrid vehicles like the Chevy Volt. This week Chevy announced that the Volt will deliver 230 mpg. Other plug-in-hybrid manufacturers won't be long...
- News items 2009-08-13
- Geothermal Heat Pumps and Saving the World
- Whether your goal is to reduce oil imports, lower carbon dioxide emissions, or just save money, geothermal heat pumps MAY be an answer for you. In many places and under many circumstances, this heat source makes economic sense without any need for subsidy (although, in...
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
- Energy Performance Enhancements of a 950 m³/d Seawater Reverse Osmosis Unit in Grand Cayman
- This paper describes the upgrade of a seawater reverse osmosis SWRO unit by replacing the hydraulic turbocharger energy-recovery system with a Dual Work-Exchanger Energy-Recovery DWEER system. Tests conducted on the unit after the upgrade, when operated at essentially the same membrane conditions, showed a 59% capacity increase to 1,699 m³/d,...
- White papers 2000-10-03
- Bank of America deposits energy savings with R-134a chiller retrofit. (Bank of America Building)
- A chiller retrofit at San Francisco, CA's Bank of America Building should save more than 1.3 kWh/yr in energy. The retrofit, overseen by Ajmani and Assoc, allowed one of the building's York TurboMaster chillers to be downsized and converted to refrigerantA chiller retrofit at San Francisco, CA's Bank of America...
- Research articles 1994-03-07
- Retrofitted variable-speed fans save tower energy. (cooling tower)(study by Eugene, Oregon Water and Electric Board and Texas Instruments Inc.)
- Research on a 4,500-ton cooling tower at Texas Instruments Inc's facility near Dallas, TX, has shown that installation of three 50-hp variable-speed fans can cut the tower's energy requirements by 163,000 kWh/yr and accrue an annual cost savings of $6,400Research on a 4,500-ton cooling tower at Texas Instruments Inc's facility...
- Research articles 1992-12-21
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