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MIT Energy Initiative Director to Head U.S. Department of Energy

President Barack Obama announced today that he intends to nominate MIT’s Ernest J. Moniz to head the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

5 Mar 2013

Minnesota Power Outlines Reliable, Affordable and Sustainable Power Supply in 2013 Resource Plan

In its 2013 Resource Plan filed today, Minnesota Power, a division of ALLETE, further outlined its commitment to meeting the needs of customers with a reliable, affordable and sustainable power supply now and into the future.

4 Mar 2013

Better, Self-Healing Power Grids in the Future

President Obama in this year's State of the Union address talked about the future of energy and mentioned "self-healing power grids" -- a grid that is able to keep itself stable during normal conditions and also to self-recover in the event of a disturbance caused, for example, by severe weather.

4 Mar 2013

Inevitable US Nuclear Phase-Out Part of a Broader Evolution

In a 2012 report, the Obama administration announced that it was "jumpstarting" the nuclear industry. Because of the industry's long history of permitting problems, cost overruns, and construction delays, financial markets have been wary of backing new nuclear construction for decades.

4 Mar 2013

Rooms To Go Converts 115 of Retail Stores to LED Lighting

Rooms To Go, America's #1 independent furniture company, has recently completed an effort initiated in 2010 to convert 115 of its retail stores to LED lighting.

1 Mar 2013

Wright State University Selects ABM to Complete Campus-Wide Energy Conservation Project

ABM, a leading provider of facility solutions, announced its ABM Building Solutions service line has been selected by Wright State University to complete a campus-wide energy conservation project through ABM’s Bundled Energy Solutions (BES) program to lower the university’s energy consumption by nearly 40 percent.

1 Mar 2013

Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe Procures Ballard ClearGen Fuel Cell System

Ballard Power Systems has announced the sale of a 175 kilowatt ClearGen™ distributed generation fuel cell system to the Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe of Humboldt County, California.

28 Feb 2013

New Analysis Shows Revenues of Natural Gas Power Plant Market in Brazil to Reach $1,211 Million in 2017

Climate change and droughts in Brazil will decrease the potential of hydroelectric energy and increase demand for energy from alternative sources, particularly thermoelectric energy from natural gas. Regulations favorable for free contracting will further boost the Brazilian natural gas power plant market.

From Frost & Sullivan 27 Feb 2013

All-Energy Canada Exhibition & Conference to Take Place in April 2014

Reed Exhibitions today announced that the All-Energy Canada Exhibition & Conference will take place April 9-10, 2014 at Toronto's Exhibition Place. The date was selected after close consultation with industry associations operating in Canada's renewable energy sector.

25 Feb 2013

Southern Methodist University to Host Sixth Geothermal Energy Utilization Conference

SMU's renowned Geothermal Lab will host its sixth Geothermal Energy Utilization Conference March 12-14 on the SMU campus in Dallas. Jon Wellinghoff, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, will be the keynote speaker and Doug Hollett, program manager of the U.S. Department of Energy Geothermal Technologies Program, will speak at an evening reception.

20 Feb 2013