EPA sets terms for New Power Plant carbon emissions
See on Scoop.it – Green & Sustainable News Frances Beinecke: We’re already paying the costs of climate change. The new power plant emissions standards could not be more timely Duane Tilden‘s...
View ArticleGreening the Internet: Sustainable Web Design
See on Scoop.it – Twitter & Social Media Do you know your website’s carbon footprint? Or how to lower it? Duane Tilden‘s insight: >A growing number of industries are trying to reduce or at least...
View ArticleLord Lawson declares UK’s climate model ‘flawed’
See on Scoop.it – Green & Sustainable News Lord Lawson is calling for an independent review of the UK’s official climate predictions as he claims the model used to make the projections is “flawed”....
View ArticleGreening Coal Power with CO2-eating Microalgae as a Biofuel Feedstock
See on Scoop.it – Green Energy Technologies & Development Successful microalgae-to-biodiesel conversion has been the goal of some renewable energy researchers for more than two decades. Duane...
View ArticleData Centers and Energy Efficiency
New analysis suggests there’s still an opportunity to cut power consumption and save billions in 2014. Source: www.greenbiz.com >”A new tally by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)...
View ArticleMethods of Improving Data Centers’ Energy Efficiency and Performance
America’s data centers are consuming — and wasting — a surprising amount of energy. Source: www.livescience.com >”Our study shows that many small, mid-size, corporate and multi-tenant data centers...
View ArticleEnergy Management Standard ISO 50001: Case Studies Document Energy And Cost...
Three North American industrial plants that recently deployed energy management systems (EnMS) are highlighted in new case studies from the Global… Source: www.plantautomation.com >”Washington...
View Article6 Schemes to Implement for Plant ISO 50001 Certification
During a webcast [...] representatives from the US Department of Energy and Underwriters Laboratories walked through the details of the just-released energy management standard, and how companies can...
View ArticleCommercial ORC Used for Waste Heat Recovery on Industrial Electric Arc Furnace
Turboden, a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, has implemented the first ORC-based heat recovery plant on an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) in the world Source: www.pennenergy.com >” […] The...
View ArticleClimate Change, Carbon Reduction and Mitigating Natural Gas Use in the...
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan offers states the opportunity to curb rising natural gas use in the United States and achieve steeper carbon-pollution reductions by investing...
View ArticleIMF Reports Global Energy Subsidies are Unmanageable, Inefficient and...
A new report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged policymakers the world over to reform subsidies for products from coal to gasoline, arguing that this could translate into major gains...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Carbon Cap-and-Trade Fund Attracts Energy Industry Project...
With California’s growing cap-and-trade program expected to yield a budgetary bonanza, lawmakers and interest groups have ample ideas for how to spend the money. Floating proposals ahead of a pivotal...
View ArticleJet Contrails Worse for Climate Change Than Aircraft Carbon Emissions
By John Timmer, Ars Technica Air travel has come under fire for its potential contributions to climate change. Most people probably assume that its impact comes through carbon emissions, given that...
View ArticleAirplane Contrails Boost Global Warming by Trapping Earth’s Heat Energy
The warming effects of aircraft vapor trails could be eased with fewer night flights, especially during winter, the report says. Sourced through Scoop.it from: news.nationalgeographic.com >” […]...
View ArticleIs Utility-Scale Solar Power the Economic Choice to Residential Solar Power?
Originally published on Solar Love. A new study has concluded that utility-scale solar PV systems across the US are “significantly” more cost effective than rooftop solar PV systems. Sp… Sourced...
View ArticleShipping’s Growing Carbon Gap
Transport's Carbon & Energy Future On the face of it, Shipping is the most efficient of freight transport modes. Intermodal shipping containers kick-started rapid growth in trade globalisation 60...
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