Energy Conservation News articles from April 2001

Energy Conservation News archives from April 2001

OUTLOOK: Demand Booming, Conservation Lagging.
April 1, 2001... In a sign that world energy demand is on a possible collision course with supply, the Energy Information Administration (EIA Reports, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585) has just released a projection that total worldwide energy...

GOVERNMENT: Texas Leads in Renewable Energy.
April 1, 2001... The minimum renewable energy requirement adopted by Texas under former Governor Bush is the most effective policy any state has recently adopted to promote renewable energy, a new survey finds (see www.awea.org/pubs/inventory.html). The survey...

INTERNATIONAL: UN Grants for Municipal Projects.
April 1, 2001... The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the UN's Global Environment Facility (GEF) are granting $4.5 million over the next five years to finance energy savings projects at municipal governments in Hungary. One of the major aims of the...

ENERGY MANAGEMENT/FINANCING Can the Internet Reduce Energy Bills?
April 1, 2001... As everyone knows ad nauseam now, recently the State of California burned through billions buying imported electricity. With electrical bills tripling in San Diego and with blackouts rolling around the state various groups are seeking...

New ABB Meter Cuts Customer Costs.
April 1, 2001... ABB Electricity Metering (P.O. Box 5308, 501 Merritt 7, Norwalk CT 06856-5308; Tel: 203/750-2200, Fax: 203/750 2263; Website: www.abb.com/metering) has introduced its new ION 8300 revenue- class, socket-mount electricity meter. The new...

ISO Tries Novel Program.
April 1, 2001... According to ISO New England, Inc. (Holyoke, MA; Website: www.iso- ne.com), operator of the region's bulk electric power grid, NEPOOL has filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) an energy conservation program designed to...

PowerSpring Software in Market Testing.
April 1, 2001... Metretek, Inc. (300 North Dr., Melbourne, FL 32934-9253; Tel: 321/259-9700), a subsidiary of Metretek Technologies, Inc., and UGI Energy Services, Inc., a subsidiary of UGI Corp. (460 N. Gulph Rd., King of Prussia, PA 19406; Tel: 610/337-1000,...

RESIDENTIAL: 150 Villages to Go Solar PV.
April 1, 2001... In the world's largest solar project to date, BP (Britannic House, 1 Finsbury Circus, London EC2M 7BA, U.K.; Tel: 44-20-7496-4000, Fax: 44-20-7496-4630; Website: www.bp.com) intends to supply solar PV module to over 150 Philippine villages,...

Residential Cogen Looks Overseas.
April 1, 2001... According to H Power Corp. (1373 Broad St., Clifton, NJ 07013; Tel: 973/450-4400, Fax: 973/450-9850; Website: www.hpower.com) and Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (1373 Broad St., Clifton, NJ 07013; Tel: 973/450-4400, Fax: 973/450-9850; Website:...

Energy Bills Too High? Click Here.
April 1, 2001... Consumerpowerline.org (525 South 4th St., Suite 591, Philadelphia, PA 19147; Toll-Free Tel: 866/932-3637; Email: postmaster@consumerpowerline.org) has just rolled out its website, along with a one-of-a-kind program designed to help consumers...

Fuel Cell Heating Appliance Unveiled.
April 1, 2001... Vaillant (Remscheid, Germany), a pioneer among leading European heating technology companies, and Plug Power, Inc. (968 Albany- Shaker Rd., Latham, NY 12110; Tel: 518/782-7700, Fax: 518/782- 7914; Website: www.plugpower.com) displayed a beta...

INDUSTRIAL: CoJet Technology for Steel Production.
April 1, 2001... Over the last five years, ECN has reported quite frequently on Praxair, Inc.'s (39 Old Ridgebury Rd., Danbury, CT 06810-5113; Tel: 716/879-4077, Fax: 716/879-2040; Toll-Free: 800/772-9247; Website: www.praxair.com) CoJet gas injection system...

Honeywell Looks at New Concept.
April 1, 2001... Thermal Energy International, Inc. (34 Bentley Ave., Nepean, ON Canada K2E 6T8; Tel: 613/723-6776, Fax: 613/723-7609; Email: mccarthy@thermalenergy.com, Website: www.thermalenergy.com) has received a contract from Honeywell, Ltd. (101 Columbia...

Report Identifies 54 Industrial Opportunities.
April 1, 2001... "Emerging Energy-Efficient Industrial Technologies: New York State Edition" profiles 54 new technologies that are likely to offer energy-saving alternatives to current technologies and practices in the industrial sector. The information in this...

TRANSPORTATION: Prototype Turbine Powers Vehicles.
April 1, 2001... Before an audience of 15 people gathered at a Brigham Young University laboratory, International Automated Systems (326 N State Rd., 198, Salem, UT 84653-4385; Tel: 801/763-9965; Website: www.iaus.com) recently completed a successful test run...

SRE Launches New Controller.
April 1, 2001... CVF Technologies Corporation's (916 Center St., Lewiston, NY 14092-1737; Tel: 716/754-7883; Website: www.cvfcorp.com) subsidiary, SRE Controls, which manufactures controllers for the electric vehicle and fuel-cell market, has launched the next...

UTILITIES/POWER GENERATION Putting "Logic" in Coal Blending.
April 1, 2001... According to Praxis Engineers, Inc. (852 N Hillview Dr., Milpitas, CA 95035-4544; Tel: 408/945-4282, Fax: 408/934-3701; Website: www.praxisengineers.com), TransAlta has installed the company's next-generation, coal-blending technology at its...

Internet Exchange May Help California.
April 1, 2001... An Internet-based auction for electricity demand will soon help boost California's peak power supply and generate substantial savings for commercial electric customers. Developed by Apogee Interactive, Inc. (www.apogee.net), the Demand Exchange...

Managing Use, Controlling Costs.
April 1, 2001... Puget Sound Energy (411-108th Ave. NE, Bellevue, WA 98004-5515; Tel: 425/454-6363, Fax: 425/462-3444; Toll-Free: 888/225-5773; Website: www.pugetsoundenergy.com), the utility subsidiary of Puget Energy, is proposing the "next generation" of...

Low-Cost Distributed Generation.
April 1, 2001... Allied Utility Network (1800 Peachtree St., NW, No. 401, Atlanta, GA 30309-2509; Tel: 404/603-8693), ZeTek Power Corp. (a wholly owned subsidiary of ZeTek Power, plc); and SatCon Technology Corp. (161 1st St., Cambridge, MA 02142-1207; Tel:...

APPLIANCES: Washing Machine Standards Upheld.
April 1, 2001... The Bush Administration announced that it will support new efficiency standards for clothes washers and water heaters. However, a major uncertainty is what the Administration will do on proposed air conditioner standards, which would have the...

HVAC: Hotel, Bank Select New Cooling Technology.
April 1, 2001... PowerCold Corporation (103 Guadalupe Dr., Cibolo, TX 78108-3144; Tel: 210/659-8450; Website: www.powercold.com) an energy company that develops, manufactures and markets proprietary equipment to achieve significant power cost savings for...

INDUSTRY NEWS: DOE Makes Awards For PV Research.
April 1, 2001... The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has announced $6 million in awards to 11 universities and five companies for high-tech research into nonconventional, photovoltaic technologies for creating electricity...

Alliance Promotes Efficiency Products.
April 1, 2001... Advanced Refrigeration Technologies (ART, Indio, CA) has entered into a strategic alliance with Comfort Systems USA, a $1.4-billion service, construction and maintenance company. Service Refrigeration, Inc. of Texas (a wholly owned subsidiary...

Ballard Gets Yet Another Big Contract.
April 1, 2001... Ballard Power Systems (9000 Glenlyon Pkwy., Burnaby, British Columbia V5J 5J9, Canada; Tel: 604/454-0900, Fax: 604/412-4700; Website: www.ballard.com) signed an agreement to supply Mark 900 series fuel cells for 30 buses to DaimlerChrysler....

Alliance Fuel Is Home Technology.
April 1, 2001... Metering Technology Corporation (MTC, 360 El Pueblo Dr., Scotts Valley, CA 95066; Tel: 831/438-9999, Fax: 831/440-9988; Email: info@metertech.com, Website: www.metertech.com), a provider of low-cost meters for energy management and...

Dependability People Want to Cut Their Bill.
April 1, 2001... TXU Energy Services (P.O. Box 227097, Dallas TX 75222; Tel: 877/460-7066; Website: www.txu.com) and Maytag Corporation (403 W. Fourth St. North, Newton, IA 50208; Tel: 641/792-7000, Fax: 641/787-8376; Website: www.maytagcorp.com) have entered...

Largest U.S. Fuel Cell Installation.
April 1, 2001... The State of Connecticut has awarded a contract to Select Energy (107 Selden St., Berlin, CT 06037-1616; Tel: 860/665-5000; Website: www.selectenergy.com) for the construction, operation and maintenance of a state-of-the-art central energy...

RESOURCES: Efficiency Getting More Attention.
April 1, 2001... A new study by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) indicates that the state movement toward electric restructuring has largely stalled. The current count of 24 states that have passed restructuring legislation is...

Guidebook Explains International Standards.
April 1, 2001... The Collaborative Labeling and Appliance Standards Program (CLASP; Website: www.clasponline.org) has debuted a free turn-key manual for energy policymakers worldwide that can provide the foundation for energy-efficiency standards and labeling....

CALENDAR.
April 1, 2001... June 5, 2001. Air Barriers III: Air Barrier Solutions for Buildings in North American Climates, Washington, DC. Contact: Building Environment and Thermal Envelope Council; Tel: 202/289- 7800; Email: pcichowski@nibs.org. June 18-22, 2001....