Energy Conservation News articles from July 2001

Energy Conservation News archives from July 2001

OUTLOOK: Study Maps Changes in Energy Use, Prices.
July 1, 2001... According to a new study from Harvey Mudd College (HMC, 301 E. 12th St., Claremont, CA 91711; Tel: 909/621-8011) increased demand and real supply shortfalls are probably not the primary cause of recent energy price spikes. An HMC news release...

Fusion Makes Major Advance.
July 1, 2001... Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy funded DIII-D National Fusion Facility at General Atomics (3483 Dunhill St., San Diego, CA 92121-1200; Tel: 858/455-4141; Website: www.fusion.gat.com) have nearly doubled the usual limits on pressure...

Consumers Start to Energy Bills.
July 1, 2001... In an interesting, but perhaps not surprising development, The Home Depot (2455 Paces Ferry Rd., Atlanta, GA 30339-4024; Tel: 770/433-8211, Fax: 770/384-2337; Website: www.homedepot.com), a huge home improvement retailer, is reporting strong...

GOVERNMENT: DOE Spending on Fuel Cells.
July 1, 2001... Fuel cell research is still being pursued strongly by DOE with at least $18 million in research awards announced in the last month. During a recent Boston trip, Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced that DOE is making $17.9 million in...

ENERGY MANAGEMENT/FINANCING Cost Management with Real Time Data.
July 1, 2001... Power Measurement (2195 Keating Cross Rd., Saanichton, BC Canada V8M 2A5; Tel: 250/652-7100, Fax: 250/652-0411; Email: sales@pml.com, Website: www.pml.com), a provider of enterprise energy management systems, is moving forward with a marketing...

RESIDENTIAL: Kyocera Solar Going Mainstream.
July 1, 2001... Kyocera Solar, Inc. (KSI, 7812 E. Acoma, Scottsdale, AZ 85260; Tel: 480/948-8003, Toll-Free: 800/223-9580, Fax: 480/483-2986; Website: www.kyocerasolar.com) has implemented nationwide availability of a full line of standardized, rooftop-mounted...

Supporting Wind for Residential Use.
July 1, 2001... According to the American Wind Energy Association (122 C Street, NW, Suite 380, Washington, DC 20001; Tel: 202/383-2500, Fax: 202/383-2505; Email: windmail@awea.org, Website: www.awea.org), U.S. Rep. J. C. Watts (R-Okla.) has just introduced...

US Home Goes Solar.
July 1, 2001... US Home Corporation is partnering with the California Energy Commission (CEC) to create the largest residential solar project in the country. The proposed community is projected to actually generate more power than it uses during peak periods....

COMMERCIAL: Load Reduction Reduces Peaks.
July 1, 2001... Georgia Power, the largest subsidiary of Southern Company (270 Peachtree St. N.W., Atlanta, GA 30303; Tel: 404/506-5000, Fax: 404/506-0598; Website: www.southernco.com), is using Apogee Interactive's (www.apogee.net/) Demand Exchange to...

INDUSTRIAL: California Denial Sparks Ethanol Boom.
July 1, 2001... According to the Renewable Fuels Association (One Massachusetts Ave., Suite 820, Washington, DC 20001; Tel: 202/289-3835, Fax: 202/289-7519; Email: info@ethanolrfa.org; Website: www.ethanolrfa.org), just a few days following the announcement by...

Efficiency Production Efficiency Studied.
July 1, 2001... Under a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA), the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is teaming with Broin and Associates, Inc. (2209 E 57th St., Sioux Falls, SD 57108-5102; Tel: 605/543-5090) on a 1-yr., $446,000...

TRANSPORTATION: Auto Engineers Seek Efficient Refrigerant.
July 1, 2001... The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE International, 400 Commonwealth Dr., Warrendale, PA 15096-0001), through its SAE Strategic Alliance (SSA; Website: www.sae.org/ssa), and the SAE Interior Climate Control Standards Committee have selected...

Supercomputer Aiming for Auto Fuel-Efficiency.
July 1, 2001... In late June IBM (New Orchard Rd., Armonk, NY 10504; Tel: 914/499- 1900, Toll-Free: 800/426-4968, Fax: 914/765-7382; Website: www.ibm.com) says that it had delivered the world's most powerful unclassified supercomputer, which will conduct the...

UTILITIES/POWER GENERATION Deep Fat as Basis for Green Electricity.
July 1, 2001... Qlear (Marathon 2 (Arena I), P.O. Box 75, 1200 AB Hilversum, The Netherlands; Tel: +31 (0)35 6466100, Fax: +31 (0)35 6466111; Email: petrocare@petroplus.nl) is marketing a new concept in power generation that processes biomass such as deep fat....

Tecogen's Chillers Qualify for Substantial Rebates.
July 1, 2001... According to Tecogen (45 1st Ave., Waltham MA 02451), their TECOCHILL systems have become the first natural gas-driven chillers eligible for cash rebates under the California Energy Commission's "Innovative Peak Load Reduction" program....

Marketers Adopt DP Guidelines.
July 1, 2001... In early July the Executive Committee of the National Energy Marketers Association (NEM; Website: www.energymarketers.com) approved NEM's "National Guidelines for Implementing Distributed Generation and Related Services." NEM urges immediate...

APPLIANCES: The Good Life with Less Energy.
July 1, 2001... According to Sears, Roebuck and Co. (3333 Beverly Rd., Hoffman Estates, IL 60179; Tel: 847/286-2500, Fax: 847/286-7829; Website: www.sears.com), they are releasing a new ultra-energy efficient front-loading washer, the Kenmore Elite HE3t...

Chip Technology Breaks Speed Barrier.
July 1, 2001... In late June IBM (New Orchard Rd., Armonk, NY 10504; Tel: 914/499- 1900, Toll-Free: 800/426-4968, Fax: 914/765-7382; Website: www.ibm.com) announced it has built the world's fastest silicon- based transistor, a basic building block used to make...

DSP Chips Slash Energy Use by 60%.
July 1, 2001... Analog Devices, Inc.'s (1 Technology Way, Norwood, MA 02062-9106; Tel: 781/329-4700, Toll-Free: 800/262-5643, Fax: 781/326-8703; Website: www.analog.com) new Blackfin family of 16-bit digital signal processors (DSPs), jointly developed with...

Switched Off but Not Unplugged.
July 1, 2001... Using cost-effective technologies and design changes, standby power consumption of appliances can be reduced approximately 75%, according to a new International Energy Agency (IEA) publication, Things That Go Blip in the Night: Standby Power...

Therma-Stor Qualifies for Energy Star Program.
July 1, 2001... The Santa Fe and Santa Fe Rx ultra efficient dehumidifiers made by Therma-Stor Products (1919 S. Stoughton Rd., P.O. Box 8050, Madison, WI 53708; Tel: 608/222-5301, Toll-Free: 800/533-7533, Fax: 608/222-1447; Website: www.thermastor.com) now...

LIGHTING: Chevron Pioneers Lighting Technology.
July 1, 2001... Chevron Energy Solutions, L.P. (CES, 345 California St., 32nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104; Tel: 866/433-9207; Email: cesfeedb@chevron.com, Website: www.chevronenergy.com), a subsidiary of Chevron Products Co., has been working on a unique...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Electric and Water Bills in Real-Time.
July 1, 2001... SchlumbergerSema (www.slb.com) has just executed a 15-yr. agreement to provide information technology services to JEA of Jacksonville, Florida. SchlumbergerSema will provide energy consumption data and advanced information services to JEA by...

"Mass Market" Distributed Power Solution Proposed.
July 1, 2001... PowerTech Networks, Inc. (Cupertino, CA) is launching a Distributed Power Management company to deliver integrated supply- side and demand-side power management solutions to the energy industry. Until recently, new technology development within...

Palo Alto Grants NASA $20,000 for Solar System.
July 1, 2001... In an unusual role reversal a city will give the federal government (NASA) a grant for solar energy work. The city of Palo Alto utilities dept. has given a $20,000 grant to NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley for the...

RESOURCES: Energy Department Database in Jeopardy.
July 1, 2001... According to the Chronicle of Higher Education (July 2, 2001), a bill now pending before the U.S. House of Representatives could force the U.S. Department of Energy to end PubScience, its Web database that allows scientists to search abstracts...

PrimeNet Says Goodbye to Paper.
July 1, 2001... Contractors, engineers, consumers, researchers, equipment specifiers, manufacturers, and others can now tap into PrimeNet at www.ariprimenet.org for thousands of pages of electronic product- performance ratings information. The new website from...

CALENDAR.
July 1, 2001... August 13-15, 2001. Building Simulation 2001, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Contact: Prof. Roberto Lamberts, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Universitrio - CTC / ECV, 88040-900 Florianpolis-SC BRAZIL; Fax: +55 48 331-9770; Email:...