Power from the Desert: Blueprint Ready in China
The second pole was recently switched on, raising the transmission capacity to 5,000 megawatts or roughly the generating capacity of five large power plants…
DOE Announces New Opportunities to Improve Commercial Building Energy Efficiency
part of an ongoing effort by DOE to improve the energy efficiency of buildings in the United States…
DOE Takes Steps to Implement Cool Roofs across the Federal Government
As part of the new efforts, DOE will install a cool roof, whenever cost effective over the lifetime of the roof…
Report: Home Size is Declining, Energy Efficiency a Factor
The size of new U.S. single-family homes completed in 2009 declined, dropping to a nationwide average of 2,438 square feet and reversing trend of the past three decades…
FTA Study: $77.7 Billion Needed to Bring Nation’s Rail and Bus Transit Systems into ‘State of Good Repair’
2010 Review Expands Upon Earlier Survey; Provides More Complete Assessment of Repair Backlog of Nation’s Transit Systems…
DOE Awards $92 Million for Groundbreaking Energy Research Projects
Projects to improve uses and produces energy, increasing competitiveness in grid-scale energy storage for renewables, power electronics, buildings efficiency…
Obama Promotes Clean Energy Economy, while republicans continue with no plan of their own
Obama says, “republican leadership just don’t get it.”…
Honda Announces Pricing at U.S. Dealers for CR-Z Hybrid Coupe
The two-passenger, gasoline-electric hybrid has a 1.5-liter i-VTEC 4-cylinder engine with a 10-kilowatt Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) system to supply power and efficiency…
DOE Announces More Than $76 Million for Advanced Energy-Efficient Building Technologies and Commercial Building Training Programs
to support advanced energy-efficient building technology projects and the development of training programs for commercial building equipment technicians, building operators, and energy auditors…
City of angels becoming city of LED lights
The program anticipated a 40-percent energy savings, but it has been even more with energy savings at 55 percent, so it’s already exceeding our program goals…
Energy Star Helps Auto Plants Improve Energy Efficiency
The report, Assessing Improvement in the Energy Efficiency of U.S. Auto Assembly Plants, links importance of performance measurement and recognition for top performance…
Obama’s Weatherization Program Gets a $27 Million Boost from Recovery Act, 27 States Benefit
These projects will provide green job training for local workers in energy efficiency retrofitting and weatherization services…
DOE Announces Up To $5 Million to Fund Superior Energy Performance Program Administrator
This program will make it possible for industrial facilities to achieve continual improvements in energy efficiency…
Spring 2010 Issue of Energy Matters Now Available
newsletter provides in-depth articles to help industry professionals save energy, reduce costs, and increase productivity…
President Obama Orders Fuel Efficiency Standards for Trucks
President Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum, directing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Transportation to create first national policy to increase fuel efficiency…
DOE Helps Accelerate Energy Efficiency in Industries on Gulf Coast
Forum help manufactures on critical energy efficiency projects designed for businesses in the region improve their competitiveness while advancing clean energy goals…
International Energy Outlook 2010: Highlights
An assessment by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the outlook for international energy markets through 2035…
DOE Announces Funding for Core Technology Research and Product Development in Solid-State Lighting
The funding is directed toward two existing DOE SSL research and development program areas for Core Technology Research…
EIA has released 12 new State Rankings pages that display charts and maps
EIA has released 12 new State Rankings pages that display charts and maps ordered by data value. The rankings cover energy production, consumption, and price, as well as carbon dioxide emissions from electric power plants, as follows:
Total Energy Production
Crude Oil Production
Natural Gas Marketed Production
Coal Production
Total Net Electricity Generation
Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Electric Power Producers
Total Energy [...]
Joint U.S.-China Building Efficiency Planned
Under the agreement, the United States and China will exchange experts and technicians to learn from each other’s experiences with efficient building technologies…
