Tag: business
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How Proposed Electric Motor Standards Could Lead to Large Energy Savings
[caption id="attachment_313536" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] By Meg Waltner Like the vast majority of Americans, you probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about electric motors in the 1-to-500 horsepower range. Astoundingly, though, these motors consume about 50 percent of all the electricity used by industry in the U.S. That’s right: 50 percent.…
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How Proposed Electric Motor Standards Could Lead to Large Energy Savings
[caption id="attachment_313536" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] By Meg Waltner Like the vast majority of Americans, you probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about electric motors in the 1-to-500 horsepower range. Astoundingly, though, these motors consume about 50 percent of all the electricity used by industry in the U.S. That’s right: 50 percent.…
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New York Transforms World’s Largest Landfill Into City’s Biggest Solar Array
New York City selected its smallest borough for the site of its largest solar energy installation. Staten Island’s Freshkills Parks will be home to 10 megawatts (MW) of solar power, Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced on his website. Freshkills Park was once known as the world’s largest landfill, Bloomberg said. The solar development is part of an…
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Wind for Prosperity to Bring Power to 200,000 People in Kenya
[caption id="attachment_313459" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] A public-private partnership will bring a boost in renewable energy to some of the poorest communities in Kenya. Thirteen Kenyan communities with about 200,000 residents are slated to receive refurbished wind turbines from Vestas, a Danish manufacturer that is working with Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, Masdar, to provide power to…
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Free Solar Arrays Coming to Communities in State With No Incentives
Free renewable energy and reduced emissions are on the way to new homes in two Texas communities. SolarCity and PSW, a Texas real estate firm, have announced they will jointly provide solar panels for two neighborhoods in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX region. Each new home in the 1600 Kings Highway and Bishop Heights communities will come equipped…