LEED Points

Tag: Renewable Energy

  • Introducing 3M Wind Blade Protection Coating W4600

    Awareness is growing in the wind industry about the severe impact that erosion on the leading edge of wind blades can have on turbine output. Erosion can lead to a significant loss in annual energy production, costing owners and operators thousands of dollars. Blade repair and protection can help provide significant annual energy production improvements,…

  • NRG Solar Cuts Ribbon on Alpine Solar Generating Facility

    The 66 megawatt (AC) Alpine solar photovoltaic facility, which started commercial operations earlier this year, is currently the largest fully operational solar plant in California. The cost-competitive, renewable power generated by the facility is being sold to PG&E under a 20-year power purchase agreement.

  • SolarCity Opens its Largest U.S. Operations Center in Riverside

    New Facility Will Service Inland Empire, Brings Jobs to the Region SolarCity has opened its largest U.S. operations center in Riverside, CA to accommodate growing demand in the Inland Empire. The 35,000-square-foot facility is staffed by 75 employees and currently has 20 additional job openings, and SolarCity expects to hire 50 additional employees in the…

  • First Electric Vehicle-to-Grid Technology Sells Power to PJM Power Grid

    Joined by government and industry leaders, the University of Delaware and NRG Energy are celebrating an important milestone for its eV2g project Friay: becoming an official resource of PJM Interconnection and proving for the first time that electric vehicle-to-grid technology can sell electricity from electric vehicles (EVs) to the power grid.

  • Integral Fast Reactors: Nuclear’s Forgotten Clean Energy Solution

    I wrote a post for CleanTechnica on December 6, 2011 about something I’d never before heard about, integral fast reactors — you guessed right, nuclear reactors. Titled, “Our Nuclear Trash Heap Needs IFRs,” I wrote about a 2008 book by environmentalist, Tom Blees, “Prescription for the Planet.”