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Fuel diversity, credit for early action critical components of national energy strategy MINNEAPOLIS, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, March 5, 2013, Ben Fowke, chairman, president and CEO of Xcel Energy, addressed the U.S. House Subcommittee on Energy and Power. His comments emphasized the critical role that fuel diversity, including fossil fuels and renewable resources, and federal incentives such as a customer renewable credit play in ensuring Americans have clean,...
WASHINGTON, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States and China traded more than $8.5 billion worth of clean energy goods and services in 2011, the latest year for which data are available. According to a report released today by The Pew Charitable Trusts, U.S. companies enjoyed a $1.63 billion sales advantage over their Chinese counterparts. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130306/DC71674-INFO) The report, Advantage America: The U.S.-China Clean...
LONDON, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 100 power utility companies and consultancies in Europe identified regulatory risk and weak wholesale power prices as the greatest challenges facing the industry, according to a recent survey conducted by Platts, a leading global energy, petrochemical and metals information provider. Insufficient network development and fuel price risk were also noted as need-to-resolve challenges to the electric utility companies, many of which will...
MILWAUKEE, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Telkonet, Inc. (OTC BB: TKOI), developer of the revolutionary EcoSmart energy management platform incorporating patented Recovery Time(TM) technology, is pleased to announce today that Marriott International, with over 3,700 properties in 74 countries, has selected Telkonet as an Approved Vendor in providing occupancy-based energy management technology throughout all of its hospitality brands worldwide. As well as being designated as an...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Business leaders with the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) opposed the proposed Keystone XL pipeline as financially unfeasible and damaging to the economy. While fossil fuel industry leaders and some of their down stream user companies defend the pipeline, ASBC business leaders are emphasizing their support for a clean energy economy, calling on President Obama to reject the pipeline. In a letter to President Obama...
LONDON, February 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- All savvy bosses know that reducing energy consumption around your workplace can make a big difference to your business's gas and electricity bills [http://www.britishgas.co.uk/business/gas ]. But, with the best will in the world, it's hard to do that if you don't have your entire workforce on board. British Gas Business [http://www.britishgas.co.uk/business ] are on hand to help. We've launched a series of five free,...
NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Terra Energy & Resource Technologies, Inc. (PINK: TEGR), a natural resource exploration technology company, has been granted a services contract by Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) for oil and gas exploration in Kuwait. The services contract is a result of Terra winning a public tender "Satellite Based New Mapping Technique to Provide Subsurface Structural Features for North and South Ratqa Field" announced by KOC in 2012. Terra plans to deploy...
Utilities Employees Credit Union recently announced its 2013 Student Scholarship Contest for students who are family members of workers in the energy or utility industries and students pursuing employment in energy-related fields. Wyomissing, PA (PRWEB) February 19, 2013 Utilities Employees Credit Union (UECU), a virtual credit union serving the utility and energy industry nationwide, recently announced it will grant two $1,000 awards this spring to the winners of its 2013 student...
LONDON, February 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A new energy comparison website enters the market this week, with the launch of Energy Switcheroo. Run by energy specialists, the new service is designed to help customers find a better deal on their gas and electricity bills, and then guide them through the process of switching energy supplier [http://www.energyswitcheroo.com ]. Energy Switcheroo aims to help consumers negotiate the complex, and often unnecessarily difficult...
SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia, February 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- - RRT Global is in the Top-20 promising world companies which will change the global energy sector of the future - RRTGlobal announces their participation in the Energy Innovation Pioneers Program which is held as a part of CERAWeek 2013, on March 4-8 in Houston, TX. "This is a huge honor to present our technology at an event, which has such outstanding individuals giving...
