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City of Evanston (Illinois) Selects Verde Energy USA as Retail Electricity Supplier

2013-04-09 12:22:40

-- Verde to Provide Low-cost, 100% Green Power EVANSTON, Ill., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The City of Evanston, Illinois, and Verde Energy USA ("Verde"), a leading independent retail power supplier and energy solutions provider, jointly announced today that Verde has been selected as the city's electricity supplier, effective August 2013. As part of its agreement with the city, Verde Energy will also install Ice Bear(TM) technology - a proven, clean energy storage system - in...

Research Funding Cuts Could Slow Down Progress In Nanotechnology

2013-04-09 11:34:01

Cuts in federal funding of nanotechnology research threaten to slow progress toward some of the field's greatest promises, including commercialization of sustainable new energy sources that do not contribute to global warming, an international authority in the field cautioned here today. Speaking at the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, A. Paul Alivisatos, Ph.D., expressed concern that the cuts come when...

American DG Energy Achieves Two Major Milestones

2013-04-09 08:22:38

Over 100 Systems Operating and Nearly 27 Million kWh of Energy Sold in First Quarter 2013 WALTHAM, Mass., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- American DG Energy Inc. (NYSE MKT: ADGE), a leading On?Site Utility, offering clean electricity, heat, hot water and cooling solutions to hospitality, healthcare, housing and athletic facilities, today announced that it has achieved a milestone with 101 systems now operating. These systems have generated nearly 27 Million kWh of energy in the first...

Darian Tenace Joins Advisory Board of GDT Tek

2013-04-09 08:22:32

LARGO, Fla., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GDT Tek, Inc., (OTC: GDTK) a company focused on renewable and sustainable energy technologies. The company announced today that Darian Tenace has officially joined the Advisory Board at GDT Tek, Inc. Bo Linton, President of GDT TEK, Inc. stated, "We are looking forward to working with Mr. Tenace and having him on our team." Linton further stated, "Mr. Tenace has a vast amount of knowledge and experience in breaking new ground with multiple...

Renewable Energy Won't Stop Climate Change According to Truthout Interview with Scholar and Author

2013-04-09 08:22:25

SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Renewable energy is neither clean nor a solution to climate change according to a new Truthout interview with Ozzie Zehner, a visiting scholar at the University of California - Berkeley and author of the book Green Illusions. Instead of "hyping so-called green energy," Zehner advocates redirecting focus to the impacts of a growing human population and consumption. "If we want to address climate change and the many other consequences of...

New York Energy Week Launches to Advance Collaboration and Investment in City's Rapidly Growing Energy Industry

2013-04-08 16:21:37

Energy Solutions Forum Announces Inaugural Series of Cross-Sector Energy Industry Events June 24-28, 2013 NEW YORK, April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Energy Solutions Forum Inc. today announced the launch of New York Energy Week, the first comprehensive collaboration to unite the diverse sectors of the industry and fuel New York's rapidly developing energy economy. Taking place June 24-28, 2013 in New York City, the week-long event series will focus on the city and state's energy...

U.S. Tidal Energy Company Announces Expansion in Scotland

2013-04-08 12:22:22

New York-based ResHydro is Scotland's first U.S. renewable energy inward investment NEW YORK, April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. tidal power company ResHydro has announced plans to establish operations in Glasgow, Scotland, becoming the first American renewable energy inward investment in Scotland. ResHydro uses cutting-edge industrial science to harness the power of water currents to produce electricity. Establishing a base in Scotland will allow the company to work in partnership...

Advanced Energy 2013: Mayor Bloomberg, NYS Energy And Finance Chair Richard Kaufman Among Keynotes (April 30-May 1)

2013-04-08 12:22:05

STONY BROOK, N.Y. and NEW YORK, April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Six months after Hurricane Sandy devastated the Eastern Seaboard and its energy grids, hundreds of the nation's foremost experts from academia and industry, as well as a number of prominent elected officials and government policy makers, will convene for Advanced Energy 2013 April 30 to May 1 in New York City. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a longtime proponent of energy efficiency and sustainability, and Richard...

Dominion Virginia Power Green Power® Program Surpasses 15,000 Participants

2013-04-08 12:21:52

-- Environmental savings equivalent to taking 65,000 cars off the road for a year RICHMOND, Va., April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 15,000 customers are now signed up for Dominion Virginia Power's Green Power® program and are supporting renewable energy produced in this region to meet some or all of their home's energy needs. The participating customers have packed an impressive environmental punch, too. Since the program's inception in 2009, participants have...

Solar Wind Energy Tower, Inc. Letter to Shareholders of Record

2013-04-08 08:23:33

ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Solar Wind Energy Tower, Inc. (OTCQB: SWET, the "Company") announced today that the Company had communicated to their shareholders of record in a letter that stated: To our valued shareholders, Our strategic mission is to engineer, design, develop and enable the construction of the most energy efficient and cost effective source of clean power available and a source of energy that will be financially productive without the subsidies...