City awaits energy boost San Fernando Valley Business Journal Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:39 AM PDT GLENDALE รข" Local energy-conservation programs could soon get a major boost from the U.S. Department of Energy, which has allocated more than $1.88 million in federal stimulus money for building retrofits and public education efforts in Glendale. | Shared steam plant to be greener energy source The Gazette Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:38 AM PDT CEDAR RAPIDS and#8212; Coe College and St. Luke's Hospital will seek green certification for a $5 million-plus steam plant they will build to substitute for Alliant's flood-damaged Sixth Street Generating Station.Steam prices skyrocketed over the past winter when flood damage at Alliant Energy's Sixth Street Generating Station forcedthe utility to bring in temporary natural gas boilers to supply ... | Trading Energy For Safety, Bees Extend Legs To Stay Stable In Wind Science Daily Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:37 AM PDT New research shows some bees brace themselves against wind and turbulence by extending their sturdy hind legs while flying. But this approach comes at a steep cost, increasing aerodynamic drag and the power required for flight by roughly 30 percent, and cutting into the bees' flight performance. | Siemens buys into green energy financier BGZ INO News Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:32 AM PDT (AP:FRANKFURT) Siemens AG said Tuesday it would buy a 25 percent stake in German renewable energy financing company BGZ in a move meant to expand its reach in the sector. | Duke asks for 12.6 percent rate increase for NC San Diego Union-Tribune Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:30 AM PDT Utility company Duke Energy plans to ask North Carolina regulators to increase customer rates by an average of 12.6 percent beginning Jan. 1. | Energy Transfer Technologies Receives 2009 Texas Environmental Excellence Award ElectricNet Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:29 AM PDT Energy Transfer Technologies, Ltd. announced recently it has received the 2009 Texas Environmental Excellence Award. The Texas Environmental Excellence Award recognizes the use of innovative technology to reduce pollution and is presented by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, on behalf of the Texas Senate and House of Representatives | Traces of cocaine found in Red Bull in Hong Kong TODAYonline Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:27 AM PDT Red Bull drink cans. Hong Kong officials have found traces of cocaine in cans of Red Bull, a few days after Taiwanese authorities confiscated close to 18,000 cases of the popular energy drink. | Allegheny Power Promotes Smart Grid Collaboration Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:26 AM PDT GREENSBURG, Pa.----Allegheny Power, the electricity delivery unit of Allegheny Energy, Inc. is committed to working with other electricity providers, technology vendors, regulators and interested stakeholders to develop smart grid technology, the company reiterated today. | | |
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