article thumbnail

New York City Is About to Get an Injection of Tidal Power. Is This Time Different?

GreenTechMedia

New York City may be weeks away from seeing tidal power injected onto the local grid. The Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) installation will feature three underwater 35-kilowatt turbines on a single triangular base called a TriFrame. Still, the path toward bigger tidal arrays, and even demonstration projects, looks challenging.

article thumbnail

Defective Meters and Whistleblower Complaints Raise Questions About Gas Utility’s Profits

DeSmogBlog

A little over a decade ago, Gary Dye, then a gas measurement engineer at NW Natural, Oregon’s largest gas utility, lost faith in his employer to responsibly deal with what he believed to be systematic inaccuracies among the company’s hundreds of thousands of gas meters. Faulty Meters Raise Questions About Profits.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How to Select a Sustainability Certification for Your Business

Green Business Bureau

Selecting the right sustainability certification for your business can be a tedious process requiring thorough research and understanding which program will best suit your needs and budget. General business sustainability certifications. GENERAL BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATIONS. OVERVIEW OF SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATIONS.

article thumbnail

Silver Spring Networks founder sees promise long-duration energy storage with iron-flow batteries

Renewable Energy World

a manufacturer of long-duration iron flow batteries for commercial and utility-scale energy storage applications, announced the appointment of Eric Dresselhuys as Chief Executive Officer. In 2002, he co-founded Silver Spring Networks, a leader in smart grid networking and data solutions. Last month ESS Inc.,

article thumbnail

Interview – Singapore, Asia’s newest emerging geothermal market

ThinkGeoEnergy

Multiple investigations were conducted at the Sembawang hot spring between 1963 and the early 2000s, including activities such as shallow well drilling, pumping, and water chemical analysis (Zhao, Chen, and Cai, 2002). Are you aiming for power generation, cooling, or any type of direct use application?

article thumbnail

Sustainable Facilities Forum – Our Sponsors

Green Technology

the world’s first battery-powered office systems furniture product. Battery power enables flexible layouts and easy reconfiguration. The product powers laptops, monitors, sit-stand desks, and wireless phone charging. Our HVAC equipment brands include Trane, RUUD, Day & Night, and Mitsubishi Electric.

article thumbnail

The future of Europe’s green energy landscape is deep underground

Renewable Energy World

When we think about innovation in renewable energy, it’s easy to assume that the materials and breakthroughs of human design hold the greatest potential to power the green revolution. This way of thinking about geothermal energy sounds like something from science fiction, and until recently it may as well have been.