ENER-G has turned up the heat on the anaerobic digestion market by launching a new sub 200kwth CHP unit that maximises financial returns on both the highest rate Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) and Feed in Tariffs (FIT). This will help to stem the shortfall from FIT digression following the 20%…

The National Audit Office (NAO) has stated that the NHS can achieve the largest carbon and cost savings in building energy use by installing combined heat and power (CHP) in acute trusts. In its new ‘NHS and Sustainability’ report to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee, the NAO estimates…

The US$860 million KaXu Solar One concentrated solar power (CSP) plant1 in Pofadder, South Africa has become the first in Sub-Saharan Africa to enter operation. Mott MacDonald was lenders’ technical advisor2 during the project’s financing and construction and is now monitoring operations in an ongoing role. Awarded during the first…

ExxonMobil has started the construction of a new 84-megawatt cogeneration facility at its Singapore refinery’s Jurong site, which will increase the energy efficiency of the refinery upon completion. Cogeneration is the simultaneous production of electricity and steam from a single fuel source. When the latest cogeneration facility is completed in…

Latest research from Delta Energy and Environment (Delta-ee) shows that the global market for reciprocating gas engines used within stationary power applications is set for strong growth over the next five years. Research from Delta-ee’s Distributed Power Service forecasts that for gas engines sized 400 kWe and above, the market…

Hotel Nikko San Francisco recently installed two Capstone C65 (65kW) microturbines to increase energy efficiency by simultaneously generating electricity for the building’s power and thermal energy for the hotel’s hot water supply. Known as Combined Heat and Power (CHP), or cogeneration, the exhaust heat captured from the microturbines is transferred…

NV Energy has announced that it is seeking proposals to secure an additional 100 megawatts of renewable energy resources for Southern Nevada customers as part of its 2015 Request for Proposals (RFP) for renewable energy resources.  The 2015 RFP will be combined with the previously issued 2014 renewable energy RFP…

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/d4c7xz/global_biomass) has announced the addition of the “Global Biomass Molding Fuel Industry Report 2015-2020” report to their offering. The report provides a basic overview of the industry including definitions, classifications, applications and industry chain structure. The biomass molding fuel market analysis is provided for the international markets…

PowerPHASE LLC, a company that focuses on delivering gas turbine fleet optimization technologies, has been issued patent number 8,863,519 by the USPTO for “High Output Module CAES.” The technology promises to help existing combustion turbine power plants become green energy storage depots. An increasingly larger part of the power generating…

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (Nasdaq:PEIX), the leading producer and marketer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the Western United States, announced its agreement with Dresser-Rand (NYSE:DRC) to install a 3.5 megawatt cogeneration system with gradual oxidizer at its Stockton, CA plant for approximately $12 million. The cogeneration system will displace purchased electricity by…