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Surprising energy facts...As Denmark’s combined heat and power (CHP) use increased, its CO2 emissions decreased. |
The power flows freely at West Virginia Alloys. This factory, tucked into the Kanawha River valley about 50 kilometres upstream from Charleston, West Virginia, is… Read more
The experience of those who have focused on (energy efficiency) demonstrates that it is virtually inexhaustible, because innovation in efficiency is, in a very real… Read more
Tom Casten has the money and the know-how to generate huge amounts of clean power without bothering with costly solar and wind energy. West Virginia’s… Read more
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A new hospital is being built near Princeton, N.J., that won't depend on the local electricity grid, won't pump out the normal amount of greenhouse gases and won't pay peak prices for electricity.
The University Medical Center of Princeton will have its own power plant that will use natural gas to make electricity; the heat generated as a byproduct will create steam to heat the building, sterilize equipment and provide cooling.
Interest in this kind of combined heat and power has been growing as U.S. energy prices rise, old plants near retirement and the country begins to get more serious about reducing global warming pollution. Read more
By Tom Casten
Energy waste is pervasive. Policymakers don’t seem to see it, but ask virtually any school kid to draw a picture of a power plant and you’ll see something resembling Homer Simpson’s, where massive columns of waste heat are vented into… Read more
Manufacturing and climate change
Energy efficiency critical to U.S. economy