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Changing the energy game with the ‘power of one’

By Elisa Wood
Real Energy Writers

Who among us has not eagerly described the smart meter to a non-energy person only to be greeted by a blank stare, or worse the retort: “Why would I want to track my electricity costs all day?” You try to explain the profound applications: smart appliances that talk to the power grid, consumer clubs that sell energy savings, your car ...

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Fukushima Meltdown Hastens Decline of Nuclear Power

By J. Matthew Roney
Earth Policy Institute

On May 5, 2012, Japan shut down its Tomari 3 nuclear reactor on the northern island of Hokkaido for inspection, marking the first time in over 40 years that the country had not a single nuclear power plant generating electricity. The March 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown shattered public confidence in ...

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National greenhouse gas inventories can help countries curb climate change

By Thomas Damassa
World Resources Institute WRI

At WRI, we like to say that “you can’t manage what you can’t measure.” For managing and mitigating climate change, one of the most fundamental measurements is a periodic inventory of the problem’s root cause: greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activities. GHG emissions inventories are carried out at several ...

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Oregon wastewater treatment facility reduces biosolids production by 80%, realizes significant decrease in operating costs

Siemens industry, Inc., Water Technologies

Challenge Like many businesses and municipalities, the City of Lebanon, Oregon was faced with cutting operating costs to meet the demands of tighter budgetary restrictions. In response to this challenge, Lebanon officials met with their locally-based contract operating partner, CH2M Hill OMI, to explore cost-saving options that could be ...

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Energy efficiency: What are the laggards thinking?

By Elisa Wood
Real Energy Writers

Why do some states avoid creating policies that encourage consumers and businesses to save energy? What’s the psychology of the laggards? A new report by the American Council for an Energy Efficiency Economy sheds some insight as it examines the states that consistently fall behind in the organization’s annual energy efficiency ...

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Reinforcing China’s leadership in reducing global carbon emissions

FirstCarbon Solutions

Believed by many as the next superpower¹, China also has the opportunity to be viewed as an international leader in energy efficiency solutions and environmental best practices. With its flourishing economy, China can decide whether to accelerate or decelerate implementation of ...

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Managing GHG emissions from agriculture: a unique but solvable challenge

By Stephen Russell
World Resources Institute WRI

Thousands of companies have developed greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories in recent years as a crucial first step towards measuring and ultimately reducing their emissions. Agricultural emissions are a large part of many of those inventories: farming is currently responsible for between 10 and 12 percent of global GHG ...

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Notus Clean Energy LLC – Cape Cod, MA - Case Study

Boreal Renewable Energy Development

The owners of a Falmouth, MA industrial park parcel saw the potential in 2004 for a utility-scale wind turbine sited in a large, well-elevated location. A large turbine could supply electricity for the complex and create surplus power that could be delivered back to a regional utility. Despite receiving more than 100 letters of support from ...

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Urban adaptation to climate change in Europe

European Environment Agency (EEA)

Climate change — the risk to cities and Europe Climate change is happening, projected to continue and poses serious challenges for cities. Extreme weather events resulting in hazards such as heatwaves, floods and droughts are expected to happen more frequently in many parts of Europe. The impacts are stark: flooding can damage or wash away ...

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ITALIAN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY ENJOYS FAST PAYBACK ON GEM STEAM TRAPS

By Grant Bailey
Thermal Energy International

A leading global healthcare company has revealed that it has achieved a 12-month payback on Thermal Energy International’s GEM venturi orifice steam traps installed at its manufacturing facility in Italy. Thermal Energy International has installed a total of 92 steam traps throughout the facility’s process plant, which has ...

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How to become energy efficiency’s #1

By Elisa Wood
Real Energy Writers

It’s easy to get the impression that technology game-changers happen in a near flash. And the stories of Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Apple leave us thinking that genius pops right out of the dorm room. But in the energy industry it’s not that easy. The innovation we see today often stems from years of late nights, deep ...

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How the EPA’s new oil and gas standards will reduce greenhouse gas emissions

By Michael Obeiter
World Resources Institute WRI

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently issued final rules to reduce air pollution at natural gas wells and other sources in the oil and gas industry. The rules—a New Source Performance Standard (NSPS) for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and National Emissions Standards for hazardous air ...

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Model forecasts long-term impacts of forest land-use decisions

Soil Science Society of America

The drive to develop crops for use as biofuel, continues to raise questions about additional uses of forest land. A cutting edge computer model developed at North Carolina State University offers detailed insight to predict the environmental impact – along with understanding forest ecosystem response to global climate change. ...

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Returning to Rio to build a more sustainable future

By Manish Bapna;Kirsty Jenkinson
World Resources Institute WRI

In 1992, heads of state converged on Rio for the Earth Summit, a bright moment that seemed to herald a new era for sustainable development. Bold speeches were given, important treaties signed. Saving the planet was cast as a moral imperative. Multilateral institutions would lead the way. Twenty years later, the ...

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Peatlands – guidance for climate change mitigation by conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable use

By Hans Joosten
Wetlands International

Peatlands provide many important ecosystem services, including water regulation, biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration and storage. Because of the enormous size of the peat carbon pool, its high sensitivity for disturbance, the large emissions from a small land area (which continue long after conversion), and the virtual ...

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