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EMMA energy and micro-generator controller can divert surplus energy to additional storage devices

To date, an average of 50 per cent of what is generated by a micro-generator is uncontrollably exported to the grid due to the unavailability of a smart energy management device that can manage and match energy supply and demand in any household. Coolpower Products Ltd. has launched a technology solution for the UK market, that will provide a smart energy management device for both domestic and commercial buildings, that more effectively mana... [more]

UK Government Retrofit for the Future funding to test low carbon building technology

Science Minister Lord Drayson and Housing Minister John Healey have announced eighty seven social housing projects across the UK are set to benefit from a share of £17 million of government funding to test low carbon building technology. The programme, entitled ‘Retrofit for the Future’, is the first of its kind in the UK, and will see social housing units across the country retrofitted with new, innovative technologies. Understanding and ... [more]

Daikin Solar thermal collectors have been awarded Solar Keymark and can benefit from LCBP grants

The Solar Keymark is a voluntary mark, developed by the European standardisation bodies, which are member of the European Committee for Standardisation. The Solar Keymark certification helps users to select quality solar collectors. Daikin Solar thermal collectors have been awarded Solar Keymark for solar thermal products; a certification which is mandatory for end users and organisations to access financial incentives, such as grants availab... [more]

Homes currently heated by oil could receive incentive payments for switching to a new bio-liquid heating fuel

OFTEC was instrumental in the successful campaign to include the option of using blends of bio liquids to heat buildings in the consultation paper for the proposed Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), which was issued by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) earlier this month. Under the proposed RHI, homes and other buildings using renewable heat technologies will qualify for regular incentive payments from OFGEM for up to 20 years af... [more]

Renewable energy systems purchased now benefit from capital grants and incentive payments

There is currently a golden window of opportunity in which consumers purchasing renewable energy systems can benefit from both capital grants for the purchase of equipment, and additional incentive payments for every unit of heat or electricity produced. This ‘double-whammy’ will be short lived as the current grant system towards the purchase of systems will be phased out and replaced by a pay per unit system. From April 2010, the government s... [more]

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Company Offers Affordable Green Homes (CBS4 Denver)
A company in Colorado is offering a house that is built green from the ground up and it's selling for a fraction of the cost of other environmental technologies.

Mesa Energy Holdings Names Former New York Governor George E. Pataki to the Advisory Board (citybizlist Dallas)
DALLAS -- Mesa Energy Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") (OTCBB: MSEH.OB), an oil and gas exploration an...

Mesa Energy Holdings, Inc. Names Former New York Governor George E. Pataki to the Advisory Board (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DALLAS----Mesa Energy Holdings, Inc. , an oil and gas exploration and production company with a focus on the Marcellus Shale in western New York, announced today that former New York Governor George E.

Georgetown Green plans to buy the G&B mill site (Redding Pilot)
The Georgetown redevelopment project is slated to have a new owner. Georgetown Green, LLC has entered into an agreement with Georgetown Land Development Company to purchase the former Gilbert & Bennett wire mill site off Route 107. The agreement anticipates a June 2010 closing.

ADDING and REPLACING 22nd Annual ROTH OC Growth Stock Conference Presenter Profiles (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DANA POINT, Calif.----Add exhibitor profile for Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corporation to the beginning of list of 22nd Annual ROTH OC Growth Stock Conference exhibitor profiles in this release.

22nd Annual ROTH OC Growth Stock Conference Presenter Profiles (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DANA POINT, Calif.----22nd Annual ROTH OC Growth Stock Conference takes place March 15 - 17, 2010 at The Ritz Carlton in Dana Point, CA.

Cynthia Adams Hired as New 'LEAP' Executive Director to Promote Energy Efficiency in Charlottesville, Virginia (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA) Executive Director Ben Taube announced today the hire of Cynthia Adams as the executive director of the Local Energy Alliance Program (LEAP), a community-based nonprofit that will promote energy efficiency in Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Va. Adams is to assume her new post on March 22.

Honoring the 'Art' of saving energy (UC Newsroom)
DAVIS — Art Rosenfeld's first stab at energy efficiency did not go smoothly: On a Friday night in the 1973 oil crisis, he tried to save electricity by turning off his office mates' lights — but couldn't find the switches. They were hidden by bookcases, file cabinets and posters.

UC Davis Honors the Art of Saving Energy (UC Davis News & Information)
Art Rosenfeld's first stab at energy efficiency did not go smoothly: On a Friday night in the 1973 oil crisis, he tried to save electricity by turning off his office mates' lights -- but couldn't find the switches. They were hidden by bookcases, file cabinets and posters. "After 20 minutes of uncovering light switches in 19 offices (thereby saving 100 gallons of natural gas that weekend), I ...

Another week of GW News, March 7, 2010 [A Few Things Ill Considered] (ScienceBlogs)
Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor . Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...