April 2009

Prism Solar Technologies Closes Bridge Round Financing of $5 Million Dollars

Posted by Administrator on April 30, 2009 in Energy Efficiency, Home, Lighting, Solar, Wind

<img hspace=”10″ vspace=”5″ align=”left” width=”110″ src=”http://www.powersavestore.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/286bd_7416-prism-solar-technologies-inc.jpg” /> Prism solar Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has closed a bridge round of financing in the amount of million dollars. The round was led by I2BF Venture Capital, a venture capital firm based in London. Also participating were Counter Point Venture Fund LP, Merrimaker [...]

SolarCraft Helps Sterling Vineyards Switch to Solar

Posted by Administrator on April 30, 2009 in Energy Efficiency, Home, Lighting, Solar, Wind

<img hspace=”10″ vspace=”5″ align=”left” width=”110″ src=”http://www.powersavestore.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/64cee_3088-solarcraft-helps-sterling-vineyards-swith-to-solar.jpg” /> Novato-based solarCraft announced the completion a 72 kW solar electric system at Sterling Vineyards in the Napa Valley. Sterling’s famed aerial tram is now powered by the sun. Each year the celebrated tram carries more than 200,000 visitors to the Sterling Vineyards winery perched 300 feet [...]

New Report Shows Hydrogen Vehicles Will Drive Change

Posted by Administrator on April 30, 2009 in Energy Efficiency, Home, Lighting, Solar, Wind

<img hspace=”10″ vspace=”5″ align=”left” width=”110″ src=”http://www.powersavestore.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/ea5af_1881-new-report-shows-hydrogen-vehicles-will-drive-change.jpg” /> Today, the National Hydrogen Association released a new report called the “Energy Evolution: An Analysis of Alternative Vehicles and Fuels to 2100.” The Energy Evolution shows that a scenario which initially includes a mix of alternative vehicles, and is later dominated by hydrogen fuel cell electric [...]

New Report Shows Hydrogen Vehicles Will Drive Change

Posted by Administrator on April 30, 2009 in Energy Efficiency, Home, Lighting, Solar, Wind

<img hspace=”10″ vspace=”5″ align=”left” width=”110″ src=”http://www.powersavestore.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/18a38_1881-new-report-shows-hydrogen-vehicles-will-drive-change.jpg” /> Today, the National Hydrogen Association released a new report called the “Energy Evolution: An Analysis of Alternative Vehicles and Fuels to 2100.” The Energy Evolution shows that a scenario which initially includes a mix of alternative vehicles, and is later dominated by hydrogen fuel cell electric [...]

New Report Shows Hydrogen Vehicles Will Drive Change

Posted by Administrator on April 30, 2009 in Energy Efficiency, Home, Lighting, Solar, Wind

<img hspace=”10″ vspace=”5″ align=”left” width=”110″ src=”http://www.powersavestore.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/e83fb_1881-new-report-shows-hydrogen-vehicles-will-drive-change.jpg” /> Today, the National Hydrogen Association released a new report called the “Energy Evolution: An Analysis of Alternative Vehicles and Fuels to 2100.” The Energy Evolution shows that a scenario which initially includes a mix of alternative vehicles, and is later dominated by hydrogen fuel cell electric [...]

Heating the Northeast with Renewable Biomass

Posted by Administrator on April 30, 2009 in Energy Efficiency, Home, Lighting, Solar, Wind

<img hspace=”10″ vspace=”5″ align=”left” width=”110″ src=”http://www.powersavestore.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/c32b8_1332-heating-the-northeast-with-renewable-biomass.jpg” /> Roughly 30 percent of the energy used in the U.S. is thermal and a large majority of that heat comes from burning oil. While using renewables to generate electricity and solve transportation issues receives the lion’s share of attention from policymakers, the organizers of the first “Heating [...]

Vermont FIT Bill Passes Major Milestones

Posted by Administrator on April 30, 2009 in Energy Efficiency, Home, Lighting, Solar, Wind

<img hspace=”10″ vspace=”5″ align=”left” width=”110″ src=”http://www.powersavestore.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/7aafe_33-paul-gipe.jpg” /> On Earth Day the Vermont House of Representatives passed House Bill 446, the Vermont Energy Act of 2009. The bill includes changes to Vermont’s Sustainably Priced Energy Enterprise Development Program (SPEED) that would implement a pilot feed-in tariff policy.

Vermont FIT Bill Passes Major Milestones

Posted by Administrator on April 30, 2009 in Energy Efficiency, Home, Lighting, Solar, Wind

<img hspace=”10″ vspace=”5″ align=”left” width=”110″ src=”http://www.powersavestore.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/d0678_33-paul-gipe.jpg” /> On Earth Day the Vermont House of Representatives passed House Bill 446, the Vermont Energy Act of 2009. The bill includes changes to Vermont’s Sustainably Priced Energy Enterprise Development Program (SPEED) that would implement a pilot feed-in tariff policy.

Small Wind Energy Project Proposed for Massachusetts Turnpike

Posted by Administrator on April 30, 2009 in Energy Efficiency, Home, Lighting, Solar, Wind

In pursuit of Governor Deval Patrick’s goal of 2,000 megawatts of wind power in Massachusetts by 2020, the Secretaries of the Executive Office of Transportation (EOT) and the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) announced a project to install a utility-scale wind energy project on state land adjacent to the Massachusetts Turnpike’s Blandford [...]

Vermont FIT Bill Passes Major Milestones

Posted by Administrator on April 30, 2009 in Energy Efficiency, Home, Lighting, Solar, Wind

<img hspace=”10″ vspace=”5″ align=”left” width=”110″ src=”http://www.powersavestore.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/c2609_33-paul-gipe.jpg” /> On Earth Day the Vermont House of Representatives passed House Bill 446, the Vermont Energy Act of 2009. The bill includes changes to Vermont’s Sustainably Priced Energy Enterprise Development Program (SPEED) that would implement a pilot feed-in tariff policy.