Posted: 2010-08-27
The Hilton Hotel at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport is going solar, and it expects to save a significant amount of money in the process.
Distributed Sun, a solar developer operating in the Washington, D.C. area, announced this week that the BWI Hilton had contracted to buy nearly 60 megawatt-hours per year of renewable power. Over the useful life of the array that Distributed Sun is building for the hotel, more than 2 gigawatt-hours of clean energy will be produced...
Posted: 2010-08-24
Asian-food fans may be aware of the fact that Kikkoman Foods is the nation's largest producer of soy sauce. This week, though, the company is making news for something else.
Kikkoman announced that it was installing a solar array at its production plant in Folsom, California. Solar power will help the company reduce its energy outlays - and it's one of the most environmentally friendly energy sources available...
Posted: 2010-08-23
A committee of the California Energy Commission officially recommended last week that the enormous Blythe Solar Power Project be allowed to move forward.
The public will now be able to comment on the project, which would comprise four, 242-megawatt concentrating solar power systems in a remote part of Riverside County. The full commission will vote on the plan - which is being developed by a firm called Solar Millennium, LLC - next month...
Posted: 2010-08-20
A tofu producer based in Garden Grove, California is adopting solar power.
House Foods America announced this week that it is installing a 213-kilowatt solar array at its production facility. Already, the company is committed to being green - the soybeans its uses in its tofu are non-genetically modified - and now, it will produce tofu with the help of renewable energy...
Posted: 2010-08-18
Renewable power is ideal in energy-intensive commercial settings - and to that end, a frozen-vegetable distribution company in New Jersey is adopting a solar array.
For firms laser-focused on costs, paring energy use is an attractive proposition. Renewable technologies like solar energy can help companies reduce their energy expenditures; firms that enter into power purchase agreements, for example, contract to buy power from a renewable source at a set rate that's often lower than what they pay for electricity from the grid...
Posted: 2010-08-12
Automakers are greening their products to meet consumer demand for eco-friendly vehicles, and some auto companies are making their operations more environmentally friendly, too.
Ford Motor announced Thursday that it was installing a solar photovoltaic and battery-storage system at its Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan. The array will capture energy from the sun during the day; power that isn't used by the facility will be stored in the system's 2-megawatt batteries...