Press Releases

ST. LOUIS – April 19, 2012 – Lafayette Utilities System (LUS), which provides electric, water, wastewater, and telecommunications services to approximately 62,000 electric customers and 52,000 water customers in Lafayette, La., will implement the Aclara Meter Data Management (MDM) system, while Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation (BREMC), Lenoir, N.C., will deploy Aclara Consumer Engagement as […]

(DALLAS – April 18, 2012)  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, has claimed a top spot in EPA’s sixth College and University Green Power Challenge for 2011-2012.  The EPA tracks and recognizes collegiate athletic conferences with the highest combined green power purchases in the nation.    Purchases of green power […]

•         State commits to innovative action to fight against global warming
•         Asia’s largest solar park and the world’s only multi-developer park

PALO ALTO, Calif. (April 17, 2012) – The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) announced effective today that Nicholas K. Akins, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of AEP, will chair the Board of Directors and Kimberly S. Greene, executive vice president and chief generation officer, at TVA will be the vice chair. Akins was elected […]

ATLANTA, April 17, 2012 –Siemens today announced that its latest version of i-3 Control Technology V2™ lighting control system is available for purchase. Siemens’ i-3 V2 is an excellent, cost-effective lighting control system that reduces energy costs and enables users to control light based on schedules, sensors and inputs. The system—designed for commercial use—is robust, […]

LONDON – 17 April, 2012 – Power plant services represent a growing market that offers steady revenues and solid growth, in contrast with the much more cyclical market for new-build power stations. In the developed regions of Europe and North America, the main drivers are ageing power capacities that need replacing and, linked to this, […]

NEW YORK (GBI Research), 13 April 2012 – The US and the EU plan to coordinate the development of smart grid standards, if financial frugality can be overcome, according to a new report by business intelligence expert GBI Research. The new report* states that the US plans to implement smart grid technology to reduce the […]

Day & Zimmermann to provide system-wide fossil plant maintenance services for ten We Energies’ fossil-fueled generating stations.

Erie, PA… Indeck Keystone Energy’s technology center has completed the custom engineering and manufacture of one of the largest shop-assembled boilers in the United States.  Indeck Keystone Energy delivered this massive Keystone watertube “D” type package boiler for a major steel manufacturer in the Midwest.  The boiler weighed nearly 1,000,000 pounds and required tremendous efforts […]

Continuous particulate emission monitor and baghouse leak detector incorporates Automatic Self Checks (Zero and Span) to eliminate manual calibration audits as required by the US-EPA for MACT. The company’s field-proven technologies provide enhanced reliability over older opacity and triboelectic technologies particularly in difficult applications such as coal, cement, carbon black, chemical plants and pharmaceutical spray […]