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Weekly Clean Energy Roundup:December 7, 2005

News and Events New Air Conditioner Efficiency Standards Take Effect in January DOE, EPA Join Leadership Group to Boost Utility Efficiency Spending Hawaii Army Bases to Feature 3,000 Homes with Solar Power Corporate Group Reaches 360 Megawatts of Green Power Capacity Canadian Company Begins Commercial Delivery of BioOil Site NewsACEEE Offers Condensed Online Version of its Consumer Guide Energy ConnectionsEIA Expects High Energy Prices Through 2006 News and Events New Air Conditioner Efficiency Standards Take Effect in JanuaryStarting next year, U.S. consumers who buy new houses or upgrade their cooling systems could benefit from new, tougher energy efficiency standards for central air conditioners. Units manufactured after January 23rd, 2006, will have to achieve a Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating (SEER) of 13, a 30 percent improvement over current standards. The new standards are expected to save consumers $1 billion over the next 25 years. In addition, the 2006 standards will raise the energy efficiency standards for new central heat pumps to a SEER of 13 in cooling mode and a Heating Season Performance Factor of 7.7, which represents a 13 percent improvement in heating efficiency. The new standard will also increase the cooling efficiency of single-package air conditioners and single-package heat […]

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SHEC LABS to Deploy Solar Hydrogen Station from Landfill Gas

Solar Hydrogen Energy Corporation will deploy the world’s first Solar Hydrogen production station in Regina, Canada, using methane, an environmentally damaging greenhouse gas expelled from our city landfills, with its partners, Giffels Associates Limited (Ingenium) and Clean 16 Environmental Technologies and in conjunction with the University of Toronto Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry. Tom Beck, President and CEO of SHEC LABS said, “This project, ‘SHEC Station No. 1’, when completed will have the capacity of producing 1.2 million kg of renewable hydrogen per year and will prevent 81.1kt of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (CO2e) emissions from entering the atmosphere, every year.” Mr. Beck goes on to say, “The life expectancy of this plant is well over 40 years, in 40 years there will be a new landfill in this city that we can sequester the methane from to create renewable energy.” Today the most common method of hydrogen production is the steam reformation of our depleting supplies of natural gas causing greenhouse gases to be exposed to our atmosphere. The technology to be demonstrated at “SHEC Station No. 1” in Regina solves numerous problems such as the destruction of harmful greenhouse gasses as well as the production of clean, […]

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SHEC LABS Anounces Solar Hydrogen Station from Landfill Gas

Solar Hydrogen Energy Corporation will deploy the world’s first Solar Hydrogen production station in Regina, Canada, using methane, an environmentally damaging greenhouse gas expelled from our city landfills, with its partners, Giffels Associates Limited (Ingenium) and Clean 16 Environmental Technologies and in conjunction with the University of Toronto Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry. Tom Beck, President and CEO of SHEC LABS said, “This project, ‘SHEC Station No. 1’, when completed will have the capacity of producing 1.2 million kg of renewable hydrogen per year and will prevent 81.1kt of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (CO2e) emissions from entering the atmosphere, every year.” Mr. Beck goes on to say, “The life expectancy of this plant is well over 40 years, in 40 years there will be a new landfill in this city that we can sequester the methane from to create renewable energy.” Today the most common method of hydrogen production is the steam reformation of our depleting supplies of natural gas causing greenhouse gases to be exposed to our atmosphere. The technology to be demonstrated at “SHEC Station No. 1” in Regina solves numerous problems such as the destruction of harmful greenhouse gasses as well as the production of clean, […]

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Solar Panels for Hybrid Cars Improve MPG

Solatec LLC(TM) is introducing flexible, rooftop-mounted Solar Panels for Hybrid Vehicles, starting with a kit for the 2004-2006 Toyota Prius. The $2,195 kits will be available nationwide through dealer franchises. A prototype has been operating in the Northeast for several months under mixed driving conditions. With Solatec panels installed on the roof, the prototype SolaPrius averages 55 MPG city and 62 MPG highway – an overall 10 percent improvement over the pre-installation numbers. All-season testing is in progress. Solatec’s photovoltaic kit adds two flexible, conformal panels that charge the hybrid automobile’s auxiliary battery through a proprietary charger/current-limiter system concealed behind interior trim panels. The self-adhesive, rooftop-mounted panels are only 0.6mm thick and cause no change in aerodynamic drag. Development of the hybrid vehicle solar panels came about as a side project of Solatec LLC’s solar aircraft research, which uses the same high efficiency flexible photovoltaic panels to sustain the aircraft in flight. The same aircraft grade adhesive is used on both systems. Kits for other hybrid cars are presently in development and testing. Installation franchises are currently available in most areas. Solatec LLC is a Nevada company engaged in alternative energy research, development and manufacturing. Solatec’s main areas of research […]

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