Energy and Climate Change

FREEZING TINY egg- and spinach-stuffed quiches, Cliff Maupin says, uses a lot of electricity. Maupin, facilities manager at Nancy’s Specialty Foods in Newark, joined a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. pilot program in January to…

The Surveyor Network Energy Manager, developed by EZConserve of Portland, Oregon, is a software tool that allows organizations to monitor, manage, and reduce the energy being consumed by their PC networks. By synchronizing power management…

West Lake Junior High students put classroom knowledge to work, help school cool its power bills By Twila Van Leer Deseret News staff writer Science teachers at West Lake Junior High School have harnessed a…

With the flip of a switch, Salt Lake City will be planting the equivalent of 116 acres of trees and saving thousands of gallons of water a year. The city is turning to the wind,…

Conference will attract ‘down to earth visionaries’ in Boulder. Down-to-earth visionaries will gather at Boulder Hot Springs this weekend to exchange ideas on everything from cutting greenhouse gas emissions to putting more local food on…

The recently formed Energy Trust of Oregon is embarking on a wind power project. The nonprofit, which began operations last March as a result of a directive from the 1999 Oregon Legislature, released a request…

Developers of two proposed power projects in Montana said Monday that they’re going forward with their plans – despite Friday’s announcement that NorthWestern Energy had canceled contracts with the projects. By MIKE DENNISON Tribune Capitol…

BetterBricks, http://BetterBricks.com/ an initiative of the Portland-based Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, launched a new website, designed and developed by ZAAZ, a leading web design and technology consultancy, to help commercial building professionals take advantage of…

A Boise company is proposing Idaho´s first major wind energy development. Windland Inc. will announce a plan today to build a 200-megawatt wind farm in the Cotterel Mountains southeast of Burley, on Bureau of Land…

Global Thermoelectric Inc. ("Global" or the "Company"), a leading developer of solid oxide fuel cell ("SOFC") products, announced today that Montana State University-Billings ("MSUB") in partnerships with Montana Dakota Utilities Co. ("MDU") will be evaluating…