Substitution and price effects of carbon emission penalties on C[O.sub.2] emissions reduction from electric power plants.
Eight years after its inception, the Kyoto Protocol finally entered into force on February 16, 2005. In this respect, it is imperative to explore different greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions reduction options in developing countries under the Kyoto Protocol. A number of analyses reveal that half of the global emission...

State and federal command-and-control regulation of emissions from fossil-fuel electric power generating plants.
I. INTRODUCTION In 2001, the public was fed a steady diet of news stories concerning electrical energy shortages and escalating prices. California received the most attention after experiencing power blackouts, rationing, and staggering increases in annual electric power costs. (1) Some industry interests attempted to use the...

Considering cogeneration: clean power whose time has come ... back.
Behind the manicured lawns and spotless streets of the U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Depot on San Diego Harbor rises a gleaming maze of pipes and towers. It's a 25-megawatt combined heat and power (CHP) electricity plant that recycles its exhaust. At the entrance to the plant, Dave...

Improving energy efficiency in existing buildings.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ASHRAE has had a long history of supporting energy conservation and offers a broad range of standards, guidelines, handbooks, and design technology that promote the efficient use of energy. Our mission statement is "To advance the arts and sciences of heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and...

FuelCell Energy Submits Bids for Connecticut Renewable Energy Project.
ENERGY RESOURCE-27 December 2006-FuelCell Energy Submits Bids for Connecticut Renewable Energy Project(C)2006 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com FuelCell Energy Inc., a manufacturer of electric power generation plants for commercial, industrial and government customers, has submitted bids for 98.6 megawatts (MW) of fuel cell power projects to the Connecticut Clean...

Energy article additions.
The article "Energy for America" (January 7 issue) contains two problems. First, you don't address the fact that while states might vie for one of the 50 clusters of 10 new 1.2 GW nuclear power plants that you advocate to solve the United States' energy problem, local...

FuelCell Energy Inc. Increases Power Output of Its Direct FuelCell Plants.
ENERGY RESOURCE-30 August 2006-FuelCell Energy Inc. Increases Power Output of Its Direct FuelCell Plants(C)2006 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com FuelCell Energy Inc., a manufacturer of electric power plants for commercial and industrial customers, today announced an advanced cell stack design that it says boosts the power output of its...

Upgrading EU Directive with rational exergy model.
INTRODUCTION According to projection data published by the International Energy Agency (OECD/IEA 2006a), cogeneration, or combined heat and power (CHP), systems may reduce [CO.sub.2] emissions by 0.3 Gt/yr by the year 2050 and may increase to 1.4 Gt/yr if distributed CHP systems penetrate the HVAC market (EU...

SunPower Closes $265 Million Acquisition of PowerLight Corp.
ENERGY RESOURCE-11 January 2007-SunPower Closes $265 Million Acquisition of PowerLight Corp.(C)2007 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com SunPower Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of solar cells and solar panels, has closed on its acquisition of PowerLight Corp., a privately owned solar power systems provider based in Berkeley, Calif.The PowerLight acquisition...

Manatees.
What are Manatees? Manatees (man-a-tees) are large mammals that like to live in warm, shallow water less than 5 meters (15 feet) deep. This is because they regularly swim to the surface to breathe. Keeping warm is a problem for manatees since they do not have a...