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General Motors is committed to being an industry leader in environmental sustainability. As part of this commitment, GM is installing large scale solar arrays at their various manufacturing facilities. In 2014, GM looked to install their largest solar power facility in the Western hemisphere at their Lordstown complex. The Lordstown read more…
Here’s the bad news: because of an extended drought in California and declining water resources across the Western U.S., electrical energy from hydropower dams has been reduced significantly – down by nearly 25% since 2011. The good news: thanks to advances in green energy technology, the generation of electrical energy read more…
When it comes to new, more efficient technologies for meeting society’s ever-increasing demands for electrical energy, the industry’s top labor-management team – the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the National Electrical Contractors Association – is at the forefront. After all, though it requires the best scientists and engineers to read more…
Energy efficiency and conservation wasn’t a high priority during much of the 20th Century. The Arab oil embargo of 1973 served as a wake-up call, however. Going forward, designers, architects and engineers have increasingly incorporated energy-efficient designs and technologies into structures as they become available. So much for new buildings. read more…
Historic Philadelphia, PA is home to a number of firsts – not the least of which was the first shipyard to produce iron and steel vessels for the U.S. Navy. Those days are long gone, but the site of the Philadelphia Navy Yard is getting a new lease on life read more…
As energy demands have increased, so has the interest in solar energy solutions. Solar is becoming a larger and more significant part of the overall solution to our energy needs. As this technology grows, the types of applications and solutions for solar have grown too. Unbeknownst to many is that read more…
Is Green Energy Attainable in the Near Future? There are many “arguments” that naysayers like to give when insisting that “green energy” can never replace fossil fuels (not surprisingly, most of these protests come from the oil and coal industries). One argument has to do with the lack of infrastructure. read more…
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