POET Biorefining – Caro hosted Dan Wyant, director of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, recently to highlight the benefits of ethanol for Michigan. “Ethanol provides a unique opportunity for renewable, Michigan-made energy,” said Wyant. “I appreciate all of the great work done here at POET Biorefining.” General manager Dave Gloer took the director on a tour of the plant …

IKEA has completed the installation of South Florida’s largest solar array, which will be plugged-in officially atop the future Miami-Dade IKEA store opening this summer in Sweetwater, FL. Combined with rooftop arrays in Orlando, Tampa and Sunrise, this fourth solar project will keep IKEA as the state’s largest non-utility solar owner. The 178,000-square-foot solar array consists of a 1,178-kW system, …

The Green Power Academy has released a new training course calendar that includes 25 new courses. One popular class is the Renewable Energy Mini-MBA. In addition, there are multiple courses about bioenergy and bioproducts, solar energy, wind energy, geothermal, clean technologies and project business & finance planning. Click here to get details on all the courses. The Fuels America Coalition …

The Maryland Energy Administration has announced that 25 organizations will receive $4 million in grants through the EmPOWER Maryland Commercial & Industrial Grant Program. The funding will assist in the development of sustainable energy business and manufacturing building projects in 12 counties throughout Maryland and will leverage an additional $16 million in capital improvements to their buildings. Each project selected …

Bloomberg is offering two new alerts for companies who will be most affected by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Clean Power Plan Proposal that is anticipated to lower carbon pollution by 30 percent by 2030. The two alerts include: BGOV First Word: EPA Power Plant Rule (designed to capture breaking news) and Energy: EPA Power Plant Rule (designed to track …

Santa Monica’s Shore Hotel is installing power saving technology by Green Charge Networks, which will save the Hotel an estimated 50% in demand charges annually. GreenStationTM, an intelligent energy storage system, combines historical energy use patterns with real-time weather data to predict demand and store and discharge energy accordingly. The system’s installation will further showcase the Hotel’s commitment to sustainability …

Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. has announced that Steven Mills, former Chief Financial Officer at Amyris, Inc., will join Elevance’s board of directors. Mills has extensive experience in the fields of accounting, corporate finance, strategic planning, and mergers and acquisitions. American Ethanol will host members of the Armed Forces from Dover Air Force Base (AFB) participating in the NASCAR Troops to …

QBotix, a company that delivers up to 20% improvements in solar PV project economics with the optimized Robotic Tracking System, has announced $12 million in Series B financing. E.ON and Iberdrola joined existing investors, New Enterprise Associates, Firelake Capital Management and Draper Nexus, in the funding round. A new poll, funded by the Alliance for Solar Choice, finds that eight …

Voith participated in Kaukauna Utilities Badger Hydro Plant’s formal dedication in Kaukauna, Wisconsin. The Badger Hydro Plant combines hydraulic capacity of the 105-year-old “old” Badger plant and the 85-year-old “new” Badger plant into a new single 2-unit plant resulting in more capacity than the previous two plants combined. Voith Hydro supplied two Kaplan turbines and automation equipment, while Voith Turbo …

Hanwha SolarOne Co., Ltd., a global photovoltaic manufacturer of high-quality, cost-competitive solar modules, announced it has completed the installation of 31 MW in a EPC commercial rooftop project in Guangdong Province, China. The Nuview Union School District has launched a comprehensive sustainability project that includes solar energy systems, energy efficiency measures and improved lighting components that are guaranteed to save …