January/February 2006
Vol 4, No 1
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| Chicago VA Hospital
Takes Control of Its Electricity Supply
Enhanced-use leasing increases reliability and independence
at the VA’s Jesse Brown Medical Center.
By Lyn Corum |
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| UPS Helps Connecticut
MRI and CAT Scan Center Serve Its Patients
Monthly power outages threatened to damage millions of dollars
in medical equipment.
By Donna Gordon Blankinship |
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| Health Care Lab’s
Breakthrough Discovery: Cogeneration Efficiency
CHB achieves efficiencies topping 80%, and an award-winning
“green” site saves about $1 million a year.
By David Engle |
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Alpha Technologies Powers
a Remote Repeater Station
A cost-saving option for many operations far from power sources.
By Peter Hildebrandt |
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A Choice in Emissions Reduction
Dry low-NOx combustion technology is the cost-effective environmental
solution for a plant retrofit in the increasingly restrictive
Houston area.
By Don Talend |
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| Jammed Power Lines,
Megawatts Wasted…DG Comes to the Grid’s Rescue
California study totals up the value of onsite power
to electric companies.
By David Engle |
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| Star Dairy’s Fast
Biogas
Energy produced from the digester will replace the
need for 2,460 tons of coal burned annually.
By Peter Hildebrandt |
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| Solar Dishes for Big
Appetites
Bruce Osborn has big dreams for solar energy. Thanks to the
engineers at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico, those
dreams are a step closer to becoming reality.
By Dan Rafter |
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| Federal Fuel Cell
Tax Incentives:
An Investment in Clean and Efficient Technologies
On August 8, 2005, President Bush signed into law the highly
anticipated Energy Policy Act of 2005.
By Bernadette Geyer |
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| Recent
News Supports Adoption of Distributed Fuel Cells
The passage of a comprehensive energy bill by Congress has
stirred much discussion and debate over how the bill will
actually affect US dependence on foreign sources of energy.
By Bernadette Geyer |
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| Tips for Successful
Retrofit of Wet Compressor Seals to Dry Gas Seals
Natural gas is one of the main sources of energy for today’s
day-to-day needs and activities. Not only is it efficient,
but natural gas is readily available, easy to transport, and—most
important—clean.
By Joe Delrahim |
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