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Defective Meters and Whistleblower Complaints Raise Questions About Gas Utility’s Profits

DeSmogBlog

A little over a decade ago, Gary Dye, then a gas measurement engineer at NW Natural, Oregon’s largest gas utility, lost faith in his employer to responsibly deal with what he believed to be systematic inaccuracies among the company’s hundreds of thousands of gas meters. Faulty Meters Raise Questions About Profits.

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Steps taken by Government of India in Promoting Energy Efficient Buildings

Econaur

Energy Efficiency in Buildings. With the current rate of urbanization and the subsequent increase in energy demand, energy efficiency in buildings has a significant role to play in contributing to energy security in developing countries. In conventional Indian buildings, energy consumption is 200 kWh per sq.

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Startups Use Renewables-Rich UK to Test Power Electronics Technologies at Scale

GreenTechMedia

Over the past decade, a new class of digital power electronics has emerged that can shape, shift and control the flow of electricity on the power grid in ways never before seen. based startup with devices that can alter the flow of power through high-voltage transmission lines. SP Energy taps Ermco, Gridbridge.

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Methane release from UK shale gas site equivalent to 142 trans-Atlantic flights, says research group

Envirotec Magazine

Protestors at the Preston New Road site in 2017. tonnes of methane gas to atmosphere that was detected at a nearby monitoring station installed by researchers from The University of Manchester. The research team was led by Prof Grant Allen, and reported in the Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association.

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Steps taken by Government of India in Promoting Energy Efficient Buildings

Econaur

Energy Efficiency in Buildings. With the current rate of urbanization and the subsequent increase in energy demand, energy efficiency in buildings has a significant role to play in contributing to energy security in developing countries. In conventional Indian buildings, energy consumption is 200 kWh per sq.

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Radioactive Waste ‘Everywhere’ at Ohio Oilfield Facility, Says Former Worker

DeSmogBlog

Waste was splattered on the floor and walls, even around the electrical panels. But when the men arrived home after a long day, the job came with them too. “We The state of Ohio has authorized Austin Master Services to receive 120 million pounds of radioactive oilfield waste at its Martins Ferry location each year.

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Flat-lining: Policy review highlights England's mixed progress on waste reduction

Business Green

The volume of waste produced in England has remained largely the same for the past five years, presenting fresh questions as to how government, businesses, and households can successfully curb waste levels. The report also notes that raw material consumption dropped between 2013 and the end of 2017.

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