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Burns & McDonnell Recognized as a US Best Managed Company for Third Consecutive Year Share Burns & McDonnell Recognized as a US Best Managed Company for Third Consecutive Year

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Burns & McDonnell Summary Burns & McDonnell is proud to announce it has been selected as a 2024 US Best Managed company. Now in its fifth year, the award, sponsored by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal, recognizes the achievements of U.S. private companies and the successes of their management teams. The 100% employee-owned engineering, construction and architecture firm is on the list for the third consecutive year. The award honors Burns & McDonnell for differentiating itself through a strong dedication to safety, exceptional management practices, diverse service offerings, innovative approaches and robust leadership development. ...
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Princeton University - Executive Director, Engineering and Campus Energy

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Princeton University Executive Director, Engineering and Campus Energy Princeton University is seeking an Executive Director, Engineering and Campus Energy for our Facility Operations team. The Executive Director is a critical leader and contributor to Princeton University’s Sustainability Action Plan, playing a key role in determining the Net Zero carbon emissions goal and reaching it by 2046. The Executive Director leads the Infrastructure Master Plan development and implementation, including periodic updates to incorporate improved modelling and new technologies. The Executive Director provides guidance and oversight for ...
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Could a Landfill Power Your Home?

By District Energy posted 13 hours ago
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Reasons to Be Cheerful Summary Across the United States, landfills are accumulating trash faster than materials can decompose. In the nearly 2,000 landfills in the US, food waste contributes over 50 percent of fugitive methane emissions from municipal solid waste landfills, those invisible plumes of potent greenhouse gas emissions that seep out of landfills and into the atmosphere. Landfills rank as the third-largest human-generated source of methane emissions in the US, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). While diverting trash altogether would be the preferred outcome for pollution reduction, about 500 landfills across the ...
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Abandoned mine could store data center waste heat for use in German energy grid

By District Energy posted 2 days ago
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DCD Summary Waste heat from a data center in Bochum, Germany, could be stored in an abandoned mine and used in a district heating system. The new project at Ruhr University, Bochum, aims to demonstrate the potential of Mine Thermal Energy Storage (MTES). It is being funded as part of PUSH-IT, a European Union-backed scheme looking at underground heat storage as a sustainable solution to meet energy demand. It is thought to be the only MTES currently under development in Europe. Continue Reading #News #DistrictHeating
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Microsoft signs deal to invest more than $10 billion on renewable energy capacity to power data centers

By District Energy posted 2 days ago
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CNBC Summary Microsoft has signed a deal with Brookfield Asset Management to invest more than $10 billion to develop renewable energy capacity to power the growing demand for artificial intelligence and data centers, the companies announced on Wednesday. Brookfield will deliver 10.5 gigawatts of renewable energy for Microsoft between 2026 and 2030 in the U.S. and Europe under the agreement. The companies described the deal as the largest single electricity purchase agreement signed between two corporate partners. The 10.5 gigawatts of renewable capacity is 3 times larger than the 3.5 gigawatts of electricity consumed by data centers ...
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The growing clean energy backlog, in five charts

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Canary Media Summary For the past four years, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have been tracking a major threat to the U.S. clean energy transition: the backups and bottlenecks in connecting proposed solar, wind, and battery projects to the electricity grid. LBNL ’s team laid out its latest findings in a recent webinar. The overarching takeaway is that clean power plants can supply enough near-term electricity to avoid building new fossil-gas-fired power plants or keeping coal plants open longer — but only if something is done about the grid backlog. Continue Reading #News #BatteryStorage ...
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CenTrio – Houston - Director of Business Development

By District Energy posted 2 days ago
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CenTrio – Houston Director of Business Development Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Business Development, the Director is accountable for building on a broad existing contact base and identifying new opportunities for consistent and profitable growth in the Houston market and surrounding area. The successful candidate is expected to bring a creative, collaborative, relational and a proactive sales approach to the Houston market. The ideal candidate must have a willingness to listen and learn, drive to continuously improve, and is team-centric with strong integrity. We are looking for someone who is a self-starter ...
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CenTrio – Seattle - Director of Business Development

By District Energy posted 2 days ago
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CenTrio – Seattle Director of Business Development Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Business Development, the Director is accountable for building on a broad existing contact base and identifying new opportunities for consistent and profitable growth in the Seattle market and surrounding area. The successful candidate is expected to bring a creative, collaborative, relational and a proactive sales approach to the Seattle market. The ideal candidate must have a willingness to listen and learn, drive to continuously improve, and is team-centric with strong integrity. We are looking for someone who is a self-starter ...
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From log homes to energy pioneer: Burkhard Fink’s trailblazing career

By District Energy posted 2 days ago
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Canadian Biomass Summary With a career spanning two decades, Burkhard Fink’s groundbreaking work has not only shaped the industry but has also established a sustainable pathway for the future. This year, his achievements are being recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2024 Canadian Biomass Awards. Fink began his foray into biomass heating out of necessity and ingenuity. Originally a builder of log homes, Fink was bothered by the inefficiencies and costs associated with traditional energy sources. This paved the way for the development of the first small-scale, for-profit biomass district heating system in Canada — a project accomplished ...
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Work to start on new waste energy plant

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Microsoft Start Summary Homes in the Black Country could be powered by rubbish treated at a new waste energy plant which is set to be operational in the next few years. The Walsall Energy From Waste facility, in Fryers Road, has ambitions to partner up with the West Midlands Combined Authority and local councils to help export heat to homes in the form of steam or hot water. "We are making this investment to provide Walsall and surrounding communities with a state-of-the-art public hygiene facility that will treat the area's residual waste, generate baseload electricity and open up opportunities for sustainable district heating. Continue Reading ...
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Microsoft Enters Into Largest Ever Permanent Carbon Removal Agreement

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Business Plus Summary Stockholm Exergi has agreed a contract with Microsoft covering 3.3 million tonnes of permanent carbon removals from bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) at Värtan near Stockholm in Sweden. The agreement represents the world’s largest permanent removals deal to date. The deliveries of the carbon removal certificates to Microsoft are planned to start in 2028 and continue for a period of ten years. Microsoft’s Brian Marrs commented: “Leveraging existing biomass power plants is a crucial first step to building worldwide carbon removal capacity. In this case, we are pleased with the efficiency of recovering ...
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Germany needs to invest EUR 721bn to meet 2030 energy targets

By District Energy posted 2 days ago
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Renewables Now Summary The energy transition in Germany is gaining momentum with streamlined planning and approval procedures; however, achieving its goals requires substantial investments of EUR 721 billion (USD 771.32bn) in the energy sector by 2030, according to the latest Energy Transition Progress Monitor published by consultancy EY and industry association BDEW. The investment amount until 2030 comprises over EUR 350 billion for green power generation facilities, around EUR 140 billion for electricity and gas transmission networks, another EUR 140 billion for electricity and gas distribution networks, EUR 32 billion for district heating, EUR ...
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Vienna reveals new plan for how to move away from gas heating

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The Local Summary The "Vienna Heat Plan 2024" was presented this week which outlines a concrete strategy for replacing the city's 600,000 currently installed gas heating systems with renewable energy alternatives. The plan considers all buildings in the urban area and identifies where it is possible to expanding district heating, referring to a centralised heating system which efficiently serve multiple buildings. The goal is to make district heating completely climate-neutral by 2040. Additionally, the plan also identifies areas where alternative solutions may be necessary, reported ORF . Continue Reading #News #DistrictHeating
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Penn State Extension praised by state for native plant gardens in Philadelphia, Assist from Vicinity Energy

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Penn State Summary The Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward program in Philadelphia County, in partnership with the Friends of Wharton Square Park, recently received a Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence, presented annually by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. The recognition is the highest statewide honor bestowed upon schools, businesses and community organizations for environmental performance and innovation in cleaning up watersheds, saving energy, eliminating pollution, reducing waste and other initiatives. Vicinity Energy, a sustainable district energy provider located in Grays Ferry, funded a $1,700 ...
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Singaporean company to expand clean energy deployment in China

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English News Summary Singapore's SP Group entered a strategic alliance with China Merchants Bank (CMB) Financial Leasing to support the deployment of renewable energy solutions in China, the energy supplier announced Wednesday. The SP Group is expected to receive up to 8 billion yuan (1.12 billion U.S. dollars) in the following three years to support its projects, including solar farms, distributed solar photovoltaic, energy storage, and district cooling and heating. "SP Group is committed to empowering a clean energy future for China and looks forward to working with like-minded financiers to advance the clean energy transition," said Loong Hui Chee, ...
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IFC Vice President: The promise of geothermal in Central Asia

By District Energy posted 2 days ago
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AKIpress Summary The world urgently needs solutions to the climate crisis. From artificial intelligence to electric vehicles, we are increasingly turning towards technology – and rightly so. But sometimes, there’s already a solution at hand – or in this case – right under our feet. Geothermal solutions, if applied smartly and on a large scale, can provide stable heating in winter, cooling in summer, clean power year-round, and create jobs and business opportunities in the process. Countries in my region need these types of solutions. Geothermal heating and cooling solutions are not just a luxury good for EU countries or the United States that are investing ...
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Empower announces Q1 2024 results reporting AED 538 million in revenue with 8.8% growth and AED 182 million pre-tax Net Profit with a growth of 8.6%

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Empower Summary Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation PJSC, the world's largest district cooling services provider, announced its financial results today for the first quarter of 2024, reporting revenue of AED 538 million, with an increase of 8.8%, and EBITDA of AED 313 million, with a growth of 8.2%, compared to the same period of 2023. Empower earned AED 182 million as profit before tax with an impressive growth of 8.6% compared to the same period of 2023. The Net Profit after tax amounted to AED 166 million for the quarter ended 31 March 2024. Continue Reading #MemberAnnouncement #Empower #DistrictCooling
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Plan for bio-based heating, power system advances at Millinocket’s One North

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Mainebiz Summary Plans have advanced to install a first-in-the-world heating and power system at the One North industrial campus being developed in Millinocket. Fueled by the wood waste of Maine forests and cycled through a “super-critical carbon dioxide” energy conversion turbine, the system is touted as an energy-saving breakthrough. Once up and running, the integrated systems are expected to be the world’s first combined heat and power system fueled by biomass and enabled by super-critical carbon dioxide, or sCO2, according to a news release. Financing for the project includes support from the U.S. Department of Energy through congressionally ...
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Eaton helps deployment of 150 MWh of BESS in New York

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Renewables Now Summary Eaton said on Tuesday that it has been selected by US energy infrastructure solutions provider Endurant Energy to help it deploy over 150 MWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) across the Bronx and Staten Island boroughs in New York City. The partnership encompasses 10 energy storage projects, valued at more than USD 7 million (EUR 6.50m), that will support buildings and the grid during peak demand hours, according to a press statement. Eaton has been tapped to help in the design of the BESS facilities and the provision of power system studies and equipment such as switchgear, switchboards and transformers. Endurant ...
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Proposed Dairygold biomass plant will replace natural gas

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Irish Farmers Journal Summary Dairygold Co-Operative Society intends to build a new biomass plant for the generation of steam as part of the decarbonisation roadmap for its Mallow site, replacing natural gas use. The biomass will take the steam load from a CHP plant. Continue Reading #News #CHP #Biomass
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