DETROIT – General Motors plans to generate or source all electrical power for its 350 operations in 59 countries with 100 percent renewable energy — such as wind, sun and landfill gas — by 2050. “Establishing a 100 percent renewable energy goal helps us better serve society by reducing environmental impact,” said GM Chairman and ... Read More
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Did you know that even advanced gasoline engines waste roughly a fifth of their fuel? Especially at high engine speeds, some of the gasoline is used for cooling instead of for propulsion. While Bosch didn’t create an engine that gets its energy from water, it has introduced water injection as a ... Read More
Morristown, N.J. – Covanta (NYSE: CVA), a world leader in sustainable waste and energy solutions, has been ranked number 55 on the Carbon Clean 200™ (Clean200), a list of the top 200 publicly traded companies worldwide based on their share of clean energy revenue. The list was compiled by As You Sow, a nonprofit organization ... Read More
Just outside Omaha, Nebraska, resides Waste Management’s Pheasant Point Landfill, where the company is using everyday waste to produce a form of renewable energy that provides enough electricity to power 4,400 homes. It’s one of more than 130 similar facilities Waste Management has in operation across North America. In total, these operations provide more than ... Read More
GM won an Environmental Leader Top Project of the Year Award for our Chevrolet Volt battery secondary reuse project that’s helping keep the lights on at our LEED-Gold Enterprise Data Center office in Milford, Michigan. A 74-kilowatt ground-mount solar array and two 2kW wind turbines feed the administration building’s distribution panel, where five Volt batteries work in ... Read More
