Wesley Weir Joins WSP in Cleveland as Vice President, Bridge Inspection
CLEVELAND, OH — Wesley Weir has been named vice president and manager of the central region bridge inspection technical excellence center in the Cleveland office of WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consulting firm specializing in transportation and infrastructure. With nearly three decades of experience, Weir brings a wealth of experience as a project manager, senior structural engineer and resident engineer on specialized bridge inspection, rehabilitation and design...
Wärtsilä Redesigns Organisation to Enhance Customer Value
The technology group Wärtsilä has decided to reorganise into two business areas, Wärtsilä Marine Business and Wärtsilä Energy Business, covering both new sales and services for the respective markets. With this change, Wärtsilä aims to deliver increased value to its customers by better serving their needs across the full lifecycle. The new organisational structure will be operational as of 1 January 2019. Forming two business areas will enable Wärtsilä to accelerate growth and the implementat...
The Energy Co-op Launches New Clean Energy Blog
Keep Up to Date with Energy and Sustainability News with The Current. The Energy Cooperative Association of Pennsylvania, dba The Energy Co-op, has launched “The Current,” a new blog for southeast Pennsylvania residents and businesses. The Current can be found at http://www.theenergy.coop/blog. The blog features news and information on the energy industry, renewable energy in southeastern Pennsylvania and the Co-op’s activities. “Pennsylvania has been a major player in the energy i...
Former Senior US Government Official David Sandalow Named Highview Power’s US Chairman
NEW YORK – Highview Power, a leader in true long-duration energy storage solutions, announced today that renewable energy and environmental leader David Sandalow has been named chairman of Highview Power Inc., the company’s U.S. subsidiary. The former senior White House, U.S. State Department, and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) official has been a senior advisor to Highview Power as the company develops and deploys utility-scale liquid air energy storage (LAES) systems in North America. “La...
Client Portal Adds New Dimension for Sewer System Operators
E/One partners with High Tide Technologies to strengthen telemetry monitoring capabilities of ALL-TERRAIN SEWER™ NEW ORLEANS - At WEFTEC 2018, the largest annual water quality event in the world, Environment One Corporation (E/One) and High Tide Technologies announced a partnership that will result in E/One Sentry Advisor 2.0™. The upgrade will enhance the remote monitoring capabilities of E/One's industry-leading grinder pumps through the use of a secure client portal, maximizing equipment f...
DDOT Begins Direct Oversight of DC Circulator
Washington DC — The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) today announced two major milestones for the DC Circulator. Beginning Monday, October 1, DDOT will assume direct oversight responsibilities for the DC Circulator from Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which has served in this capacity since the launch of DC Circulator in 2005. Monday will also mark transition of the day-to-day operations and maintenance of the DC Circulator system to RATP Dev from First...
Fiscal Year 2019 Transportation Funding Potentially Delayed until December
As the end of the federal government’s fiscal year approached, the House of Representatives approved an appropriations “minibus” funding bill on Sept. 26, which includes the Department of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bills for fiscal year 2019, as well as a short term continuing resolution to temporarily fund remaining government programs – including the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development or “THUD” bill approved by the committee back in May 23...
Utah’s Braceras Named AASHTO’s President, Missouri’s McKenna Vice President
The board of directors of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials elected Carlos Braceras (above on the left), executive director of the Utah Department of Transportation, to serve as its president for 2018-2019, along with Missouri Department of Transportation Director Patrick McKenna (above on right) as its vice president. These actions occurred during the group’s annual meeting in Atlanta on September 20-24. “I’m honored and inspired to accept the role of AAS...
GreenBlu Begins $1.6 Million U.S. Department of Energy Award to Commercialize Adsorption Desalination Technology
GreenBlu's stand-alone module deployed with solar collectors can produce 16000 gal/day using a 5000 sq. ft. footprint. A one million gallon per day plant, enough for a town of 20,000, would require 63 containers and shade the parking lot of a standard big-box retail store. HAMILTON, N.J. - GreenBlu, Inc., a water technology company commercializing a new thermal distillation technology, Vapor Adsorption Distillation with Energy Recycling (VADER), announced it is beginning its $1,600,000 a...
50 US Schools Ready to 'Go Solar' to be "Buddied Up" with Schools Already Using Solar Energy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – How do you encourage more schools to go solar when so many school administrators are unsure about the process, time frame and costs? The “Solar Schools 2025” initiative of the nonprofit Renewable Nation thinks it has the answer: by using the “buddy system” to pair up schools eager to go solar with schools that already have gone solar. Today, Solar Schools 2025 announced that it is seeking 50 K-12 schools across the United States that it can “buddy up” with schools that alre...