Carter County Students Win National Energy Competition
Posted on: May 3, 2012
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu has announced that a team of Montana students was chosen as the national winner of the America’s Home Energy Education Challenge, a national student competition designed to encourage students and their families to take act… more »
Mineral County Hospital Home to New Biomass Heating System
Posted on: April 24, 2012
The Mineral Community Hospital in Superior has installed a new biomass energy system that will rely on pellets to provide heating to its primary facility. The biomass system replaces an aging fuel-oil system and is expected to reduce heating and cooling… more »
Butte COT Instructor Granted Biodiesel Patent
Posted on: April 10, 2012
John Jackam, an instructor at the Montana Tech College of Technology, has recently secured a patent on a new process for producing biodiesel. According to a press release from Montana Tech, the US Patent and Trademark Office granted patent number 8,088,… more »
Biofuels Plant Secures Air Quality Permit
Posted on: April 3, 2012
Montana Advanced Biofuels has received an air quality permit from the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, which marks a milestone in the company's efforts to build a plant just outside of Great Falls. According to a report by KRTV News, the pro… more »
Baucus Urges Consideration of Wind Energy Tax Credit Phaseout
Posted on: March 22, 2012
Senator Max Baucus is advising the wind energy industry to think "very seriously" about backing a proposal to phase out a tax credit for building more energy-generating turbines, according to a report in Bloomberg Business News. Baucus, chairman of the… more »
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