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(Watch this company!) Feds and Military tap Ice Energy and SAIC for Distributed Energy Storage
Jun 14th
Jun 8, 2010
Smart Grid advanced energy storage solutions provider Ice Energy has an agreement with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to deliver the company’s Ice Bear distributed thermal energy storage system to more than 40 U.S. government agencies and all branches of the military. The Ice Bear system provides a number of benefits, including lower daytime energy consumption, lower energy costs and less environmental impact. For its part, scientific, engineering and systems integration specialist SAIC offers the marketing depth and expertise to ramp up energy storage projects quickly and efficiently, according to Ice Energy COO John McGee.
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US military warns oil output may dip causing massive shortages by 2015
Apr 12th
by Big Gav on 04/12/2010 02:29
The Guardian has an article looking at a new “” US military report which mentions peak oil – US military warns oil output may dip causing massive shortages by 2015.
“The US military has warned that surplus oil production capacity could disappear within two years and there could be serious shortages by 2015 with a significant economic and political impact.”
The energy crisis outlined in a Joint Operating Environment report from the US Joint Forces Command, comes as the price of petrol in Britain reaches record levels and the cost of crude is predicted to soon top $100 a barrel.
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