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The Top Corporate Climate Innovators
GE, Alcoa, Johnson Controls, Ford, Intel and Hess are leaders in the innovation of clean-tech solutions and products, mitigation of climate change-related risks and management of carbon emissions, according to a rating by risk analysis company Maplecroft. The Maplecroft Climate Innovation Indexes (CIIs) studied 360 large, multinational U.S. companies and how they adapt to climate-change [...]
Top 10 Ways Alcoa Keeps it Green $AA
Alcoa, which actually stands for Aluminum Company of America, is the third largest aluminum producer in the world. Aside from its involvement in the aluminum industry, Alcoa has worked in a number of other major industries, including automotive, aerospace, building and construction, packaging, and commercial transportation. While its base of operation is in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, [...]
Alcoa to Enter the Solar Industry $AA
Alcoa, the biggest aluminum maker in the U.S. by output (and theworld’s third-largest), is developing new of solar technology that willallow the company to become an industry player in two to three years,say executives. Known for its history of innovations, which have helped change theautomotive, aerospace, electronics, building and construction,industrial and commercial transportation markets, Alcoa [...]
Alcoa’s New CSP Technology Could Lower Cost of Solar
The aluminum manufacturer Alcoa has partnered with the NationalRenewable Energy Lab (NREL) to test a new type of solar technology thatit believes will lower the cost of renewable energy. The project is being partially funded by a U.S. $2.1 millionDepartment of Energy (DoE) grant. Currently, solar troughs use parabola-shaped glass mirrors that areattached to a [...]