AEP Ohio to install smart meters for 900,000 customers
AEP Ohio, a unit of American Electric Power, recently announced plans to install smart meters for 900,000 customers starting in Delaware, Ohio this week. The company will continue with the installations first through central Ohio and plans to complete the project in February 2021. “AEP Ohi... Read More »Report details growth of renewable energy in US
The United States now generates eight times more energy from wind and solar than it did in 2007, a recent report by the Environment America Research and Policy Center said. The report was co-authored by Frontier Group. The report analyzes the renewable energy sectors over the past decade in ... Read More »New steam generator placed at Vogtle Unit 3 nuclear expansion site
A new steam generator was recently placed at the Vogtle Unit 3 nuclear expansion adjacent to Waynesboro, Georgia, according to a release from Georgia Power. Measuring approximately 80 feet in length and weighing 1.4 million pounds, steam generators are used to convert water into steam using the ... Read More »Australia to gain 123 wind turbines in largest wind farm yet
A cooperative project between GE and the Powering Australian Renewables Fund (PARF) will, by 2019, create 123 new wind turbines for the Coopers Gap project in Queensland, Australia, the groups announced this week. Upon completion, the wind farm will represent the largest in the nation and the fir... Read More »International Trade Commission holds first hearing on proposed solar tariffs
The International Trade Commission (ITC) held this week its first hearing on tariffs on imported solar cells and modules requested by two solar companies, Suniva and SolarWorld. “Quite simply, we need the commission’s help to save solar manufacturing in the United States,” Jürgen Stein, c... Read More »John Betkoski III