Storage and information management services firm Iron Mountain has partnered with RPD Energy (RPD), a national leader in green energy solutions, to form a renewable energy partnership.
RPD structured the deals providing Iron Mountain with access to 100 percent renewable power for its facilities ... Read More »
The University of Michigan (U-M) has pledged to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2025, through a series of renewable energy purchases via DTE Energy.
By the time it is through, U-M estimates that around half of its purchased electricity will come from Michigan-sourced renewables... Read More »
A coalition of energy industry trade associations and other groups recently sent a letter to U.S. House of Representatives leadership urging them to include the Energy Storage Tax Incentive and Deployment Act, H.R. 2096, in any upcoming tax extenders legislation.
“Making energy storage an elig... Read More »
Energy industry groups commended President Donald Trump for his decision to sign two executive orders that will facilitate the development of energy infrastructure in the United States.
One executive order is related to issuing presidential permits for certain cross-border infrastructure project... Read More »
The American Petroleum Institute (API) and the Association of Oil Pipe Lines (AOPL) have released the 2019 Liquids Pipeline Performance Report, which maintains incidents have declined while productivity has risen.
“The natural gas and oil industry continues to demonstrate that safety is our nu... Read More »
NEC Energy Solutions (NEC ES) recently announced 24 megawatts (MW) of new energy storage systems in China.
Through its exclusive distributor in China, Puxing Energy, NEC ES is commissioning two nine MW projects for Ray Power in in Ordos City, Neimongol Province and Tanshan City, Hebei Prov... Read More »
Legislation
introduced in the U.S. Senate and House is seeking to make gas pipeline safer
by closing regulatory loopholes and increasing safety standards.
The Leonel
Rondon Pipeline Safety Act is named after the 18-year-old student who lost his
life as a result of the pipeline explosion in Lawr... Read More »
Southwest Power Pool (SPP), a certified electricity reliability coordinator (RC), is looking to expand west to facilitate more efficient deployment of generation and use of the region’s transmission system.
“SPP has experience not only building and administering electricity markets, but spec... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans to invest $485 million through its electric loan program to upgrade rural electric systems throughout the United States and establish smart grid improvements.
Investments will be made into Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, ... Read More »
A bipartisan group of senators recently called for support in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill for Department of Energy (DOE) programs to develop and deploy carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies in partnership with the private sector.
The senat... Read More »