As Tampa Electric Co. (TECO) sets out to replace street lights and concert their traditional lighting into modern LEDs for greater efficiency, they have also tapped Itron, Inc. to provide a smart street lighting solution.
That solution would allow the more than 260,000 smart photocells to be ins... Read More »
ExxonMobil, Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (Plains), and Lotus Midstream, LLC recently announced they formalized the previously announced Wink to Webster Pipeline LLC Joint Venture (JV) and ordered approximately 650 miles of domestically sourced 36-inch-diameter line pipe.
The common-carrier... Read More »
A "Green New Deal" (GND) plan that includes a 100 percent renewable energy target to help combat climate change could cost nearly $424 billion annually, according to an analysis by the American Action Forum, more than the entire retail cost of electricity in the United States in 2016.
U.S. Rep. A... Read More »
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) are developing the computer modeling methods and data sheets required to optimize soft magnetic components and improve the power grid.
This modernization of components is critical, researchers said. T... Read More »
The energy industry firm GridLiance has joined forces with the City of Winfield, Kan., as a means of improving the city’s transmission facilities.
The agreement calls for GridLiance to acquire a 65 percent ownership stake in 29-miles of Winfield’s 69-kV transmission line and terminal equipmen... Read More »
ExxonMobil started construction on a new crude oil refinery unit at its Beaumont, Texas, facility that will increase crude refining capacity by more than 65 percent, or 250,000 barrels per day.
It is the third crude unit at the facility. It became necessary due to increased crude oil production ... Read More »
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is recommending that the Department of Energy develop a program-wide strategy to clean up waste from Cold War nuclear weapons production.
The DOE is tasked with cleaning up waste from Cold War nuclear weapons production, much of which is hazardous o... Read More »
A recent Black & Veatch report has determined utilities are poised to undergo their most visible transformation in more than a century.
Citing the manner in which utilities are faced with the evolution of generation, transmission and distribution technology, the utility infrastructure firm’s 2... Read More »
Duke Energy said Tuesday that it plans to build on the success of its solar power programs in 2018 to deliver solar power to more North Carolina and South Carolina customers in 2019.
"Combined with constructive legislation, our programs have solar energy growing in both North Carolina and South C... Read More »
Ameren Missouri and BJC HealthCare have agreed to build a solar energy generation facility on top of a BJC parking garage at its St. Louis medical campus.
When completed, the project will include more than 4,500 solar panels, which cover the area equivalent of two football fields. The BJC garage... Read More »