Ameren Corp., a Fortune 500 investor-owned energy company providing services to some 2.4 million electric customers and 900,000 natural gas customers in Illinois and Missouri, recently signed a letter of intent to lease 900 megahertz (MHz) broadband spectrum to deploy a private LTE network that will... Read More »
The Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative (SECC) recently explored the capabilities of electrification to address climate change and benefit consumers through new programs and policies.
The study, titled Beneficial Electrification: Industry Views on Consumer Needs, consisted of a review of industry... Read More »
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed the Virginia Clean Economy Act and is planning to have the state join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
“These new clean energy laws propel Virginia to leadership among the states in fighting climate change,” Northam said. “They advance environmenta... Read More »
With a single product, scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have smashed two world records, thanks to a fabricated solar cell with an efficiency of 47.1 percent.
It is the most efficient solar converter in the world, thanks to its six-junction construction. This record w... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) issued a new funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to advance energy storage technologies.
The objective of the FOA is to develop energy storage technologies for existing fossil-f... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will award $32 million to 15 projects for their ideas to make lower cost fusion energy and increase its performance levels as a means of making it commercially viable.
All projects are part of the Breakthroughs Enabling THermonuclear-fusion Energy (BETHE) progr... Read More »
Alliant Energy is working with students at Iowa State University to manufacture face shields from 3D printers and distribute them to medical professionals at hospitals in Iowa.
This effort will protect hospital staff, who need more personal protective equipment to treat patients with coronavirus ... Read More »
New York State lawmakers passed legislation as part of the fiscal year 2020-2021 state budget designed to speed up the siting and construction of clean energy projects.
The Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth and Community Benefit Act seeks to improve and streamline the process for environmentall... Read More »
Duke Energy Florida plans to reduce customers’ bills in May to provide relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.
If the Florida Public Service Commission approves the request, a typical residential customer will see a decrease of nearly 21 percent on their May bill.
“We understand that during t... Read More »
America has struggled to keep up with an adequate supply of things like hand sanitizer since the outbreak of COVID-19 began, and that’s spurring some creative solutions, and equally creative partnerships, like the union of an electric company and a local distillery in Georgia.
The Southern Comp... Read More »