The Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative (SECC) recently recognized National Grid for its online solar marketplace, which aims to simplify the process of installing solar energy for customers.
National Grid partnered with EnergySage in 2016 to create the marketplace for customers in Rhode Island. ... Read More »
Antin Infrastructure Partners has created a new brand called Vicinity Energy, a district energy provider.
Vicinity Energy was created from Antin’s purchase of Veolia North America’s district energy assets in the United States. The company is comprised of central energy plants and associated d... Read More »
The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) and its Electric Grid Ontology Task Force released a tool that provides a model to discuss current and future smart grid technologies unambiguously.
Smart grid interoperability standards and deployment require a universal vocabulary and framework to defin... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will invest nearly $300 million for research and development of sustainable transportation resources and technologies.
This investment supports the DOE’s goal of ensuring that consumers have affordable, clean, and efficient transportation options.
“As w... Read More »
Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company (LG&E and KU) filed with the Kentucky Public Service Commission on Jan. 23 for the approval of three solar energy agreements in Kentucky.
The filing includes a renewable power agreement with Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, I... Read More »
Global electric power generation from renewable sources will increase more than 20 percent by 2050, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) International Energy Outlook 2019.
In the report, EIA projects that renewables will generate almost half of the world’s electric... Read More »
Arizona Public Service announced Wednesday the goal of delivering 100 percent clean, carbon-free electricity to its customers by 2050.
The goal includes a target of 65 percent clean energy and 45 percent renewable energy by 2030. APS plans to eliminate all coal-fired generation by 2031.
“We ... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Electric utility executives celebrated a decade-long turn-around in strategy that has succeeded in reducing emissions, expanding efficiency and moving towards renewable sources during the United States Energy Association’s annual State of the Energy Industry Forum Thursday.
Wit... Read More »
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is launching an initiative to focus on security outreach and education.
“It is clear to me that cyber and physical demands on the electric sector continue to challenge the reliability of the North American grid,” Jim Robb, president a... Read More »
While coal has significantly decreased in use over the decades, the National Energy Technology Lab (NETL) is attempting to make its contributions to U.S. electricity more efficient through new research, with a particular eye on a new coating.
Steam is the driver for most fossil fuel-based power ... Read More »