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Orange & Rockland Implements REV Demonstration Project
Orange & Rockland (O&R), a subsidiary of Con Edison serving southeastern New York and northern New Jersey, filed an implementation plan for its three-year “Optimal Export Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) Demonstration Project,” on Friday. The project will partner O&R with Smarter Grid Solu... Read More »Highly enriched uranium
NNSA, TVA reach agreement to down-blend highly enriched uranium
A new arrangement between the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will allow down-blending of highly enriched uranium (HEU) for national security purposes. Down-blending is a process that turns HEU into low-enriched ura... Read More »Partnership yields military energy storage system
AECOM and Lockheed Martin have joined forces to build a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at Fort Carson, Colorado, using Lockheed Martin's GridStar Lithium energy storage process. AECOM officials representing the fully integrated global infrastructure firm said the Fort Carson, Colorado, site... Read More »CenterPoint Energy files proposal for renewable natural gas program in Minnesota
CenterPoint Energy recently filed a proposal with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) for a renewable natural gas (RNG) green tariff pilot program for its Minnesota customers. The proposed program would give customers the option to purchase RNG through their monthly bill. RNG is prod... Read More »FERC approves Rover Pipeline Burgettstown, Majorsville Laterals to enter service
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently gave Rover Pipeline, LLC approval to bring its Burgettstown and Majorsville supply laterals, along with the associated compressor and metering stations, into service. The approval allows for 100 percent of the long-haul contractual commitme... Read More »Large installations of distributed wind power turbines almost doubled in 2017
Large installations of distributed wind power turbines nearly doubled in 2017, according to the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) annual Distributed Wind Market Report. Distributed wind power is localized wind power, which means the power is generated near w... Read More »Wind energy prices drop to 2 cents per kilowatt hours
Wind energy prices in the United States are being driven lower by technology advancements and cost reductions, a report from the U.S. Department of Energy and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory revealed. Specifically, it found that prices offered by newly built wind projects average around 2 c... Read More »Chris Deeney