A new report from the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) outlines how Puerto Rico is working to meet the challenges of updating its grid and becoming energy independent. Part of the solution could be microreactors.
The challenges of maintaining Puerto Rico’s electrical system were underscored in ... Read More »
Hawaiian Electric announced plans this week to seek information from owners of land or even large rooftops and parking lots on the islands of Oahu, Hawaii Island, Maui, and Molokai to jumpstart a transition to clean energy and aid in economic recovery.
Parcels as small as one acre and rooftops wi... Read More »
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) has created a new task force focused on emergency preparedness, recovery, and resiliency.
The Presidential Task Force on Emergency Preparedness, Recovery and Resiliency was established in response to recent extreme weather event... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $65 million for various nuclear energy research, crosscutting technology development, facility access, and infrastructure projects.
Specifically, the DOE made awards to 93 organizations in 28 states through the Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP), ... Read More »
In September, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will assemble a technical conference for wholesale power markets, to address how these competitive markets can cost-effectively reach carbon emissions reduction goals through carbon pricing.
That meeting will be open to the public and... Read More »
Minnesota Power recently announces plans invest approximately $40 million into three solar projects that will yield 20 megawatts of arrays in northern Minnesota and triple the company’s solar energy portfolio.
That is, of course, if the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) signs off on... Read More »
Thanks to investments from Energy Impact Partners, Piva, Salesforce Ventures, and National Grid Partners, Urbint has raised $20 million to further technology capable of predicting and preventing threats to energy infrastructure and worker safety.
“A few years ago, we saw that utilities were fac... Read More »
Entergy New Orleans reached a milestone this week as the 100th customer signed up to participate in the ReNEWable Orleans Residential Rooftop Solar Program.
This program allows low-income customers to have solar panels installed on their homes while receiving a $30 credit on their energy bills ea... Read More »
Sunrun, a leading home solar and battery storage company, is working on solar energy storage projects with both Orange & Rockland (O&R) Utilities and Southern California Energy (SCE).
O&R recently got approval to deploy rooftop solar and battery systems as part of a virtual power plant project in... Read More »
The Cybersecurity Advisory Team for State Solar (CATSS) formed this week as part of a joint effort on behalf of the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) and the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) to reduce cybersecurity risks to solar energy developmen... Read More »