Entergy Mississippi recently announced that it plans to invest $95 million this year in grid upgrades and maintenance as part of its Bright Future plan.
The company plans to add new distribution and transmission lines, replace wooden poles with stronger composite material, upgrade copper conduct... Read More »
American Electric Power (AEP) plans to invest $17.3 billion in capital over the next three years to create a smarter energy grid, AEP Chair, President and CEO Nicholas K. Akins told shareholders at the company’s annual meeting in Charlestown, West Virginia.
The investments will include $13 bil... Read More »
The Michigan House Energy Policy Committee is considering a bill that would allow residents to opt out of any utility company smart meter program. An approval would clear the way for the bipartisan bill to move to the full House floor for a vote.
The state’s largest utilities, DTE Energy and Co... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently selected three small businesses to collaborate with DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) through the Small Business Voucher (SBV) Program on projects involving bio-coal, hydrogen for fuel cell cars, and nanomaterial manufacturing.
PNNL... Read More »
Alabama Power, Signature Homes, Southern Company, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and several technology vendors recently partnered to develop Smart Neighborhood in Hoover, Alabama to test, demonstrate and collect data from various emerging energy technologies.
The 62-home community will be locate... Read More »
States are working diligently on the legislative and regulatory fronts to establish markets for advanced energy, according to state policy experts at Advanced Energy Economy (AEE).
In the Silver State, for instance, several bills now head to the Nevada General Assembly, which starts its session J... Read More »
GE recently announced that it completed the acquisition of LM Wind Power, a Denmark-based technology developer and manufacturer of rotor blades for the wind energy industry.
The transaction in-sources wind turbine blade design and manufacturing for GE’s Renewable Energy business. LM Wind Power... Read More »
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded Koch Pipeline Company, a Koch Industries company, the 2017 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award.
Koch Pipeline, an ENERGY STAR partner since 2015, received the award for its work in advancing energy management, participating in ENE... Read More »
As part of the most recent Earth Week celebrations, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC)
and the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) selected five communities and three nonprofit organizations to participate in a pair of state-run solar energy programs.
Lincoln-Sudbury-Wayland, Ne... Read More »
The Government of Egypt recently signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with Scatec Solar and partners for 400 megawatts of solar energy from six projects to be located in the Ben Ban area near Aswan in Upper Egypt.
The signing ceremony took place in Cairo on April 13 in the presence of Egypt... Read More »