The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) recently issued a report on the capability of distributed energy resources (DERs) to support grid reliability as more intermittent renewables are integrated into the energy system.
The “Distributed Energy Resources Capabilities Guide,” the third instal... Read More »
Bloom Energy, Southern Company and its subsidiary PowerSecure recently entered into a strategic alliance which involves project investment and joint-technology development for behind-the-meter energy solutions.
PowerSecure will acquire approximately 50 megawatts of Bloom Energy servers under a lo... Read More »
Faraday Future (FF) recently announced it has awarded a contract to AECOM for the construction of its $1 billion electric car manufacturing plant in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
Los Angeles-based AECOM, a global infrastructure firm, said the project had a construction value of about $500 million.
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A report released on Wednesday by the U.S. Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) shows consistent growth in the geothermal power industry through 2016.
"Developing nations in Central America, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, and the South Pacific are accelerating their geothermal development through... Read More »
New data published on Friday by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Loan Programs Office (LPO) illustrates the explosive growth in large-scale solar farm development that resulted from the Obama administration’s early support for solar photovoltaic (PV) projects.
LPO’s loan guarantees... Read More »
The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) reported on Friday that the measures Florida utilities took in preparation for Hurricane Matthew, in addition to subsequent restoration efforts, enabled communities to effectively weather the storm and quickly return to normal.
“We appreciate the team... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced on Wednesday that the first six months of 2016 produced the lowest levels of emissions during the first six months of the year seen since 1991.
U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions produced 2,530 million metric tons in the f... Read More »
A research team from Los Alamos National Laboratory published a paper in the journal Nature Energy this week that demonstrates an effective method for scaling up quantum dot solar power technology from production models to full-sized windows that could power a building.
“We are developing solar... Read More »
The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved a voluntary renewable energy pilot program on Tuesday for the DTE Electric Company, allowing program participants to acquire an amount of renewable energy larger than the 10 percent mandated.
The 10 percent mandate on renewable energy was est... Read More »
The Arizona Public Service Electric Company (APS) recently surpassed one gigawatt (GW) of solar energy capacity, becoming the only utility outside of California to reach such a milestone and enabling the company to meet the partial daytime needs of approximately 250,000 Arizona households.
APS�... Read More »