The National Electrical Manufacturing Association (NEMA) recently released a new report that advocates for the use of microgrids as a key 21st century power distribution system component.
The report – titled “Powering Microgrids for the 21st-Century Electrical System” – aims to change ind... Read More »
Duke Energy crews and contractors worked tirelessly to restore power within 48 hours to more than 220,000 Florida customers who lost power due to extreme weather following Hurricane Hermine, the company announced on Monday.
“Our crews and contractors have been working around-the-clock to restor... Read More »
Consumers Energy customers who received new electric meters can now choose their own billing date because the new meters send accurate daily usage information wirelessly, improving billing accuracy and flexibility, the company announced on Friday.
"Consumers Energy is committed to building a sma... Read More »
As post-tropical cyclone Hermine slowly weakens off the coast of Long Island, New York, PSEG Long Island said on Tuesday that it continues to work to restore power for more than 650 customers impacted by outages.
PSEG serves 1.1 million customers, and in anticipation of the storm had 1,500 line ... Read More »
Strong support from the American public for low-cost wind energy has helped the United States hit a milestone of 75 gigawatts (GW) of installed wind power capacity, triple the level seen in 2008, according to the American Wind Energy Association.
“When you look at the polling, Americans strongl... Read More »
Southern Power, a subsidiary of the Southern Company, announced the acquisition of the Grant Plains wind facility in Oklahoma from Apex Clean Energy on Monday.
The Grant Plains wind facility is under construction in Grant County. Once completed, the facility is expected to produce 147 megawatts (... Read More »
Three technology companies developing new fuel cell technologies and seeking technical assistance from Los Alamos National Laboratory will receive Small Business Vouchers (SBV) from a Department of Energy (DOE) pilot program.
All three businesses – Pajarito Powder, LLC, from New Mexico; NanoSon... Read More »
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) announced the release of a long-awaited update to its widely used Guide to Federal Tax Incentives for Solar Energy on Thursday.
The new edition will be the first in three years, a much-needed update to a document known to some as the “premier tax m... Read More »
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) recently became the first utility in history to receive the chemical industry’s RC14001 management system standard certification after a series of end-to-end safety audits proved PG&E’s safety measures to be satisfactory.
“Safety is at the heart o... Read More »
In a report published on Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), co-authors Alice Orrell and Nik Foster demonstrated that American companies are using wind turbines more frequently to generate their own power near facilities that require it.
Th... Read More »