As part of an effort to transform how it delivers energy, DTE Energy Co. recently said that it will retire eight coal-fired generators at three coal plants in Michigan within the next seven years, while it also builds one of the largest utility-owned solar arrays east of the Mississippi River.
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SolarCity recently opened its fifth operations facility in Maryland, a 20,000-square-foot center that added to the company’s 100 open positions throughout Upper Marlboro, Annapolis and the southern region of the state.
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The primary challenge to growth in the solar industry is no longer related to cost, but is instead determining how to build and manage the power grid to accommodate that growth, Julia Hamm, president and CEO of the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), recently told Daily Energy Insider.
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The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) named Ecoisme the winner on Wednesday of the 1776 inaugural E Prize for Innovation for 2016, an award offered through partnership with the Institute for Electric Innovation (IEI) and startup 1776.
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The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) approved the final stipulations to create a statewide community solar garden pilot program on Wednesday that will target low- and moderate-income customers to make renewable energy more accessible and affordable.
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The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission was awarded the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) 2016 State Leadership in Clean Energy Award on Wednesday for its Sustainable Energy Division’s useful thermal renewable energy certificate (T-REC) program.
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As more residential customers install rooftop solar panels to generate their own electric power, U.S. states are best positioned to regulate that growing part of the electric market, according to an official with the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC).
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The National Mining Association (NMA) opposed the Obama Administration’s “keep it in the ground” policy regarding coal-sourced fuel on Tuesday, which the NMA said would jeopardize America’s affordable access to energy.
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) announced on Tuesday that it will award more than $82 million in nuclear energy research, technology and infrastructure funding for 93 projects in 28 U.S. states to advance the nation’s nuclear energy portfolio.
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The Vermont Electric Power Co. (VELCO) is utilizing an innovative weather analytics system that boasts what it calls the most precise and accurate wind and solar generation forecasts in the world.
“We are not aware of any other utility that has currently linked weather forecast information to w... Read More »