Deutsche Bank on Tuesday became the first company to use the Alliance to Save Energy’s CarbonCount metric system, which provides a wide-scale ranking system that organizations can use to determine the true level of eco-friendly investments.
CarbonCount is a scoring and certification system tha... Read More »
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) on Tuesday saluted Montana Gov. Steve Bullock’s new Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) for the state that will rely more heavily on wind power and seek to power to 6.4 million homes with wind by 2030.
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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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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 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.
The T-REC program was one of six program... Read More »
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities announced the rollout of a new grant program on Wednesday to help employers offset the costs of installing electric vehicle charging stations at workplaces to create a greener state.
The grant program is part of the board’s larger “It Pays to Plug In�... Read More »
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 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 »
Otter Tail Power Co., which provides electricity for customers in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, submitted a plan to state regulators this month that calls for shutting down its older Hoot Lake coal-fired plant near Fergus Falls, Minnesota, and increasing its clean energy initiatives.
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