A new roadmap for the future of Ohio’s electric grid can benefit all types of interest groups, but the next few years will be critical for the plan to achieve its goals.
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ABB in Multi-million Philippines Geothermal Deal
ABB has won a multi-million-dollar retrofit deal to upgrade six geothermal units at two power plants in the Philippines.
Clean Tech Hub Takes Shape on Chicago’s South Side
Two years after an ambitious clean energy campaign was announced for a South Side Chicago neighborhood, construction is moving forward on a clustered microgrid, a solar energy project at an affordable housing complex and a university-led clean tech cen…
Duke Energy Says Solar Assets at Risk of Flood Damage from Hurricane Florence
The utility is preparing for a ‘historic storm that will cause historic damage.’
Is the Clean Energy Economy Overlooking SMBs?
“Mind the Gap.” Whether you’ve visited London or not, you’re most likely familiar with the London Underground’s famous catchphrase. However, that well-known phrase may have implications related to clean energy based on a recent analysis. While Google, …
Grid Resilience is the Key to a More Renewable Future
The whole energy landscape has, in only ten years, changed beyond all recognition. The popularity of using responsible and renewable energy sources is growing. And the movement is being backed by new remits for distribution operators that allow, amongs…
Canada Invests in Net-zero Retrofit Program for Homeowners
Bernadette Jordan, member of parliament for South Shore,St. Margarets, on behalf of Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, has announced a $374,830 investment to help homeowners bring their home energy use to the net-zero…
Zambian Off-Grid Solar Market Expanding Rapidly with Help from Global Utility
On Thursday, pay-go energy company Fenix International, part of global utility ENGIE, said that it has electrified 30,000 Zambian households 9 months after expanding into the country by leveraging its partnership with telecom MTN. This rate of growth e…
Residential Energy Storage Surging, No Longer Just a `Cool Toy’
Demand for residential energy-storage is surging in the U.S., with more capacity installed in the second quarter than in all of 2017.
A Carbon-Free California Requires a Lot More Cheap Batteries
California’s push to use only carbon-free electricity hinges on a big bet — that battery costs will plunge.
Why 10 Renewable Powered Mini-Grids Would be Better for Puerto Rico
As we near the one-year anniversary of the devastation Hurricane Maria afflicted upon the residents of Puerto Rico, it’s concerning that post-hurricane efforts have been largely focused on restoring power with little progress on strengthening the alrea…
Bloomberg Analyst: Battery Boom Could Burn Investors
Some of the latest battery technologies may become obsolete before reaching the market because of the breakneck pace of advances in the industry.
Energy Storage System Mitigates Rising Peak Demand Charges in Ontario
Last week Peak Power announced that it had agreed to install up to 2.35 MW / 4.7 MWh of energy storage capacity at Bloor Islington Place in Toronto. Starlight Investments, a real estate and asset management company, owns the building.
Puerto Rico School Ready for the Next Hurricane with Grid-Resilient Solar and Storage
About 140 students, teachers, administrators, and neighboring community members this week celebrated the installation of a solar plus storage solution at the SU Manuel Ortiz school in the Yabucoa district of Puerto Rico, one of the regions hardest hit …
Electric Utilities Will Soon Be Digital and Even More Focused on Clean Energy
At the recently held POWER-GEN and DistribuTECH Africa conference, which took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, Ashley Theron, senior content editor for Renewable Energy World’s sister website Smart Energy International, interviewed Vera Kriel, Foun…
Report: California Power System Shifting Dramatically through DER, EVs and CCA
With California’s grid facing an era of rapid change as access to renewable energy grows, three new reports from the nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank Next 10 examine key issues involving the state’s power system. The reports take a deep dive into how …
Singapore-based Blockchain Company Sparks Interest from TEPCO
According to Martin Lim, COO of Electrify.Asia, a company facilitating peer-to-peer energy trading across the distribution grid, blockchain technology doesn’t take utilities out of the equation, but rather it adds another layer of potential revenue for…
Five Technology Trends That Are Already Improving the Utility Customer Experience
When we take a look back to see what new technologies have been talked about as challenging the accepted ways at utility companies, we can identify certain trends that are rising to the top. Typical among the technologies cited by utility stakeholders …
Report: Solar Downstream Companies Grab a Large Portion of VC Funding in Q2 2018
Total corporate funding (including venture capital funding, public market, and debt financing) into the solar sector in Q2 2018 rose 12.5 percent quarter-over-quarter to $2.8 billion from the $2.5 billion raised in Q1 2018, according to a report by Mer…
UK Islands Used To Test $14M Storage and Renewables Model
An energy storage and renewables project on the UK’s Isles of Scilly is aiming to become a low carbon energy model for island communities worldwide.