Last week, PXiSE Energy Solutions, LLC a subsidiary of Sempra Energy and Mitsui & Co. Ltd., announced that Horizon Power would be installing the company’s Active Control Technology (ACT) as the distributed energy resources management system (DERMS) in …
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Experts Agree: There is No Clear Winner or Loser in Power Generation Technologies
At a mega-session during POWER-GEN International, a panel made up of utility resource planners, transmission operators and generation technology experts all seemed to come to the same conclusion: when it comes to picking energy generation technologies …
EV + Clean Energy Microgrid Partnership Explored
On Wednesday, eMotorWerks, a subsidiary of the Enel Group’s new business line Enel X, and LO3 Energy said they have launched a partnership to use JuiceNet’s smart-grid control technology for a series of microgrid + EVs projects with the joint goal of e…
Clean Power Sees First Win Over Fossil Fuels in Emerging Markets
Developing countries have added more clean power capacity than fossil fuel generation for the first time ever, charging ahead of wealthier nations in the global green energy push, according to Bloomberg NEF.
Hawaiian Ranch Partnering to Build Microgrid
Parker Ranch, one of the largest cattle operations in the U.S., has award Go Electric with a contract to design and construct a 400-kW microgrid on-site.
First U.S. Residential Solar Projects Turn to Output Insurance
A tool designed as an insurance policy for solar-power generation will be used to manage the risk associated with U.S. residential systems for the first time as part of a financing agreement backing 4,000 projects in the Northeast.
California ‘Smart Home Study’ Underway
The California Energy Commission (CEC) is funding a study that it hopes will result in lower utility bills for customers and more control over electricity load for utilities. The project will involve 100 homeowners in Southern California who will insta…
Digital Future Carries the day at Schneider Electric Innovation Summit
And CEO Jean-Pascal Tricoire, the French CEO of Schneider Electric, said it was fitting to focus so much on digital in North America. “This is the birthplace,” he said in the opening keynote at the Hilton Atlanta downtown. “This is where it all started…
Major Energy Storage Consolidation: C&D Technologies Acquires Trojan Battery
When two battery companies with almost 100-year histories combine, the result is one huge battery player, ready to meet the growing demand for energy storage solutions. That’s the idea at least behind Trojan Battery Company’s announcement last week tha…
10 Options and 5 Case Studies Show How to Reform Utility Business Models
Experts from Rocky Mountain Institute, the Advanced Energy Economy Institute and America’s Power Plan have released a new report that shows why new utility business models are key to the energy transition.
Michigan Utilities Have a $7B Grid Modernization Plan
Michigan’s two largest utilities plan to spend $7.2 billion over the next five years to improve electric reliability while preparing for more electric vehicles and distributed generation.
GE’s Latest Offspring Hopes to Ride Wind, Solar Microgrid Wave
The latest company born out of General Electric Co. expects sales of its industrial engines fired by natural gas to benefit from the spread of renewables such as solar and wind.
Forecast: Battery Boom Will Attract $1.2 Trillion in Investment
The battery boom is coming to China, California and basically everywhere else — and it will be even bigger than previously thought.
Forecast: Battery Boom Will Attract $1.2 Trillion in Investment
The battery boom is coming to China, California and basically everywhere else — and it will be even bigger than previously thought.
Forecast: Battery Boom Will Attract $1.2 Trillion in Investment
The battery boom is coming to China, California and basically everywhere else — and it will be even bigger than previously thought.
KIUC awards contract for West Kauaʿi Energy Project, which includes pumped storage hydro
The Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) has executed a contract for design, engineering and construction services for the West Kauaʿi Energy Project in Hawaii with EPC contractor McMillen Jacobs Associates.
KIUC awards contract for West Kauaʿi Energy Project, which includes pumped storage hydro
The Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) has executed a contract for design, engineering and construction services for the West Kauaʿi Energy Project in Hawaii with EPC contractor McMillen Jacobs Associates.
KIUC awards contract for West Kauaʿi Energy Project, which includes pumped storage hydro
The Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) has executed a contract for design, engineering and construction services for the West Kauaʿi Energy Project in Hawaii with EPC contractor McMillen Jacobs Associates.
KIUC awards contract for West Kauaʿi Energy Project, which includes pumped storage hydro
The Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) has executed a contract for design, engineering and construction services for the West Kauaʿi Energy Project in Hawaii with EPC contractor McMillen Jacobs Associates.
Opportunity, Or What Happens When Utilities and Regulators Get Serious about Decarbonization
Utilities across the country are increasingly taking a proactive role on initiatives to advance clean energy and grid modernization. But to hear a utility CEO like Kipp focus unequivocally on one of the most critical drivers for the growth of solar and…