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New National Regulatory Research Institute Paper Challenges FERC to Adopt More Prudent Regulation in the Face of a Changing Energy Landscape

A new paper calls for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to re-assess its long-established theories of regulation. Whither the FERC?: Overcoming the Existential Threat to Its Magic Pricing Formula through Prudent Regulation, by Carl Pechman, PhD, takes a critical look at the agency's ability to adapt to overall industry changes and the evolving nature of utility customers. Pechman, ...

Jan. 18, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

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MGM Transformer delivers large transformers in time to energy provider

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, crude oil, refined products, and petrochemicals. A recent project involving the addition of multiple pipeline pump stations required the utilization of two 1000KVA liquid filled substation transformers to ...

Jan. 16, 2021

By MGM Transformer Company

Smart Grid 2.0 Fact Sheets

The Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative (SECC) recently released a new series of fact sheets to help consumers understand the many benefits of the smart grid and the ways that they can engage in programs, services and electric rate plans that are enabled through smart grid technologies. Over the last decade, the smart grid has helped create a new landscape for consumer engagement in energy. ...

Jan. 22, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Department of Energy Selects Seven State and Local Governments to Establish `Proving Grounds` for Advanced Building Technologies

Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy selected two state energy offices, four local governments, and a State Judicial Council to install and evaluate promising building technologies and systems in commercial and multi-family buildings. DOE expects these installations to significantly improve building energy efficiency, demand ...

Jan. 21, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Itron and Versant Power Collaborate to Modernize Electricity Grid in Maine

Itron, Inc. this week announced that Versant Power, an electric transmission and distribution utility serving nearly 160,000 customers in northern and eastern Maine, will deploy Itron's multi-purpose solution, including an IoT network and more than 160,000 distributed intelligence-enabled meters, to modernize its electricity grid. Versant Power plans to initiate some project activities in 2021 ...

Jan. 20, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Riello UPS expands its range of CPS for powering security and emergency services

Riello UPS, a brand of the Riello Elettronica group, a global player among the top five companies in the world in the production of uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), announces the expansion of its range of CPS (Central Power Supply - Centralized Power Systems) with the addition of the CSS Sentryum and CSS Sentinel Tower series. Designed to guarantee power supply to safety and emergency ...

Jan. 19, 2021

By Riello UPS Spa

ConnectDER Granted U.S. Patent for Innovations to their Industry-Leading Plug and Play Distributed Energy Resource Connection

Image Source: ConnectDER ConnectDER, an innovative company that enables utilities and homeowners to expand access to distributed energy resources, has received a patent for innovations to their 'plug and play' solutions for distributed energy resources. The patent is for a reinvention of the standard utility power meter; one that combines the ubiquitous metering and communications of a smart ...

Jan. 19, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Latest Electrification Futures Study Report Explores How U.S. Power System Could Evolve With Widespread Electrification

The fifth report in NREL's Electrification Futures Study (EFS) series is now available, presenting analysis on the potential impacts of widespread electrification on the U.S. electricity system specifically generation and transmission infrastructure investments, fuel use, system costs, and emissions. The EFS is a multiyear collaborative study designed to assess the potential impacts of ...

Jan. 18, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

MGM is increasing its product warranty for stocked products

As a leader in the transformer industry for nearly 50 years, we have always taken great pride in our product quality. We test every transformer to satisfy the standards required by IEEE Standard C57.12.01 for Dry-Type Transformers and IEEE Standard C57.12.00 for liquid filled transformers. Our testing equipment ensures the highest quality transformers that meet all IEEE, and NEMA standards. We ...

Jan. 13, 2021

By MGM Transformer Company

Energy Control Technologies Joins SkyFoundry as a Value Added Distributor

SkyFoundry is excited to announce that Energy Control Technologies (https://www.energycontrol.com/) has been appointed as a SkyFoundry Value Added Distributor (VAD) in the US. EnergyControl.com is a national supplier of building automation and control products for a wide range of manufacturers including Belimo, Fuji Electric, Johnson Controls, Siemens and more. EnergyControl.com is also the ...

Jan. 12, 2021

By SkyFoundry, LLC

California Energy Commission Awards More Than $5 Million in Grant Funding to Indian Energy for Camp Pendleton Energy Storage Demonstration Project

San Diego-based energy developer, Indian Energy LLC, has accepted a grant of more than $5 million from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to develop and demonstrate long-duration, non-lithium ion based energy storage technologies. This grant is part of the CEC's Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) program, funding research that accelerates clean energy innovation, helping to build ...

Jan. 12, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Morgan Stanley Energy Partners Announces Strategic Partnership with SolMicroGrid

Investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Energy Partners, part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, announced recently that they have completed an investment in Alpharetta, Georgia-based SolMicroGrid. This strategic partnership will support the growth of SolMicroGrid's business, which offers innovative microgrid solutions through an Energy-as-a-Service business model. SolMicroGrid is a ...

Jan. 11, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Webinar Recording - Embedded Gas Engine Generation - Enabling Green

Clarke Energy have taken part in a webinar in conjunction with INNIO Jenbacher and Data Centres Ireland are hosting a webinar on ‘Embedded Gas Engine Generation – Enabling Green. Watch a recording of the video below with Clarke Energy’s General Manager Ireland, John Curley taking part in the panel discussion with industry experts and gas engine specialists focused on the merits ...

Jan. 8, 2021

By Clarke Energy

Making Green Hydrogen a Cost-Competitive Climate Solution

Hydrogen produced with renewable electricity could compete on costs with fossil fuel alternatives by 2030, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) published today. A combination of falling costs for solar and wind power, improved performance as well as economies of scale for electrolysers could make it possible. ‘Green Hydrogen Cost Reduction: ...

Jan. 4, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

TÜV Rheinland Verifies that Soltec’s Teamtrack can increase the gain of a Solar PV Plant by 6.2%

Soltec, leading firm in the manufacture and supply of single-axis solar trackers and part of Soltec Power Holdings, launches its first technical document about the gain that its Backtracking algorithm, TeamTrack, can generate in a photovoltaic plant. According to this study, Soltec’s TeamTrack is capable of increasing the gain of a photovoltaic solar plant by up to 6.2% on regular ...

Dec. 23, 2020

By Soltec Renewable Energies

New Assessment Shows Rapid Expansion of U.S. Renewable Natural Gas Industry

Energy Vision and Argonne National Laboratory have released a new joint assessment of the U.S. renewable natural gas industry. The assessment reviews current and projected RNG projects. According to Energy Vision, the number of U.S. RNG projects has risen by 42% from early 2019 through 2020. Current operating capacity is over 59 million MMBtu or the equivalent of over 459 million diesel ...

Dec. 22, 2020

By Natural Gas Vehicle for America (NGV)

End-of-Year Budget and Covid Relief Package Includes Tax Benefits for Geothermal Heat Pumps

After eight months of start-and-stop negotiations, Congress has successfully brokered a massive end-of-year budget and pandemic relief deal which includes major economic stimulus components including an extension of federal tax credits for geothermal heat pump (GHP) installations. The legislation moves on to the White House for President Trump’s signature. As part of the deal, the Energy ...

Dec. 22, 2020

By Geothermal Exchange Organization

Department of Energy Releases Energy Storage Grand Challenge Roadmap

The U.S. Department of Energy this week released the Energy Storage Grand Challenge Roadmap, the Department’s first comprehensive energy storage strategy. Announced in January 2020 by U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette, the Energy Storage Grand Challenge (ESGC) seeks to create and sustain American leadership in energy storage. In addition to concerted research efforts, the ...

Dec. 22, 2020

By Smart Grid Observer

The whole of the Netherlands on Green Gas thanks to the Microferm in Blokzijl

It sounds too good to be true, but nothing could be further from the truth! The whole of the Netherlands on green gas has become a reality thanks to the production of green gas from mono manure fermentation at Haarman dairy farm in Blokzijl. In the Microferm Green Gas mono-manure digester, delivered turnkey and built by HoSt, 100% manure is digested and converted into green gas. After the ...

Dec. 19, 2020

By Hioki USA Corporation

SoCalGas to Test Technology that Could Transform Hydrogen Distribution and Enable Rapid Expansion of Hydrogen Fueling Stations

With clean hydrogen gaining recognition worldwide as the carbon-free fuel capable of making a significant contribution to addressing climate change, Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) this week (Dec 16) announced it will field test a new technology that can simultaneously separate and compress hydrogen from a blend of hydrogen and natural gas. At scale, the technology would allow hydrogen to ...

Dec. 17, 2020

By Smart Grid Observer

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