Power Electrics has announced it has won the tender for a control contract with electricity distributing company, Western Power Distribution. With an estimated 6,500 members of staff, WPD supply electricity to almost 8 million customers from the tip of Cornwall to Skegness on the North Sea. Specialist generator company, Power Electrics, will now be responsible for looking after 300 mobile and ...
Cyclone Power Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: CYPW), developer of the all-fuel, clean-tech Cyclone Engine,announced that The Science Channel’s “How It’s Made” TV series will feature the company’s engine technology in an episode airing at 9:00pm EST on Thursday, January 5. In addition to demonstrating the making and internal workings of Cyclone’s engine, the show will ...
The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) has honored Tucson Electric Power (TEP) with a Solar Business Achievement Award for its innovative Bright Tucson Community Solar Program, which allows customers to purchase solar energy directly from their utility. SEPA, a Washington, D.C.-based trade group with more than 1,000 utility and solar industry members nationwide, ...
In support of President Obama's Climate Action Plan and the Administration’s commitment to improve national power grid resiliency, today the Energy Department announced more than $8 million for microgrid projects to help cities and towns better prepare for extreme weather events and other potential electricity disruptions. This investment – which includes seven awardees in Alaska, ...
Green Mountain Power and Efficiency Vermont are partnering on an unprecedented effort to help every town in GMP service territory change over to more energy efficient Light Emitting Diode (LED) street lights. "Last year Green Mountain Power became one of only a handful of utilities in the country to offer an LED-specific rate to customers for outdoor lighting. This year we are taking it a step ...
The N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) released its Q2 2019 edition of The 50 States of Solar. The quarterly series provides insights on state regulatory and legislative discussions and actions on distributed solar policy, with a focus on net metering, distributed solar valuation, community solar, residential fixed charges, residential demand and solar charges, third-party ownership and ...
As electric vehicles continue to capture the attention of consumers and governments around the globe, the future adoption of these vehicles is seen by some as a key enabler of lower worldwide carbon emissions. While the global spotlight on sustainability increases, wider collaboration among stakeholders is necessary to bring the prospect of electric vehicles to fruition. SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) and ...
The ABB solution is part of a dual-fuel electric propulsion (DFEP) concept that uses a 4-stroke engine (fueled by either natural gas or diesel) to generate electricity, which is then used to power the carrier’s electric propulsion system and meet its overall need for electric power. The concept has been hugely successful, with ABB winning contracts for electric power and propulsion systems for ...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced that the final rule to improve workplace safety and health for workers performing electric power generation, transmission and distribution work has been published in the Federal Register. The final rule revises OSHA's 40-year-old construction standard for electric power line work to make it more consistent with the corresponding ...
Cyclone Power Technologies (OTCQB: CYPW), developer of the all-fuel, clean-tech Cyclone Engine, announced today that it has signed a Teaming Agreement with CleanCarbon Pty. Ltd., a clean technology commercialization and management company based in Australia. Cyclone has partnered with CleanCarbon to pursue renewable energy development projects in Australia, including government and private ...
Negros Island Biomass Holdings, Inc. (NIBH), a biomass power generation firm has reportedly lined up three biomass projects in Negros Occidental, Philippines. As per trusted sources, the expansion strategy is in response to the government’s FiT (feed-in-tariff) program that offers incentives to biomass developers for generating renewable energy (RE) and electricity. According to The Manila ...
The Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy today announced the recent appointment of two key senior staff members to the Office of Fossil Energy – Julio Friedmann, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Clean Coal, and Paula Gant, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oil and Natural Gas. "The Energy Department is fortunate to have attracted such qualified people with relevant industry and ...
Throughout Pennsylvania, many large commercial and industrial consumers of energy pay anywhere from $0.10 to $0.19 per kWh on average for bundled electricity (generation + transmission + distribution). Meanwhile, reliability of the power supply from the grid is never a sure bet. Substantial business, safety, or health impacts can result due to grid interruptions or outages. A typical industrial ...
Nova Scotia's green economy is continuing to grow through a new venture between the province of Nova Scotia and Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Ltd. (DSME). DSME will establish a wind turbine tower and blade manufacturing facility at the former TrentonWorks site, creating hundreds of jobs. The province is investing almost $60-million and getting an equity stake in the Pictou County ...
Canadian businesses are spending more on environmental protection in their daily operations, reaching $9.1 billion (2008), up 5.3% from 2006, says a new report by Statistics Canada. As in past years, the largest share of environmental protection expenditures went to treating pollutants after they were created as opposed to eliminating pollutants before they are created. Over half (55%) of the ...
Today (Feb 16, 2015), Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu presided over the inauguration of TECNALIA's new Research, Development and Certification Laboratories for Electrical Equipment for Smart Grids. At the opening ceremony, he was accompanied by Asis Canales and Joseba Jauregizar, ViceChairman and Managing Director of TECNALIA Research & Innovation, respectively. TECNALIA has invested 14 ...
Green Mountain Power today asked the Vermont Public Service Board to authorize a 3.1 percent rate adjustment to go into effect on October 1, 2010, as part of its alternative regulation plan. The increase is primarily due to factors that affect all utilities in the region, such as the costs of reliability upgrades to the New England transmission grid. "Our goal is to provide premier service to our ...
According to a recent study from market research firm Global Market Insights, the solar PV module market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $35 billion to over $54 billion by 2026, gaining remarkable traction over the 2020 to 2026 period. The solar PV module market is expected to witness a period of flourishing growth owing to a global shift towards renewables and the ...
SMA has received the inaugural Grid Edge 20 Award by Greentech Media, which recognized it as one of the most innovative companies leading the charge into grid edge modernization. Grid Edge 20 is a selection of technology vendors serving the electric power market that have the potential to shape the market going forward with innovative products, sound market strategies and forward-looking ...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced that it would be issuing a final rule* to improve workplace safety and health for workers performing electric power generation, transmission and distribution work. "This long-overdue update will save nearly 20 lives and prevent 118 serious injuries annually," said Dr. David Michaels, assistant secretary of labor for occupational ...