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Chris hickman joins ice energy

Windsor, Colo.-based Ice Energy, a provider of distributed energy storage and smart grid solutions for optimizing peak energy demand, has appointed Chris Hickman senior vice president of utility solutions. Hickman will be instrumental in leading the sale and delivery of the company's energy storage and smart grid technologies and providing utility companies with cost-effective solutions to ...

Jan. 22, 2009

By North American Windpower

SCHMID Supplies Energy Storage for Smart Grid

In the Smart Grid Technology Lab, researchers of the TU Dortmund are developing and testing components for smart grids. To this end, they have created an infrastructure which is to be expected in a future low-voltage grid. In addition to electric vehicles, PV systems and a controllable local power transformer, these are also efficient energy storages. Soon a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery from ...

Apr. 11, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

Mercom: Battery storage, Smart Grid, and Efficiency Companies Receive Increased Funding in 2017

Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy research and communications firm, recently released its report on funding and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity for the battery storage, smart grid, and energy efficiency sectors for 2017. In 2017, a combined $1.5 billion was raised by battery storage, smart grid, and energy effficiency companies, an increase from the $1.3 billion raised ...

Feb. 2, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

Pike Research Announces Energy Storage Tracker Report This Week

(Business Wire) - Pike Research, a media partner at the 2nd Annual Electric Energy Storage Conference, came out with a new tracker report this week, signifying that there are hundreds of energy storage projects being deployed worldwide. To view the original press release written by Pike Research, go to: ...

Oct. 26, 2011

By Marcus Evans

Solar Industry Reaching out to German Soccer Fans

European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition - EU PVSEC 2011 With German soccer season in full swing, international solar companies are aggressively marketing to the country's die-hard soccer fans. On jerseys and in soccer stadiums from Bayern München to Dortmund, fans are courted by the biggest names in the industry. This confirms the ongoing importance of the German ...

Sep. 2, 2011

By Germany Trade & Invest

ASME Releases Study on the Future of the Mechanical Engineering Profession

As the world’s population nears seven-billion people, mechanical engineers will play a major role in meeting global challenges says a research study conducted by ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers). The study, The State of Mechanical Engineering: Today and Beyond, was the result of a survey of over 1,200 engineers with a minimum of two years ...

Aug. 20, 2012

By American Society Of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

$130 Billion for Renewable Energy: German Bank Reduces Investment Risk

Solar Power International 2011 Germany's federally-owned KfW banking group is facilitating renewable energy and energy efficiency investments in Germany with EUR 100 billion (over $130 billion) over the next five years. Germany is the world's largest photovoltaic market and leading wind energy generator in Europe. This boost will further decrease investment risk and accelerate the country's ...

Oct. 17, 2011

By Germany Trade & Invest

President Obama Announces More Than a Billion Dollars in Energy Department Initiatives to Advance Innovative Clean Energy Technologies

President Obama today announced more than one billion dollars in Department of Energy (DOE) initiatives to drive innovation and accelerate the clean energy economy. As part of the President’s Clean Power Plan, DOE’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) is making up to one billion dollars in loan guarantees available to support commercial-scale distributed energy projects, such as rooftop ...

Aug. 24, 2015

By US Department of Energy

Battery Storage, Smart Grid, and Efficiency Companies Raise $472 Million In VC Funding In Q1 2018

Mercom Capital Group, llc, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, released its report on funding and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity for the Battery Storage, Smart Grid, and Energy Efficiency sectors for the first quarter of 2018. To get a copy of the report, visit: http://bit.ly/MercomSGQ12018 According to the report, corporate funding in battery storage came to ...

Apr. 26, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

Exploiting British Columbia`s bioenergy opportunities

Natural gas and oil are hot topics in the media these days, but many investors are turning to British Columbia's bioenergy riches as a province-wide source of new jobs and real economic growth. So significant is BC's wealth in bio-energy resources that the Corporate Knights 2012 Green Provincial Report Card, ranks British Columbia as Number 1 in the Canada for leadership in clean energy. ...

Oct. 19, 2012

By GLOBE SERIES

ENN Affirms Commitment to Tackling Global Climate Issues through Transnational Cooperation

ENN, China's leading private clean-energy innovator, spoke Dec. 6th at COP17's "China Pavilion" as one of the main Chinese corporate delegations. ENN, alongside partners such as Duke Energy is using the platform to announce initiatives that call on institutions around the world to join in tackling climate change. In recognition of ENN's contribution to clean energy and of the importance of ...

Dec. 7, 2011

By Duke Energy

Inerjys Announces Partnership in Energy Innovation with Hydro-Québec’s Research Institute

Inerjys, a Montreal-based cleantech growth-equity fund, is pleased to announce today that it has forged a strategic partnership with the Hydro-Québec Research Institute (IREQ). As part of the new partnership, Inerjys and IREQ will work together to innovate in clean technologies, including renewable energy generation, advanced energy storage, and smart-grid ...

Jul. 24, 2012

By Inerjys Ventures Inc.

Germany`s Solar Market Saves Customers Money and Time

Germany's solar market is the most efficient and cost effective in Europe, according to a recent survey by PV Legal. While the average time to connect a new small-scale system to the grid is between 14 and 50 weeks across the continent, German residents are connected in only 6 weeks on average. At the same time, 19 to 65 percent of small-scale project expenses (excluding equipment) go to ...

Jul. 11, 2011

By Germany Trade & Invest

President`s energy budget invests in innovation, clean energy, and national security priorities

U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today detailed President Barack Obama's $29.5 billion Fiscal Year 2012 budget request for the Department of Energy, emphasizing that it is part of an Administration-wide plan to win the future by out-innovating, out-educating and out-building the rest of the world. At the same time, the FY 2012 makes tough choices, cutting programs and expenses to underscore ...

Feb. 14, 2011

By US Department of Energy

Mercom Releases Q1 2020 Funding and M&A Report on Battery Storage, Smart Grid, and Efficiency

Mercom Capital Group found that in Q1 2020, a combined $252 million was raised by battery storage, smart grid, and energy efficiency companies, a 20% increase from the $210 million raised in Q1 2019. One of the report's findings is that venture capital funding (including private equity and corporate venture capital) raised by battery storage companies in Q1 2020 came to $164 million in six ...

Apr. 21, 2020

By Smart Grid Observer

Beckerman Acquires Antenna Group

Beckerman today announced the acquisition of Antenna Group Inc., a nationally recognized, full-service, strategic communications firm specializing in serving clean technology companies and corporations concerned about sustainability. As a result of this acquisition, Beckerman will fold its clean technology practice into the Antenna Group brand, creating the largest clean technology ...

Apr. 11, 2011

By Antenna Group

Frost & Sullivan: The Future is Green for Venture Capitalists, Market to Triple

Frost & Sullivan estimates that the venture capital (VC) funding market for renewable energy (RE) will triple by 2020 due to positive regulatory policies, environmental support for lower carbon footprint, and innovation in RE technologies. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan ( http://www.frost.com/prod/servlet/finsvc-home.pag ), Venture Capital Funding in Renewable Energy in Europe, finds ...

Nov. 22, 2012

By Frost & Sullivan

5th Microgrid Global Innovation Forum to Focus on EMEA/Latin America/Asia Pacific

The 5th edition of the Microgrid Global Innovation Forum, September 4-6, 2017 in Barcelona, will focus on microgrid advances, case studies and applications in EMEA, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. The emphasis is on optimizing the business model for a range of microgrid deployments, maximizing the use of renewable and distributed energy resources, and sharing real-world case studies in both ...

Jul. 20, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

Duke Energy and ENN Group Sign EcoPartnership at U.S. State Department

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton presided over a signing ceremony in which Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) and China-based ENN Group joined forces to form an EcoPartnership with the city of Charlotte, N.C., and the Chinese city of Langfang in Hebei Province. The EcoPartnership program is administered by the U.S. Department of State and the People's Republic of China's National ...

May 10, 2011

By Duke Energy

Iberdrola USA Foundation Helps Preserve Portland Wilderness

The Iberdrola USA Foundation, Inc. recently helped The Trust for Public Land acquire the so called "Canco Woods" in the City of Portland, Mainefor use as a public park. The Foundation, which had recently acquired title to the 13 acre woodland, reduced its price to make the final sale and preservation of the urban forest possible. The Trust for Public Land subsequently conveyed the property to ...

Jan. 7, 2013

By Iberdrola

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