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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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: ...
By Marcus Evans
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$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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
By Iberdrola
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AES Announces Carbon Intensity Reduction of 70 Percent by 2030; Publishes Climate Scenario Report
The AES Corporation recently (11/13) announced a goal to reduce its carbon intensity by 70 percent by 2030 as a result of its stated renewable growth plans. The new goal, measured in tons of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour from a 2016 baseline is an improvement on its prior goal of a 50 percent reduction over the same time period.The company also published the AES Climate Scenario Report, which ...
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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 ...
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The 50 States of Grid Modernization: All 50 States Addressed Grid Modernization During 2021
The N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) released its 2021 annual review and Q4 2021 update edition of The 50 States of Grid Modernization. The quarterly series provides insights on state regulatory and legislative discussions and actions on grid modernization, utility business model and rate reforms, energy storage, microgrids, and demand response. The report finds that all 50 states and ...
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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 ...
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U.S. Department of Energy Announces Five New Projects Through BIRD Energy Partnership with Israel
On November 1, 2017, The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in partnership with Israel's Ministry of Energy (MOE) and the Israel Innovation Authority announced $4.8 million for five newly selected energy projects as part of the Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program. The approved projects will leverage cost-share for a total project value of $10.5 million in the areas ...
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New collaborative approach can reduce the cost of clean energy by US$550 billion over the next decade
The world can save an estimated US$550 billion on the cost of deploying clean energy technologies over the next decade, putting them on a path to cost competitiveness, if countries work together to accelerate innovation by unlocking global collaboration. This is one of the key findings in a new report, United Innovations: cost-competitive clean energy through global collaboration, published today ...
By Carbon Trust
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US, China, South Africa lead rebound in clean energy investment
Second quarter investment rises 22% compared to Q1, but shrunken figure for Europe ensures that world total stays below that for Q2 last year Global investment in clean energy was $53.1bn in the second quarter of 2013, up 22% from the first quarter thanks to an upturn in the financing of wind and solar projects and a 170% surge in equity funding for specialist companies on public markets. The ...
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POWERGRID International Magazine Names Projects of the Year at DistribuTECH 2013
PennWell Corp.— The editors of POWERGRID International magazine and PennWell Corp. announced four winners of the magazine's annual Projects of the Year awards Tuesday during the DistribuTECH Conference & Exhibition keynote in San Diego. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110627/DA26630LOGO) Winners were selected in four categories: Best Energy Efficiency/Demand Response ...
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Apple, San Diego International Airport, SolarCity and Sapphire Energy join call for U.S. action on climate change
As California battles the worst drought in centuries, more than a dozen major California-based businesses, including Apple, SolarCity, San Diego International Airport, Sungevity, and Sapphire Energy today signed the Climate Declaration, a business leader call to action that urges federal and state policymakers to seize the economic opportunity of addressing climate change. The announcement was ...
By Ceres
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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 ...
By Duke Energy
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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 ...
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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 ...
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