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Clarke Energy Join COGEN Europe Executive Committee as Newest Elected Board Member
COGEN Europe, the European Association for the Promotion of Cogeneration, today announced that Alex Marshall, Group Marketing and Compliance Director for Clarke Energy, has joined its Executive Committee. Clarke Energy join the committee as a company committed to making climate neutrality a reality by 2050. Clarke Energy now operates in 5 European countries including the United Kingdom, France, ...
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Energy Trends in Africa: Will Africa be the Global Green Energy Leader?
With the latest supply of power grids, power generation efficiency and movement toward energy-efficient buildings, Africa is at the brink of a green energy revolution – or is it really? The Frost & Sullivan Energy and Power Systems business unit will be hosting a complimentary web conference that will be contextualising the direction and scale of energy investment in Africa. The web ...
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GE Upgrades Main Power Grid in Oslo and Akershus to Boost Electricity Capacity and Security
GE Power will provide a new substation as part of Statnett's upgrade of the main power grid in Oslo and Akershus. The Gas Insulated Substation (GIS) will provide increased capacity and improved security of supply to the network as Statnett prepares for a more environmentally friendly energy mix. The upgrade of the main power grid is part of Statnett's Greater Oslo plan. Norway's population is ...
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Public Service Company of Oklahoma Proposes Grid Modernization and Efficiency Plan
Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) recently (9/26) took important steps to ensure a safe, secure and reliable electric grid now and in the future under a more efficient regulatory framework. Additionally, the company is lowering charges to customers for purchased power and fuel used in power generation.PSO's Grid Modernization and Efficiency Plan, filed with the Oklahoma Corporation ...
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Report from North America`s Electricity System Operators Examines Impact of Emerging Technologies
A report from an affiliation of independent electric grid operators concludes that the future of the North American power grid depends on effectively adding renewables to the grid, the accuracy and availability of data from "behind-the-meter" resources and coordinating these distributed energy resources at the grid operator level to preserve reliability. The report, "Emerging Technologies: How ...
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Itron to Modernize Electricity Grid at New Brunswick Power in Northeastern Canada
Itron, Inc., which is innovating the way utilities and cities manage energy and water, this week announced that New Brunswick Power (NB Power) will deploy Itron's multi-purpose solution, including an IoT network and more than 350,000 Measurement Canada-approved distributed intelligence-enabled smart meters, to modernize its electricity grid. The project is a part of NB Power's overarching smart ...
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ABB wins $39 million power order in Saudi Arabia
Capacitor banks installed to increase efficiency, reliability and power quality ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth $39 million from the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), Saudi Arabia’s national power transmission and distribution provider, to improve the efficiency of power transmission and distribution in the country’s Eastern Province. ...
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California ISO Outlines Vision For Energy Storage in Evolving Grid
The California Independent System Operator (ISO) contributed to a major international report on the challenges and opportunities of energy storage in the shift to the clean power grid of the future. The ISO collaborated with European counterparts to publish a comprehensive paper, released in November, on the barriers of deploying energy storage worldwide, and paths to create "adequate reward ...
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DoE awards Siemens $1.6 million research grant to develop electrical vehicle charging infrastructure
PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Siemens announced it was recently awarded $1.6 million in development funding from the Department of Energy (DoE) to support research aimed at significantly reducing the current costs of electrical vehicle (EV) chargers and developing "smart" charging capabilities that support power grid efficiency and consumer demand. The grant, awarded to Siemens Corporation, Corporate ...
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European Commission casts ICT in green role
As part of its effort to combat climate change, the European Commission has announced that it would promote the use of ICT (Information and Communications Technologies) to improve energy efficiency throughout the economy, starting with buildings, lighting and the power grid. ICT can enable, across the economy, greener behaviour, which would massively cut Europe's carbon footprint if widely ...
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Coca-Cola Hellenic sets new sustainable standards with the opening of high-tech operations in Ireland
Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company operations in Ireland today officially opened a new energy efficient bottling plant, computerised warehouse, and community-focused visitors centre at Knockmore Hill, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. The €130 million facility employs 600 people and has the capacity to produce a wide range of non-alcoholic beverages for delivery throughout the entire island of ...
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From power grids to heartbeat: Using mathematics to restore rhythm
When a rhythm stalls, the effect can be fatal – in a power grid it can mean a blackout, and in the human heart even death. An international team of scientists has now developed a new approach for revoking these undesired quenching states. They use an advanced mathematical methodology, building on complex networks analysis, and demonstrate it in experiments with chemical reactions. This ...
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G8 summit will test leadership of world’s richest nations - WWF
Leaders of the world’s wealthiest industrialized countries gathering in L’Aquila must commit to keep global average temperature rise well below 2 degrees Celsius in order to prevent climate change from threatening the future of our planet, WWF says ahead of the G8 summit. The meeting taking place in L’Aquila from July 8-10 will be a major test of leadership and commitment, and will show whether ...
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Coca-Cola Hellenic cuts CO2 emissions by adding solar power to its energy reduction programme
Coca-Cola Hellenic announced that it has launched an innovative renewable energy initiative by installing rooftop solar panels on all of its bottling plants in Italy. The announcement came at the inauguration of a combined heat and power (CHP*) generation system at the Company"s Nogara production facility near Verona in Italy. Solar panels and CHP technology are being introduced in partnership ...
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Vietnam Increasing Power Efficiency & Reliability with GE’s Proven Fixed Series Compensation Solutions
GE (NYSE: GE) is helping power Vietnam’s economic growth with new custom-designed fixed series capacitor banks. The new technology will improve energy reliability and efficiency for Power Transmission Company No. 2 (PTC2), a key subsidiary of National Power Transmission Corporation (NPT) and state utility Electricity of Vietnam (EVN). The systems also will ...
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Stronger First Quarter for Global Investment in Clean Energy
Investment in clean energy worldwide rallied nearly 10% in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same period a year earlier, reaching $47.7bn. The first-quarter figure owed much to a 42% jump in investment in small-scale solar, as households and businesses in countries such as Japan and the US took advantage of the big falls that have taken place in the cost of photovoltaic systems over ...
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Thailand gears up to be ‘The energy hub for Asia` with Ministry of Energy setting the stage for it next December
Mr. Areepong Bhoocha-Oom, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Energy of Thailand launched today the ‘Future Energy Asia Exhibition & Conference’ as a major initiative towards securing the path to Thailand’s Energy 4.0. The transformation and development of Thailand is a major priority for the government which creates incredible business opportunities for both integrated ...
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Worldwide renewable energy investments rose to record $260 billion in 2011
In contrast to what the press led most Americans to believe, 2011 was a strong year for the renewable energy industry. Despite a sluggish economy and a painful squeeze on manufacturers, investments in renewable energy rose 5% from 2010 to US$260 billion. That's a new record and almost five times the US$53.6 billion spent in 2004. Even with all the headwinds the solar industry faced last year, ...
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Clean Energy Investment Extends Its Lead over Fossil Fuels, Boosted by Energy Security Strength
About USD 2.8 trillion is set to be invested globally in energy in 2023, of which more than USD 1.7 trillion is expected to go to clean technologies – including renewables, electric vehicles, nuclear power, grids, storage, low-emissions fuels, efficiency improvements and heat pumps – according to the IEA’s latest World Energy Investment report. The remainder, slightly more than USD 1 trillion, is ...
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AEP's Clean Energy Strategy Projected To Achieve Significant Future Carbon Dioxide Reductions
American Electric Power recently released a report outlining the company’s strategy for a clean energy future. The strategy includes new carbon dioxide emission reduction goals and investments in renewable resources and advanced technologies to enhance the efficiency of the power grid. In the report, AEP outlines a business strategy that will lead to reductions in carbon dioxide emissions ...
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