Underground Electrical News
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DOE Announces $34 Million to Improve Grid Reliability, Resiliency, and Security
The U.S. Department of Energy this week announced $34 million for 12 projects across 11 states to strengthen and modernize America’s aging power grid through the development of cost-effective, high-speed, and safe undergrounding technologies. Through the Grid Overhaul with Proactive, High-speed Undergrounding for Reliability, Resilience, and Security (GOPHURRS) program, the selected projects will ...
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Piedmont Natural Gas, Duke Energy remind customers to call 811 before beginning spring digging projects
National Safe Digging Month recognizes the importance of calling 811 to mark underground utility lines prior to digging and excavating. B-roll here: Piedmont Natural Gas worker locating, marking and flagging utility lines before a yard project. Video here: Learn more about how the 811 process works. April is Safe Digging Month, and Piedmont Natural Gas and Duke Energy are reminding ...
By Duke Energy
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Con Edison Files Investment Plan in Support of New York State's Climate Goals
Con Edison is seeking new electric and gas rates in 2023 to fund clean energy investments in support of New York State's climate goals and to make infrastructure upgrades that will help keep customers in service during severe weather. The proposal to the New York State Public Service Commission would continue unprecedented investments in energy efficiency, renewables, electric vehicles and clean ...
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Solar-powered transit shelter, the SolarStop, has arrived!
The wait is over and the SolarStop from Lumos has arrived. Our newest product is a freestanding, solar-powered transit shelter equipped with integrated LED lighting and wireless mobile device chargers. This cutting-edge modern, aluminum solar-powered structure is topped off with our bifacial GSX Module System, providing shade and protection from the elements while also producing more than enough ...
By Lumos Solar
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SolarZone solar charging and shade structure
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our newest product called the SolarZone. The SolarZone is a battery based, solar charging and shade structure that is perfect for any location where a comfortable seat in the shade and power to charge mobile devices and laptops would be appreciated. Universities, colleges, high schools, corporate campuses, cafes, restaurants, golf courses, soccer fields, ...
By Lumos Solar
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Ameren Missouri Boosts Smart Energy Plan After Completing 900 Projects in First Year
Recently (2/26), Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation, filed an updated Smart Energy Plan with the Missouri Public Service Commission. This five-year plan increases investments to $7.6 billion in continued grid modernization while leveraging the successes from the first year. "We are keeping our customers at the center of everything we do," said Marty Lyons, president of Ameren ...
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Fire sale on stuff that burns: Oil, natural gas, coal down
These days it seems whatever can be burned to power a car, heat a home, make electricity or ship people and goods around the globe is being sold at bargain basement prices. Prices for coal, natural gas, oil and the fuels made from crude such as gasoline and diesel are all far less expensive than they have been in recent years. Consumers are rejoicing. Fossil fuel companies are reeling. ...
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Project LIBERTY construction on target for startup in early 2014
Construction of POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels’ first commercial cellulosic bio-ethanol plant is on schedule to start up in early 2014, POET-DSM executives said at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop today in St. Louis, Mo. POET-DSM’s Project LIBERTY will use bales of corn cobs, leaves, husks and some stalk to produce 20 million gallons of cellulosic bio-ethanol annually, later ramping up to 25 ...
By Poet, LLC
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From Endangered Butterflies to Battery-Powered Bucket Trucks: PG&E Honors Its Environmental Innovators | PG&E Currents
SOURCE: Pacific Gas and Electric Company DESCRIPTION:By David Kligman SAN FRANCISCO - Developing battery-powered bucket trucks to save fuel and eliminate harmful diesel exhaust while idling. Removing invasive weeds so that native plants will thrive and attract endangered butterflies. Re-routing high voltage power lines underground to keep them from harming California condors. The winners of the ...
By 3BL Media
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Siemens Energy, Mortenson Construction and MidAmerican Energy Complete New Wind Turbine Project Near Pomeroy, Iowa
Siemens Energy, Inc., Mortenson Construction, and MidAmerican Energy Company recently completed the expansion of MidAmerican Energy's wind project near Pomeroy, Iowa. Thirteen Siemens wind turbines were erected at the site, creating an additional 29.9 megawatts of generation capacity. The 13 units are the first of 258 wind turbines Siemens is providing and Mortenson Construction is erecting at ...
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MidAmerican Energy, Siemens Energy and Mortenson Construction Celebrate Renewable Energy at Rolling Hills Wind Project
Construction of the 443.9-megawatt Rolling Hills wind project in southwest Iowa is progressing on schedule toward a planned year-end completion. Today, officials from MidAmerican Energy Company, Mortenson Construction and Siemens Energy gathered with community leaders and local residents at the site to showcase the project. Attendees celebrated the region's continued focus on bringing ...
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