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Solar plus storage: gaining steam on both supply and demand
Previously a high-priced fantasy, storage packaged with solar on a distributed basis is gaining momentum.
By Ron Gallagher • May 29, 2012 -
ERCOT's electric reserve on shaky ground
The reliability council predicts a shrinking margin of capacity over demand every year and a shortfall by 2022.
By Ron Gallagher • May 25, 2012 -
Emerging technologies good for solar costs, profits
A report asserts that funding R&D will bring technologies that can restore double-digit profit margins.
By Ron Gallagher • May 25, 2012 -
Exelon unveils a post-merger look
Following its merger with Constellation, Exelon Corp. has a new logo to go with a new brand strategy.
By Ron Gallagher • May 25, 2012 -
Southern Company Has Leadership Changes
Several changes in upper management will happen when EVP and COO Anthony Topazi retires.
By Ron Gallagher • May 25, 2012 -
U.S. fish plan for Columbia River includes hydro power management
Wildlife management on the Columbia account for about 30% of the wholesale power costs of the Bonneville Power Administration.
By Ron Gallagher • May 25, 2012 -
FERC Defers Air-Rule Role to EPA
Utilities that need more time to comply with mercury and toxics standards are being told to take their issues directly to the environmental agency.
By Ron Gallagher • May 25, 2012 -
Win for California solar: CPUC keeps net energy metering alive
A utilities commission decision on how to define a cap on the program is seen as favoring solar advocates over investor-owned utilities.
By Ron Gallagher • May 24, 2012 -
MiaSolé Sets Efficiency Record for Solar on Flexible Substrate, Plus Recent PV Highs
The company achieved 15.5% efficiency for a flexible CIGS solar cell.
By Ron Gallagher • May 24, 2012 -
Calif. PUC says its greenhouse-gas control legislation can be a model nationally
The state is implementing a cap-and-trade system at the start of 2013.
By Ron Gallagher • May 24, 2012 -
Jaczko says Summer, Vogtle builders are meeting NRC requests
The outgoing chairman of the NRC says the NRC found construction problems, and the nuclear units' licensees are handling them "in the right way."
By Ron Gallagher • May 24, 2012 -
2011 'Utility Solar Rankings' released
The Solar Electric Power Association annual listings shows which utilities are producing or buying the most power from solar installations.
By Ron Gallagher • May 23, 2012 -
Open innovation key to smart grid: U.S. chief technology officer
Todd Park told the Connectivity Week conference that the country has "a rising tide of innovators that are all stripes."
By Ron Gallagher • May 23, 2012 -
Weather drives weak power sales; industrial near pre-recession
Sales for January through March were more than 12 million MWh less than in the same period in 2011.
By Ron Gallagher • May 23, 2012 -
What keeps CEOs up at night?
IBM asked what the top executives in 18 industries are thinking about when they are "off the clock."
By Ron Gallagher • May 23, 2012 -
Analysis finds shareholders get value from utility sustainability
Solid sustainability policies and practices can add up to $25 billion, according to a firm that studies the effects of the practices.
By Ron Gallagher • May 23, 2012 -
Iowa, Oregon governors take the helm of states' wind-energy group
The Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition is dedicated to developing the nation’s wind energy resources.
By Ron Gallagher • May 22, 2012 -
Tidal electricity will be flowing in Maine
Energy from Cobscook Bay will be the first tidal power sold under a long-term contract.
By Ron Gallagher • May 22, 2012 -
Brazil, U.S. share smart-grid challenges
In both nations, determining who pays the costs of these investments is a critical consideration for utilities.
By Ron Gallagher • May 21, 2012 -
NRC head Jaczko resigns
He said he wants to work on safety in other ways. News reports suggest his management style and his being an industry outsider contributed.
By Ron Gallagher • May 21, 2012 -
Electricity storage can take advantage of daily price variations
Pumped hydro dominates, with compressed air, flow batteries and thermal storage behind.
By Ron Gallagher • May 21, 2012 -
PJM capacity auction secures new generation, demand response, energy efficiency
The RPM auction for June 2015 through May 2016 procured a record amount of new generation in one year – 4,900 MW.
By Ron Gallagher • May 21, 2012 -
NADB, SunEdison Close $65 Million Loan for 20 MW Solar Park in Arizona
The facility will be in Picture Rocks, on land owned by the city of Tucson, and will sell power to Tucson Electric Power.
By Ron Gallagher • May 18, 2012 -
RMT to Construct Seven Wind Projects in 2012
Three of the seven projects will go up in Hawaii and the others across the mainland states.
By Ron Gallagher • May 18, 2012 -
US Government
FERC Forecasts Low Gas Prices, Power Problems in Calif., Texas, Boston
The agency staff's summer assessment assumes natural gas surpluses and accompanying prices below $2 to $2.50 per MMBtu.
By Ron Gallagher • May 18, 2012
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