WHITE HOUSE: Anti-CPP bill undermines Clean Air Act
June 24, 2015 -- US President Barack Obama "strongly opposes" a bill to block enforcement of the Clean Power Plan (CPP), under his EPA would force states to lower carbon emissions from power plants,...
View ArticleRES strategy evolves ahead of energy-storage boom
June 24, 2015 -- Envisions grid fueled by renewables, supported by storage: Renewable Energy Systems (RES) will by the end of the year have completed or begun building seven energy storage projects in...
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June 25, 2015 -- Detroit IOU seeks 5-50 MWs of solar ... USTDA hosts Brazilian reverse trade mission ... Alstom Grid, National Grid team up in Saudi Arabia
View ArticleLawrence Livermore Lab joins storage group CalCharge
June 25, 2015 -- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) became a partner member of CalCharge, a public-private consortium meant to accelerate the development and deployment of energy-storage
View ArticleLandis & Gyr to deploy 1.2-MW battery system in Helsinki
June 25, 2015 -- Landis & Gyr is set to supply a 1.2-MW, 0.6-MWH, lithium-ion battery-based energy storage system to Helen, a utility in the Finnish capital city of Helsinki. The system is the first
View ArticlePro-DG rules grew Florida renewables 28% in 2014
June 25, 2015 -- Florida ratepayers generated more power from renewables last year thanks to PSC rules promoting customer-side DG, the commission told the press this week. Customers had 8,571
View ArticleNEC Energy Solutions sees global market emerging
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW -- CEO shares insights as renewables spread over globe: NEC Energy Solutions (NEC) is developing energy storage projects in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa as increased power...
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June 26, 2015 -- Enphase, Domos target PV to French homes ... Murata does ADR as SAAS product ... IBISWorld sees AMI headed toward ubiquity
View ArticleNortheast Group finds EV drivers want own charging tariffs
June 26, 2015 -- As EVs become more mainstream, drivers are increasingly demanding home-charging tariffs from utilities, the Northeast Group told the press this week as it publicized a $699
View ArticleAlstom, Saft do energy-storage for EDF near Paris
June 26, 2015 -- Alstom and Saft commissioned an energy-storage system at French utility Electricité de France's (EDF) Concept Grid Lab at Les Renardiéres, near Paris, the firms told the press this...
View ArticleEcamion shows off smaller, stronger grid batteries
June 26, 2015 -- EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW -- CEO compares storage investment to peakers, HV lines: Toronto energy storage firm Ecamion shrank energy storage to 1/3 the conventional size, the firm's CEO...
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June 29, 2015 -- REC Solar buys solar firm Stellar Energy ... OATI advances DR test for East Kentucky Power
View ArticleEMotorWerk, WattTime automate EV-charging decisions
June 29, 2015 -- EV charging firm EMotorWerk and software maker WattTime are introducing a new smart EV charging station that communicates with the grid to identify renewable power sources
View ArticleNational Grid forms team to support New York REV project
June 29, 2015 -- National Grid is forming a "new energy solutions" team to support the New York Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) project and other similar projects in its service area, the utility...
View ArticleGlendale weighs array of AMI-supported services
June 29, 2015 -- EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW -- AMI data enables outage management, TOU rates, more: Glendale (California) Water & Power (GWP) is mulling new TOU and off-peak EV charging rates as part of...
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June 30, 2015 -- AEP picks Siemens for station upgrade ... UCLA signs up for CCS solar, EV demo ... Wipro 'hackathon' mints 25 potential apps
View ArticleSupreme Court rejects EPA's MATS on cost concerns
June 30, 2015 -- The EPA will have to take another crack at justifying the cost of its Mercury & Air Toxics Standard (MATS) after the US Supreme Court yesterday issued a five-to-four majority...
View ArticleAEMA, Comverge support PJM proposal to improve DR
June 30, 2015 -- DR interests last week welcomed a PJM filing designed to improve the accuracy of measuring and verifying loads of residential DR. The RTO's proposal would provide for more accurate...
View ArticleEV/grid coordination gets help from California government
June 30, 2015 -- The California Energy Commission (CEC) gave the Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE) a $1.5 million grant to lead development of an advanced management platform for integrating EV...
View ArticleDemocrats in Senate ask for energy-policy input
June 30, 2015 -- Governors asked to comment on infrastructure upgrades: Nearly every Democrat in the US Senate yesterday sought input from the governors of all 50 US states in "the first new, national...
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