Pika Energy to ship 'Energy Island' inverters in Q2
February 29, 2016 – Pika Energy will start shipping its new "Energy Island" systems in Q2 of 2016, the Maine-based power electronics firm said Wednesday at the Solar Power PV Conference
View ArticleNew SolarCity tax-equity fund is firm's 50th, partner's 4th
February 29, 2016 – SolarCity created a new tax-equity fund to finance $249 million in solar projects, it said Thursday, with the help of a financing partner – a Fortune 100 company – who's
View ArticleObama visits Saft plant, storage group offers insight
February 29, 2016 – President Barack Obama Friday made remarks following a tour of Saft's high-tech battery manufacturing facility in Jacksonville, Fla, Energy Storage Assn (ESA) Executive Director
View ArticleMaryland PSC proposes 3-year, community-solar pilot
February 29, 2016 – The Maryland PSC decided Friday to advance proposed regulations to set up a community-solar pilot program to offer renewable energy benefits especially for low and moderate
View ArticleDC PSC votes against Exelon/Pepco merger, but
February 29, 2016 – Commissioner Fort offers last chance fix settlement: The Washington, DC, PSC voted Friday 2-to-1 to reject, as filed, the settlement agreement and stipulation on the proposed merger...
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March 1, 2016 – NREL breakthrough could improve solar ... Guam defends AMI under accusations ... SunPower claims to triple PV install speed
View ArticleBoss Controls smart plugs win distributors, earn savings
March 1, 2016 – IOT energy management and controls maker Boss Controls won two new master distributor agreements to let customers use its energy efficiency solution nationwide, the firm said
View ArticleSilver Spring wins Eon patent suit in federal appeals court
March 1, 2016 – The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in favor of Silver Spring Networks, reversing a judgment from the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on a patent
View ArticleSen Warner, Rep McCaul seek 'digital security commission'
March 1, 2016 – Sen Mark Warner, D-Va, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, led a bipartisan group of
View ArticleExelon picks Opower for full footprint of 3 big IOUs
March 1, 2016 – Exelon picked Opower analytics and customer engagement services for its family of utilities including Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE), Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) in Chicago and PECO
View ArticleFPL heralds benefits, savings from smart grid, AMI
March 1, 2016 – $46 million in 2015 savings helped shrink customer bills: Florida Power & Light's (FPL) investments in developing a stronger and smarter grid continued to pay off for its customers...
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March 2, 2016 – Florida PSC OKs rate decrease for FPL ... Streakwave to sell Ubiquiti solar system ... JuiceBox storage to be sold by Bombard ... Green Charge storage to save schools millions ... Solar...
View ArticleNAVIGANT: Utilities should offer customers portals, apps
March 2, 2016 – Customer engagement has become an increasingly complex business process for utilities and changing tools for engagement, such as online, mobile and social networks, create a
View ArticleUniversity of Texas wins NSF grant for cybersecurity
March 2, 2016 – Dr Alvaro Cárdenas, assistant professor of computer science in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science at the University Of Texas Dallas, received a National
View ArticleAEP opts for GE IDOP – combined GIS, OMS, ADMS
March 2, 2016 – GE and American Electric Power (AEP), one of the largest electric utilities in the US, successfully launched their "Integrated Distribution Operating Platform" (IDOP), a software
View ArticleOpower loads new features into system upgrade
March 2, 2016 – New partners add payment, billing, outage maps to NextWeb: Cloud-based utility software firm Opower today announced the release of Opower 7, the newest generation of its customer...
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March 3, 2016 – IControl to integrate WeatherBug Home ... DC mayor, others tank Exelon/Pepco merger ... Panasonic breaks PV conversion record ... 2 IOT groups meet, pair up on efforts ... NIST net-zero...
View ArticleBlack & Veatch, SEPA offer strategy for utility DER
March 3, 2016 – Utilities are speeding up their planning efforts to deal with a variety of challenges stemming from rising amounts of solar, storage and other DER on the grid, said a new
View ArticleEnerNOC adds project-management to EIS platform
March 3, 2016 -- EnerNOC released new project-management capabilities in its energy intelligence software (EIS) platform, the firm said yesterday, to help businesses track and prioritize
View ArticleAldi deploys Siemens energy management to all stores
March 3, 2016 – Food store chain Aldi successfully deployed Siemens'"Site Controls" energy management system (EMS) at nearly all 1,500 of its retail locations, Siemens said yesterday. The majority
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