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Enovos Luxembourg opens 10 MW wind farm in France

The wind turbines chosen for this site are the Vestas V90 model

U.K. grants approval for 504 MW offshore wind farm

The developer estimates that the 140 wind turbine project will provide enough electricity to power the equivalent of as many as 500,000 homes a yea...

JCP&L completes power reliability projects

The work included rebuilding transmission lines, upgrading substation equipment, and rebuilding infrastructure and reconnecting service to homes on...

Bulwark Protective Apparel to assist storm recovery effort in Oklahoma

Bulwark Protective Apparel is offering flame resistant clothing for linemen, utility workers, and oil and gas workers in the Moore, Oklahoma area, ...
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An Oklahoma perspective on deadly tornadoes

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Germany takes distributed power seriously

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Moniz: Tesla's early loan repayment vindicates DOE loan guarantees

Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz said Tesla is an example of how support for startup companies is an effective way to advance clean energy technology

TransAlta to return power plants to service

TransAlta Corp. said the forced outage at its Keephills 1 power plant will last longer than anticipated so the company can complete a full rewind o...

Maryland gas plant moves forward for Old Dominion Electric Cooperative

Wildcat Point would be built five miles west of the town of Rising Sun adjacent to the Rock Springs Generation Facility

NRC approves more power output for McGuire Nuclear Power Plant

The NRC staff determined that Duke Energy could safely increase the nuclear reactors' power output primarily through more accurate means of measuri...

Westinghouse appoints head of nuclear power plants division

Benjamin will lead Westinghouse efforts to meet existing new plant customer needs and further develop new plant opportunities

Natural gas power plant starts construction in Wyoming

The power plant is scheduled to begin operations in late 2014

JCP&L completes power reliability projects

The work included rebuilding transmission lines, upgrading substation equipment, and rebuilding infrastructure and reconnecting service to homes on...

Bulwark Protective Apparel to assist storm recovery effort in Oklahoma

Bulwark Protective Apparel is offering flame resistant clothing for linemen, utility workers, and oil and gas workers in the Moore, Oklahoma area, ...

Belgium power grid operator considers investing in France, Netherlands operators

In 2010, Elia purchased part of German TSO 50Hertz Transmission from Vattenfall, Sweden's state-owned utility company

Electric grid prepared for summer demand, says NYISO

The NYISO forecasts that New York's summer 2013 peak demand will reach 33,279 MW

China reaches out to help Pakistan with its electric power shortage

The productivity of Pakistan's industrial sector has slowed to a halt in the past due to power shortages

Lethal Oklahoma tornado leaves thousands still without electric power

The tornado killed 24 people, including 9 children. It also destroyed two elementary schools and a hospital

Humboldt Utilities to deploy Elster AMI

Humboldt is preparing to implement a new "pay-as-you-go" system, which allows customers to pay for utilities as they use them

In veto overturn, Illinois legislature approves grid modernization plan

Ameren Illinois and ComEd both released statements in approval of the vote, saying this legislation will help them improve the electric power grid ...

TOA Technologies helps E.On deploy smart meters in U.K.

With the software, E.On will be able to predict when appointments happen and how long they will take

Smart meter C&I market will reach nearly $13 million by 2020

Worldwide shipments of smart meters for the C&I market will grow from 10 million annually in 2013 to 12.7 million annually by 2020

Itron to serve 1.25 million customers in U.K. metering contract

Itron is providing a B2B customer support call center, prepayment vending transaction management, meter data management (MDM), data reporting, tech...

Elster Solutions names president

Fronmuller comes to Elster from SAIC Energy, where he spent the past five years as senior vice president of global utilities

Bulwark Protective Apparel to assist storm recovery effort in Oklahoma

Bulwark Protective Apparel is offering flame resistant clothing for linemen, utility workers, and oil and gas workers in the Moore, Oklahoma area, ...

Joint venture makes $20 million bid for ailing electric car firm Fisker Automotive

According to the company, Fisker was worth roughly $2 billion as recently as 2011

Moniz: Tesla's early loan repayment vindicates DOE loan guarantees

Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz said Tesla is an example of how support for startup companies is an effective way to advance clean energy technology

California Energy Commission, PG&E unveil energy storage pilot

The Yerba Buena Battery Energy Storage System Pilot Project charges batteries when demand is low and then sends reserved power to the grid when dem...

Waxman, Markey report charges gaps in power grid security

The electric grid is the target of numerous and daily cyber attacks. One utility said that there were 10,000 attempted attacks each month

NRC approves more power output for McGuire Nuclear Power Plant

The NRC staff determined that Duke Energy could safely increase the nuclear reactors' power output primarily through more accurate means of measuri...

Enovos Luxembourg opens 10 MW wind farm in France

The wind turbines chosen for this site are the Vestas V90 model

U.K. grants approval for 504 MW offshore wind farm

The developer estimates that the 140 wind turbine project will provide enough electricity to power the equivalent of as many as 500,000 homes a yea...

Joint venture makes $20 million bid for ailing electric car firm Fisker Automotive

According to the company, Fisker was worth roughly $2 billion as recently as 2011

Yingli to supply Indonesia solar power project with 10 MW of solar modules

Located at Gemas, Negri Sembilan, the 10.26 MW photovoltaic project is owned and managed by Amcorp Power

Vestas wins 155 MW wind turbine order from Mexico

The project will use 47 V112-3.3 MW wind turbines, one of Vestas’ newly launched 3 MW types

Northwest Stave River run-of-river hydropower project secures financing

The 17.5 MW Northwest Stave River hydroelectric project is located on Crown land, about 35 km north of Mission, British Columbia

Electric grid prepared for summer demand, says NYISO

The NYISO forecasts that New York's summer 2013 peak demand will reach 33,279 MW

Ernest Moniz's DOE will focus on energy efficiency

Every year, much of the electric power the U.S. generates, transmits and consumes is wasted at some point in that process, said Moniz

Ernest Moniz sworn in as secretary of energy

Following his swearing in, Moniz told employees that he was honored to be back at the DOE and was looking forward to a productive tenure

Mitsubishi Electric to collaborate with Echelon on smart meters

Mitsubishi Electric's new smart meters will incorporate grid-sensing and communication technologies based on Echelon's OGSP and its networked energ...

Con Edison CEO talks storm hardening, outage preparedness

"To succeed, we must work together. Our plans won't matter if we can deliver energy but customers cannot receive power."

Making buildings 30 percent more energy efficient would save $34 billion per year

Improving energy efficiency in buildings by 30 percent would create a $275 billion market for advanced technology, engineering and design services,...

JCP&L completes power reliability projects

The work included rebuilding transmission lines, upgrading substation equipment, and rebuilding infrastructure and reconnecting service to homes on...

Itron to serve 1.25 million customers in U.K. metering contract

Itron is providing a B2B customer support call center, prepayment vending transaction management, meter data management (MDM), data reporting, tech...

AT&T provides Duck River Electric with smart grid package

The utility came to AT&T to upgrade their smart grid infrastructure, reduce operational costs and improve customer service

Gov. Cuomo says 'broken' LIPA to be taken over by PSEG

LIPA will still be allowed to receive federal disaster funding and will maintain certain tax advantages of a publicly owned utility, according to C...

Olympia, Washington picks Itron AMI Solution

The city of Olympia has selected Itron’s advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) solution to increase operational efficiency

Opower, National Grid launch energy efficiency program in Rhode Island

National Grid is the first utility to provide the program statewide, according to Opower

Cybersecurity spending on power grid infrastructure to reach nearly $3 billion

Report: Cyber attacks that can cause serious damage to electrical grids are a reality

Moniz: Tesla's early loan repayment vindicates DOE loan guarantees

Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz said Tesla is an example of how support for startup companies is an effective way to advance clean energy technology

Humboldt Utilities to deploy Elster AMI

Humboldt is preparing to implement a new "pay-as-you-go" system, which allows customers to pay for utilities as they use them

California Energy Commission, PG&E unveil energy storage pilot

The Yerba Buena Battery Energy Storage System Pilot Project charges batteries when demand is low and then sends reserved power to the grid when dem...

In veto overturn, Illinois legislature approves grid modernization plan

Ameren Illinois and ComEd both released statements in approval of the vote, saying this legislation will help them improve the electric power grid ...

TOA Technologies helps E.On deploy smart meters in U.K.

With the software, E.On will be able to predict when appointments happen and how long they will take

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