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Oklahoma natural gas-fired power plant to break ground in 2014The 103 MW Charles D. Lamb Energy Center should be completed by spring 2015 |
Survey: Industry optimistic on U.S. reaching energy independenceAccording to the survey, 62 percent of respondents believe the U.S. can achieve energy independence by 2030 |
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries closes on Pratt & Whitney Power SystemThe acquired company will now be known as PW Power Systems. The company will be headquartered in Glastonbury, Connecticut. |
MDU Resources names business development VP
MDU Resources invested more than $900 million last year and plans to invest another $3.9 billion, exclusive of acquisition opportunities, over the ...
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Energy sector welcomes confirmation of Ernest Moniz to lead DOE
Energy industry trade groups are reacting to the confirmation of Ernest Moniz to lead the Department of Energy (DOE) with generally positive statem...
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Perry Nuclear Power Plant returns to service after planned outageThe 1,268 MW power plant is currently operating at 21 percent power |
Oklahoma natural gas-fired power plant to break ground in 2014The 103 MW Charles D. Lamb Energy Center should be completed by spring 2015 |
Survey: Industry optimistic on U.S. reaching energy independenceAccording to the survey, 62 percent of respondents believe the U.S. can achieve energy independence by 2030 |
California ISO to enact renewable energy scheduling measuresThe California ISO board of governors approved a market design change on May 15 that fosters renewable energy development on the grid |
National Grid, Statnett will cooperate on 1.4 GW Norway-U.K. subsea power linkThe project for first power link between the U.K. and Norway calls for an investment of some $1.9 billion |
AltaGas buys 507 MW Blythe Energy CenterThe Blythe Energy Center is contracted under a power purchase agreement through to July 2020 with Southern California Edison |
Texas PUC approves ETT to build Laredo-to-Rio Grande Valley transmission lineThe Electric Reliability Council of Texas determined Oct. 11, 2011, that the project is critical for the reliability of the ERCOT system |
AEP Ohio meter reader assists Newark man who called for helpThe 84-year-old man had fallen from his front porch and suffered a broken hip in the fall |
Itron collaborates on smart grid with Brazilian technology company
The joint solution will help utilities quickly identify areas of non-technical loss in their service territory, delivering a high return on investm...
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Distributed generation through smart grid catches on in Asia
Analysis from Frost & Sullivan finds that the market earned about $5.40 billion in 2012 and estimates this to reach $15.83 billion in 2018
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Silver Spring Networks, Wigton, U.K. team on smart grid project
The town was previously a pilot area for the introduction of rural broadband and through this initiative the community seeks to become empowered to...
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U.K. delays smart meter rollout into 2015The rollout will require installations of more than 50 million smart metering devices at 30 million residential and commercial locations |
Utilities plan to spend more on transmission, SCADA, OMSSeventy-one percent of responding utilities have mentioned that they plan to start a new smart grid project in the upcoming two years |
MDU Resources names business development VP
MDU Resources invested more than $900 million last year and plans to invest another $3.9 billion, exclusive of acquisition opportunities, over the ...
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Energy sector welcomes confirmation of Ernest Moniz to lead DOE
Energy industry trade groups are reacting to the confirmation of Ernest Moniz to lead the Department of Energy (DOE) with generally positive statem...
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Duke Energy nuclear plant shuts down after cracks foundThere is no impact on the health or safety of the public or employees |
Unreliable power supply creates demand for non-renewable inverters
Higher disposable incomes and greater affordability in developing regions such as Latin America, as well as parts of Africa and South Asia, encoura...
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California ISO to enact renewable energy scheduling measuresThe California ISO board of governors approved a market design change on May 15 that fosters renewable energy development on the grid |
California Sentinel Energy Project goes online
The CPV Sentinel Energy Project is located near Desert Hot Springs, amidst wind farms producing 600 MW of electricity, five miles northwest of Palm...
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Survey: Industry optimistic on U.S. reaching energy independenceAccording to the survey, 62 percent of respondents believe the U.S. can achieve energy independence by 2030 |
Duke Energy, Global Sustainable Energy Partnership, open micro-hydro projectThe inaugurated 65 kW run-off river micro-hydropower plant was designed and built on the Alhueco Creek |
'Solar Express' lets St. Louis charge mobile phones with solar powerThe Solar Express provides a green power source that can be used to help power events |
Globeleq inaugurates Nicaragua wind project
Globeleq inaugurated its 44 MW Eolo de Nicaragua wind farm in Nicaragua, which is located in the province of Rivas on the shores of Lake Nicaragua
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California ISO to enact renewable energy scheduling measuresThe California ISO board of governors approved a market design change on May 15 that fosters renewable energy development on the grid |
National Grid, Statnett will cooperate on 1.4 GW Norway-U.K. subsea power linkThe project for first power link between the U.K. and Norway calls for an investment of some $1.9 billion |
MDU Resources names business development VP
MDU Resources invested more than $900 million last year and plans to invest another $3.9 billion, exclusive of acquisition opportunities, over the ...
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Energy sector welcomes confirmation of Ernest Moniz to lead DOE
Energy industry trade groups are reacting to the confirmation of Ernest Moniz to lead the Department of Energy (DOE) with generally positive statem...
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Xcel Energy testing GE LED street lighting in Minnesota
Xcel Energy will monitor performance of the new lights for two years and use the data to develop an LED program for each of the eight states in its...
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CPS Energy customers can control energy management system through smartphones
Home Manager is an energy management system that allows CPS Energy customers to control and monitor the energy used by HVAC systems, water heaters ...
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U.S. Army, Lockheed Martin cut ribbon on Ft. Bliss microgridThe project was funded by the Department of Defense's Environmental Security Technology Certification Program |
Silver Spring Networks picked for smart lighting project in Paris
Silver Spring provides a high-performance IPv6-based network that establishes a communications foundation for a city's assets regardless of distrib...
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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...
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Olympia, Washington picks Itron AMI SolutionThe 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 IslandNational Grid is the first utility to provide the program statewide, according to Opower |
Nova Scotians to receive home energy reportsEfficiency Nova Scotia's Home Energy Report anonymously compares a home's electricity usage to 100 similar ones in the area |
How to Master Big Data for the Next-generation Utility
Organizations across the power industry are excited about big data's potential to address broad industry challenges and open opportunities for impr...
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Green Mountain Power to use Oracle customer service application
Atlanta-based Origin Consulting LLC and Green Mountain Power completed implementation of Oracle Utilities Customer Self Service application
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U.S. males more likely to buy electric vehicles
About 4.4 percent of U.S. adults said they were "very likely" to purchase an electric vehicle over the next year, according to a consumer...
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U.S. Army, Lockheed Martin cut ribbon on Ft. Bliss microgridThe project was funded by the Department of Defense's Environmental Security Technology Certification Program |
Silver Spring Networks picked for smart lighting project in Paris
Silver Spring provides a high-performance IPv6-based network that establishes a communications foundation for a city's assets regardless of distrib...
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Nissan sells 25,000 electric carsNissan Motor Co. has sold 25,000 of its all-electric five-door hatchback, the Leaf, according to the automaker |
Survalent to supply SCADA for Grays Harbor PUD, Washington
Survalent Technology, the most trusted provider of smart grid solutions for the control room, has commissioned a new Supervisory Control and Data A...
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Itron collaborates on smart grid with Brazilian technology company
The joint solution will help utilities quickly identify areas of non-technical loss in their service territory, delivering a high return on investm...
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Understanding the Limitations of a Traditional Power Factor Measurement and its Analysis
A line-frequency power factor measurement is the electric power industry’s most widely embraced electrical field diagnostic test with which to asse...
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A Revolution in Current Transformer Testing
Different test devices and methods are used in the market to verify the performance of current transformers during development, production, instal...
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Orange and Rockland Utilities: “Smart Grid Testing of Reclosers and Sectionalizers in a Distribution Automation & Restoration (DAR) System” (OMICRON Magazine reprint)
Testing of reclosers and sectionalizers in distribution networks has become demanding for both the testing personnel and the test equipment used. S...
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Profile for the Use of Precision Time Protocol in Power Systems
Electric utilities globally have initiatives to modernize their grids. Each utility will create their own path to the “smart grid” bas...
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