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Oklahoma natural gas-fired power plant to break ground in 2014

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According 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 project

The inaugurated 65 kW run-off river micro-hydropower plant was designed and built on the Alhueco Creek

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries closes on Pratt & Whitney Power System

The acquired company will now be known as PW Power Systems. The company will be headquartered in Glastonbury, Connecticut.

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Oklahoma natural gas-fired power plant to break ground in 2014

The 103 MW Charles D. Lamb Energy Center should be completed by spring 2015

Survey: Industry optimistic on U.S. reaching energy independence

According 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 System

The 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 ...

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...

Perry Nuclear Power Plant returns to service after planned outage

The 1,268 MW power plant is currently operating at 21 percent power

Oklahoma natural gas-fired power plant to break ground in 2014

The 103 MW Charles D. Lamb Energy Center should be completed by spring 2015

Survey: Industry optimistic on U.S. reaching energy independence

According to the survey, 62 percent of respondents believe the U.S. can achieve energy independence by 2030

California ISO to enact renewable energy scheduling measures

The 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 link

The 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 Center

The 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 line

The 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 help

The 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...

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

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...

U.K. delays smart meter rollout into 2015

The 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, OMS

Seventy-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 ...

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...

Duke Energy nuclear plant shuts down after cracks found

There 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...

California ISO to enact renewable energy scheduling measures

The 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...

Survey: Industry optimistic on U.S. reaching energy independence

According 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 project

The 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 power

The 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

California ISO to enact renewable energy scheduling measures

The 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 link

The 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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

U.S. Army, Lockheed Martin cut ribbon on Ft. Bliss microgrid

The 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...

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

Nova Scotians to receive home energy reports

Efficiency 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...

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

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...

U.S. Army, Lockheed Martin cut ribbon on Ft. Bliss microgrid

The 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...

Nissan sells 25,000 electric cars

Nissan 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...

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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