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Power Market Is Changing — Distributed Energy Gaining Ground [PODCAST]

August 22, 2018 admin Business, distributed energy, distributed energy conference, Energy Storage, Markets, podcast, power market, power podcasts, Renewables, roy palk, Solar, Wind

The power market is changing. It’s being driven more and more by the retail side of the business, according to Roy Palk, Esq., president of New Horizons Consulting. Palk will give a presentation titled “The Rise of Distributed Energy — New Challenges Bring New Opportunities” during the Distributed Energy Conference, which will be held at […]

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Storage Bringing Change to Energy Markets

August 21, 2018 admin Business, Coal, DOE, Energy Storage, ferc, Gas, Markets, mega symposium, news, Nuclear, Renewables, Research and Development, Solar, Technology, Trump, Wind

Energy industry experts speaking at the MEGA Symposium in Baltimore, Maryland, on August 21 agreed that storage is becoming more important to the overall mix of U.S. power sources. They also said utility-scale storage solutions remain “years away,” even as technology advancements in battery systems occur more rapidly. Panelists at the session entitled “The Transformation […]

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States Would Set Rules Under Trump Emissions Plan

August 15, 2018 admin Clean Power Plan, Climate, Coal, CPP, emissions, Gas, GLOBAL WARMING, Legal, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, natural gas, news, Nuclear, Obama, regulatory, Renewables, Solar, Trump, Wind

A report from POLITICO says the Trump administration’s rollback of the Obama-era Clean Power Plan (CPP) would give individual states more leeway to set their own rules governing emissions from power plants. POLITICO, which covers politics and policy both in the U.S. and internationally, said its review of a draft document, and information from a […]

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Group: Indiana Should Reject Vectren Plan for New Gas-Fired Plant

August 14, 2018 admin a.b. brown generating station, Business, Coal, consumers, Gas, indiana, Legal & Regulatory, natural gas, news, regulatory, Renewables, Solar, vectren

An Indiana consumer protection agency has told state regulators they should reject Vectren Corp.’s plan to build a new natural gas-fired power plant in the state. Vectren wants the plant to replace four of the utility’s retiring coal-fired units. Indiana’s Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC) on August 13 said it completed a five-month legal […]

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Large Solar-Plus-Storage Projects Planned Near Las Vegas

July 30, 2018 admin Arizona, California, Energy Storage, gemini, nevada, news, nv energy, Renewables, Solar, solar-plus-storage, yellow pine

Two planned solar projects in Nevada would be the first in that state to include battery storage, part of an increasing trend toward such projects to help mitigate issues with integrating renewable energy into the larger transmission grid. Both projects are scheduled to begin construction next year pending regulatory approval, with the Bureau of Land […]

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How Co-ops Transformed the Solar Landscape in Just Five Years

July 19, 2018 admin Business, co-ops, finance, nreca, Renewables, rural electric cooperatives, Solar, sunda

Electric cooperatives in the U.S. have vastly accelerated solar power installments. Today, they own or purchase more than nine times as much solar photovoltaic (PV) power as they did in 2013, a new report says. The report, “A Solar Revolution in Rural America,” was prepared by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), a […]

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Innovative Narrowband Solution for SCADA Communications

July 2, 2018 admin communications, Distribution, FCC, geothermal, great river energy, Instrumentation & Controls, mimomax wireless, narrowband, news, O&M, Plant Design, Renewables, scada, Solar, Technology, transmission, Wind

Great River Energy rolled out an extensive 700-MHz point-to-multipoint communications project within its 56,000-square-mile service area. Using high-order modulation, combined with full-duplex

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Innovative Narrowband Solution for SCADA Communications

Great River Energy rolled out an extensive 700-MHz point-to-multipoint communications project within its 56,000-square-mile service area. Using high-order modulation, combined with full-duplex

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Floating Solar Panel Industry Makes a Splash

July 2, 2018 admin floating solar, International, Markets, news, photovoltaic, Plant Design, pv, Renewables, Research and Development, Solar, Solar power, Technology

Floating solar panel technology has been gaining traction as a favorable and cost-effective alternative to land-based photovoltaic systems. Thriving on the cusp of a massive inclination toward renewable energy

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