Important Electric Grid Recommendations from the U.S. Department of Energy’s New Report The Department of Energy (DOE) recently released its first installment of its Quadrennial Energy Review (QER) – a comprehensive report examining how the United States can modernize energy infrastructure to promote economic competitiveness, energy security, and environmental responsibility. This installment contains many good … Continue reading Important Electric Grid Recommendations from the U.S. Department of Energy’s New Report→
Can smart grids weather the storm? ….Why is it important to be weather-ready now? With weather becoming increasingly volatile each year, being prepared for it is even more pertinent than before. In recent years, severe and unpredicted weather events such as thunderstorms, blizzards and hurricanes have accounted for 57 percent of power outages and have … Continue reading Can smart grids weather the storm?→
What’s the value of nuclear energy to the United States? To achieve America’s energy, environmental and economic goals, there is no better generator of electricity and jobs than U.S. nuclear energy. As a reliable source of steady electricity, nuclear energy serves an important role in U.S. grid stability. Even as regional grids become more sophisticated … Continue reading What’s the value of nuclear energy to the United States?→
How your next home might run off a battery ROCKVILLE, Md. — The future of home energy sits in Josh and Susan Fried’s basement near shelves of old tools and canned soup, an unadorned box the size of a wine cooler filled with a dozen silent batteries. Annoyed by blackouts, the retired dentist and his … Continue reading How your next home might run off a battery→
What Did April Bring?: FERC Extends Out-of-Market Reliability Measures but Wants Market-Based Solutions The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) recently published two orders that approved capacity and reliability measures for the Independent System Operator New England Inc. (“ISO-NE”) and the New York Independent System Operator (“NYISO”). In contrast to its approval of NYISO’s measures as … Continue reading What Did April Bring?: FERC Extends Out-of-Market Reliability Measures but Wants Market-Based Solutions→
DTE Energy to receive license for new nuclear unit DETROIT, April 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — DTE Energy today received approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a license to construct and operate a new nuclear energy facility on the site of the existing Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant in Newport, Mich. The company has … Continue reading #DTE_Energy to receive license for new nuclear unit→
Did Tesla Just Kill Nuclear Power? t would be almost three hours until Tesla’s big announcement, but inside a Northwestern University classroom near Chicago Thursday night, the famed nuclear critic Arnie Gundersen had the inside scoop: Tesla Motors TSLA -1% CEO Elon Musk was about to announce an industrial-scale battery, Gundersen said, that would cost … Continue reading Did #Tesla Just Kill Nuclear Power?→
‘We have to have an answer’ on Ill. nuclear plants by summer’s end, Exelon says An Exelon Corp. executive told Illinois legislators yesterday that the fate of three unprofitable nuclear plants in the state will be decided later this summer and that action on a bill to help them survive must be passed before the … Continue reading ‘We have to have an answer’ on Ill. nuclear plants by summer’s end, #Exelon says→
Entergy transmission project moves along with MISO approval The Midcontinent ISO (MISO) board of directors recently approved the proposed Lake Charles Transmission Project, Entergy Chairman and CEO Leo Denault said on April 28 during the company’s 1Q15 earnings webcast. Entergy’s Entergy Gulf States Louisiana in January told TransmissionHub about plans to add around 25 miles … Continue reading #Entergy transmission project moves along with MISO approval→
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