All posts by Joe MacCrory
Reducing Climate Change Would ‘Create One Million Jobs’
Reducing Climate Change Would ‘Create One Million Jobs’ As the March 31 deadline for countries to submit their proposals for tackling irreversible climate change passes, a new report claims lives could be spared, the climate could be saved from catastrophic and irreversible change, and one million jobs could be created if green policies are initiated. … Continue reading Reducing Climate Change Would ‘Create One Million Jobs’
GridLiance and Blackstone Announce the Formation of a New Electric Transmission Company
GridLiance and Blackstone Announce the Formation of a New Electric Transmission Company ANSAS CITY, Mo. & CHICAGO & NEW YORK, Mar 31, 2015 (BUSINESS WIRE) — GridLiance GP, LLC (“GridLiance” or “the Company”) and Blackstone Energy Partners, an affiliate of The Blackstone Group L.P. BX, +0.23% today announced the formation of GridLiance, the nation’s first … Continue reading GridLiance and Blackstone Announce the Formation of a New Electric Transmission Company
Coal burn could increase with Illinois nuclear unit offline: PJM
Coal burn could increase with Illinois nuclear unit offline: PJM With the shutdown of Exelon Generation’s 1,242-MW Braidwood-1 nuclear power unit in Braceville, Illinois, this week, there could be an uptick of coal burn in PJM’s power grid, a spokesman with the regional transmission organization said Tuesday. Exelon announced the nuclear unit, located about 50 … Continue reading Coal burn could increase with Illinois nuclear unit offline: PJM
Solar Energy Has a Silver Bullet That Could Upend This Trillion Dollar Industry
Solar Energy Has a Silver Bullet That Could Upend This Trillion Dollar Industry We’re less than three months into 2015 and already the solar industry is laying out plans to upset the electric utility industry. SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY ) is partnering with Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA ) to offer a “microgrid service” that combines solar, … Continue reading Solar Energy Has a Silver Bullet That Could Upend This Trillion Dollar Industry
Renewable #energy is growing very, very fast. It’s just still not fast enough.
Renewable energy is growing very, very fast. It’s just still not fast enough.. The global shift toward renewable energy is not only continuing apace — it may be picking up speed. Such is the upshot of a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme, finding that worldwide investment in renewables totaled $ 270.2 billion … Continue reading Renewable #energy is growing very, very fast. It’s just still not fast enough.
PJM May Consider Hourly Pricing For Generators
WILMINGTON, Del – PJM members were asked last week to consider allowing generators to revise their offers hourly to reflect changes in gas prices. PJM is the only RTO in the U.S. that does not allow generators to vary their cost- or market-based offers hourly, GT Power Group’s David Pratzon representing Calpine, said in a … Continue reading PJM May Consider Hourly Pricing For Generators
#Xcel nuclear power unit back online after false fire alarm
Xcel nuclear power unit back online after false fire alarm Xcel Energy’s Prairie Island nuclear power plant is back up to full capacity, now that repairs are complete after a false fire alarm in one of its two units sounded more than three weeks earlier. Unit 2 was back in business shortly before 6 p.m. … Continue reading #Xcel nuclear power unit back online after false fire alarm
Blue-Collar Solar
Blue-Collar Solar Green, energy-saving technologies are essentially luxury products. Solar rigs and energy-efficiency upgrades require big upfront investments in equipment that may not pay off for many years. Spend $40,000 on solar panels for your roof, and you won’t get your money back in lower electricity bills for a dozen years or more. You’d have … Continue reading Blue-Collar Solar
#Tesla ’s next big product: Home energy-storage batteries?
Tesla’s next big product: Home energy-storage batteries? Tesla Motors will unveil a new product line next month, co-founder and CEO Elon Musk announced Monday, and it won’t be a car. Tesla shares surged around 3 percent within the first hour after Musk’s tweet: Major new Tesla product line — not a car — will be … Continue reading #Tesla ’s next big product: Home energy-storage batteries?
