Internet of things gets massive boost with Intel-Altera deal After the acquisition of Broadcom by Avago a few days and that of Freescale by NXP a couple of months ago, Intel has announced that it is buying Altera for a cool $16.7 billion (about £11 billion, AU$22 billion). The deal, which began life as a … Continue reading #Internet_of_things gets massive boost with #Intel – #Altera deal→
FERC Advances Reliability Safety Mechanism In Final Clean Power Plan On May 15, 2015, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) provided the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with a letter signed by all five Commissioners that details its role in implementing a Reliability Safety Valve (RSV) in the proposed Clean Power Plan (CPP). The CPP proposal, … Continue reading FERC Advances Reliability Safety Mechanism In Final Clean Power Plan→
Statoil Wants to Pay for CO2 Emissions Six of Europe’s oil and gas companies, including Norwegian giant Statoil, will pay for CO2 emissions and ask the world’s politicians and the UN to determine a price. In a joint press release which NRK published, senior managers at Statoil, BG Group, BP, Shell, Total and ENI ask … Continue reading Statoil Wants to Pay for CO2 Emissions→
Are residential demand charges the next big thing in electric rates? Demand charges for commercial and industrial customers long have been a part of the electric industry. As utilities need to build infrastructure to meet both instantaneous and long-term requirements, the utility bill contains both an energy charge, which measures the amount of electricity a … Continue reading Are residential demand charges the next big thing in electric rates?→
NYISO Launches New Solar Study RENSSELAER, NY (06/01/2015)(readMedia)– With the use of renewable energy developing at a rapid pace, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) announced it will study the potential for growth in solar power resources to determine their impact on grid operations over the next 15 years. While distributed energy resources include … Continue reading NYISO Launches New Solar Study→
The tanker market is sending a big warning to oil bulls Four months into oil’s rebound from a six-year low, the tanker market is sending a clear signal that the rally is under threat. A sudden surge in demand for supertankers drove benchmark charter rates 57 percent higher in the two weeks through May 20. … Continue reading The tanker market is sending a big warning to oil bulls→
Hydro One sale bad for fight vs climate change Since the Ontario Liberal government announced that it would be selling Hydro One, much of the discussion has focused on whether the sale will lead to higher electricity prices. However, there’s been little talk inside or outside of Queen’s Park about what impacts the sale of … Continue reading #Hydro_One sale bad for fight vs #climate_change→
Nuclear could be key resource in global warming fight The University of New Mexico’s 42-year-old nuclear engineering program reached a key milestone last July, but few outside UNM noticed. The program, which offers undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degrees in nuclear engineering, became the School of Engineering’s new Nuclear Engineering Department, ending its status as a … Continue reading Nuclear could be key resource in #global_warming fight→
What Causes Global Warming? Droughts, lengthy hot spells, heavy downpours, floods, and other extreme weather events are occurring more frequently and intensely every year. Around the world, research teams are analyzing these trends, noting the changes in temperature, rainfall, ice mass, sea level, and many other variables recorded by weather measuring devices. The trends are … Continue reading What Causes #Global_Warming?→
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