Duke Energy to build energy-storage system in southern Ohio Duke Energy, LG Chem and Greensmith announced Tuesday, May 26, that they will build a battery-based energy storage system in southern Ohio. The project’s aim is to “enhance reliability and increase stability on the electric power grid,” the companies said in a news release. The 2-megawatt … Continue reading Duke Energy to build energy-storage system in southern Ohio
Intel Moves To Top HQ With Renewable Energy One of the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturers, Intel is used to being on the top. Now, the American company is swapping things around, by making a bold move on top of their own headquarters in Santa Clara, with the installation of one of the world’s largest … Continue reading #Intel Moves To Top HQ With Renewable Energy
Energy oversight body to pay $16M penalty for 2011 blackout An electricity grid oversight body will pay $16 million to settle a dispute with the federal government over its role in a 2011 power outage in California, Arizona and Mexico. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced its settlement with the Western Electricity Coordinating Council … Continue reading Energy oversight body to pay $16M penalty for 2011 blackout
Westar to expand wind energy capacity Westar Energy Inc. is expanding its capacity by purchasing energy from a 200-megawatt wind farm that will be constructed in Pratt County. NextEra Energy Resources will construct the wind farm. The wind farm is expected to begin serving customers by late 2016. The additional wind energy capacity will help … Continue reading #Westar to expand wind energy #capacity
Dam Holding Back Energy Dealmaking Will Burst by 2016, Energy Bankers Say The oil and gas sector could see some big M&A toward the end of this year or the beginning of 2016, said panelists at the Mergermarket Energy Forum in Houston last week. Price stability, at any level, will be the main catalyst for … Continue reading Dam Holding Back #Energy Dealmaking Will Burst by 2016, Energy Bankers Say
Global schemes to price CO2 emissions worth almost $50 billion: World Bank BARCELONA: The value of global schemes to put a price on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and designed to reduce greenhouse gases blamed for global warming totalled almost $50 billion as of April 1, the World Bank said in a report on Tuesday. The … Continue reading Global schemes to price CO2 emissions worth almost $50 billion: World Bank
CFTC Proposes to Exempt Certain Southwest Power Pool Transactions On May 18, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a proposed order in response to an application submitted by Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) to exempt certain contracts, agreements and transactions for the purchase or sale of energy-related products from provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act … Continue reading CFTC Proposes to Exempt Certain #Southwest_Power_Pool Transactions
Graph Of The Day: How Utilities See Themselves In 2030 Power utility businesses around the world are finally, and rapidly, waking up to the enormous changes taking place in the global energy market. That is what we have been noticing here in Australia, and that is the major message from the latest PwC global power … Continue reading Graph Of The Day: How Utilities See Themselves In 2030
Texas Spot Power Drops to 7-Week Low as Storm Cuts Demand Texas spot wholesale electricity slid to a seven-week low after a stormy weekend across the state flooded Houston and left tens of thousands of customers without lights. Power use on the grid managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. was about 5 … Continue reading Texas #Spot_Power Drops to 7-Week Low as Storm Cuts #Demand
PJM Explores Gas/Electric Interoperability At Grid 20/20 Forum June 17 VALLEY FORGE, Pa., May 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner Philip Moeller will be among the key speakers at PJM’s Grid 20/20: Focus on Gas/Electric Interoperability on June 17, 2015. The forum will be held at the PJM Conference & Training Center in … Continue reading PJM Explores Gas/Electric Interoperability At Grid 20/20 Forum June 17
