Day: February 4, 2019
Industry and Academia Partner To Train Next Generation of Digital Grid Experts
Last week, Siemens and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) announced a new new academic partnership that they say will provide students with the skills needed to operate and advance the nation’s energy grid.
Energy Storage in California is About to Get MUCH Cleaner. Here’s How.
California recently joined other leading states, provinces, cities, and corporations around the world by setting an ambitious 100 percent carbon-free electricity target. It’s a landmark, not because California was the first, but because it is the biggest. The state ranks as the fifth-largest…
Global Electrification Goals Are Driving Microgrid Market
According to the Microgrid Market Growth Potential - Industry Size Outlook Report 2024, the microgrid market is expected to reach $19 billion by 2024, nearly five times the original valuation of this business space in 2016.
Cybersecurity Pact for Europe’s Energy Sector
A European cybersecurity pact has been agreed that is intended to make “the tools of the energy transition safe for citizens and secure for providers”.
IRENA: Egypt Could Meet Up to 53 Percent of Electricity Demand with Renewables
Egypt has the potential to meet up to 53 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The Egypt Renewable Energy Outlook, released in Cairo last week in the presence of Egyptian government officials and…
Centrica says distributed energy tech could slash UK emissions
The UK could meet a significant slice of carbon emissions’ target if it more widely deployed distributed energy technologies.
U.S. Department of Energy To Bring $40B Cash to POWER-GEN International
After wallowing in limbo for the first part of 2018 awaiting re-authorization, the Loan Program Office (LPO) at the Department of Energy is back in business with about $40 billion burning a hole in its proverbial pocket. Mike Reed, Director and Chief Engineer of the Technical and Project Management…
Exxon Puts $1 Million Into Quest for Carbon Tax-and-Rebate Plan
An effort to put a tax on carbon dioxide emissions just won an unlikely underwriter: a top producer of oil and gas.
Wind and Solar Power Changing How Coal Plants Operate
The Gentleman coal plant was once the linchpin of Nebraska’s electricity grid, its twin smokestacks visible for miles across the prairie. Now, the state’s biggest power source is routinely pushed aside to make room for more wind and solar energy.
Kickstarting the Energy Revolution: How Crowdfunding is Pushing the Renewable Energy Transition
When innovators come up with the idea for the next great technological breakthrough, the first roadblocks to seeing that idea to fruition are typically funding. Among renewable energy inventions, this need is typically filled through wealthy private investors, venture capital firms, or government…