Top 5 Disruptions Utility Execs Are Probably Worrying about Right Now
If you are one of the almost half-million people who work in the utility industry, no doubt you know that the industry is changing, and fast. Lucky for you, DistribuTECH offers you an in-depth look at every single aspect of the utility business and how all of those changes will affect you and the work that you do every day.
Tesla to Buy Battery-Tech Firm Maxwell for $218 Million in Stock
Tesla Inc. agreed to acquire battery-technology company Maxwell Technologies Inc. for about $218 million in stock, as Elon Musk’s electric car maker adds expertise in energy storage and power delivery.
LaFleur Will Not Seek a Third Term as FERC Commissioner
Federal energy regulatory commissioner Cheryl LaFleur announced on Twitter on January 31 that she will not be seeking a third term and will be leaving the commission later in 2019. She said in the tweet that this is not the outcome she had hoped for but that she felt very lucky to have served on FERC for more than 8 years. She said she plans to serve out the rest of her term, which is up at the end of June.
Nexans connects 88 MW windfarm in Scotland
French cable company Nexans has connected an 88 MW onshore windfarm to the grid in Scotland.
PG&E Bankruptcy Risk Gets Real — But What's Next?
Standoffs over who pays what for infrastructure are kind of where America’s at right now. Besides the shutdown in D.C. over the southern border barrier, California is grappling with how to finance a somewhat more useful bit of equipment: its power grid.
How Minnesota Could Economically Reach 70 percent Renewable Electricity
A recent report from Minnesota pollution regulators shows the state is making progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but it isn’t doing enough to keep pace with its long-term goals or stop catastrophic climate change.
Vestas Hits 100 GW Windpower Milestone
Vestas has become the first company to install 100 GW of wind turbines.
IRENA: Transition to Renewable Energy May Create an Entirely Different World
This week at the Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), political and business leaders from around the world outlined the far-reaching geopolitical implications of an energy transformation driven by the rapid growth of renewable energy.
PG&E Likely Seeking Bankruptcy by Jan. 29
The San Francisco-based utility is under investigation for any role its equipment might have played in the deadly wildfires of late 2018, only one year after getting blamed for an earlier, devastating rash of blazes.
How Utilities and Consumers Can Join Forces to Power the Sustainable Future