By [email protected] (Aaron Cole) Passenger cars at Ford have short lives. The automaker announced Wednesday that it would pare its lineup to just two cars: The Mustang and a new Focus Active crossover, which is based on the next-generation Focus unveiled this month. The Ford Fiesta, Fusion, Taurus, and Focus hatchback and sedan will not…
By Kathie Zipp SMA is investing in efforts to digitize commercial energy management and bring greater energy independence to customers. The company has introduced a new generation of monitoring and control solutions with the Data Manager M. In combination with Sunny Portal powered by ennexOS, an IoT platform that manages all energy generation sources and…
By Kelsey Misbrener AEP Ohio, an American Electric Power company, received approval of its Electric Security Plan (ESP) from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO). The ESP allows AEP Ohio to expand access to electric vehicle (EV) charging and renewable generation, while continuing to enhance distribution grid reliability. The ESP also offers customers rate…
By Kelly Pickerel Ten of the nation’s sunniest states get a failing grade for policies that actively block, or don’t encourage, rooftop-solar development, according to Throwing Shade, a new report from the Center for Biological Diversity. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin account for more than 33% of the total…
By Frank Andorka By Frank Andorka, Senior Correspondent What Happened:DTE Energy is in the news again, and it is yet again not for a good reason. Greenwood Solar has filed a complaint against the utility alleging that it is not negotiating to buy their electricity in good faith as is required under the Public Utility…
By Carolyn Fortuna Eco-conscious habits across generations are growing, and each of us has the potential to do more to reduce our carbon footprint Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Clean Technica
By [email protected] We have been hearing concerns that moving to a regional transmission operator to connect the Western U.S. somehow harms the prospects for greater development of distributed energy resources, especially local solar and storage, and could lead to an increase in the use of fossil fuels elsewhere in the region. A careful analysis of…
By [email protected] We have been hearing concerns that moving to a regional transmission operator to connect the Western U.S. somehow harms the prospects for greater development of distributed energy resources, especially local solar and storage, and could lead to an increase in the use of fossil fuels elsewhere in the region. A careful analysis of…
By Joshua S Hill Just days after setting a record of 55 hours without using coal, Great Britain has smashed a new record by going a total of 76 hours without any coal generation. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Clean Technica
By Michelle Froese GE Renewable Energy and the UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have signed a five-year research and development agreement to test and develop next-generation offshore wind technologies. GE’s new Haliade-X 12-MW offshore wind turbine and existing Haliade 150-6-MW will undergo advanced test and demonstration programs that accurately replicate real-world operating conditions to…
By Amy Stankiewicz FERC data show that 14 new “units” of wind, totaling 1,568 MW, came into service in January and February 2018, along with 40 units of solar (565 MW) for a total of 2,133 MW. Wind and solar accounted for more than 98% of all new U.S. electrical generation placed into service in…
By Kelly Pickerel Wind and solar accounted for more than 98% of all new U.S. electrical generation placed into service in the first two months of this year, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of data just released by the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commissions (FERC). FERC’s latest “Energy Infrastructure Update” (with summary statistics…
By Mike Leonard Last week, Australia’s largest generation unit – the Kogan Creek coal plant – tripped, sending frequency out of its normal band. What happened next explains why the smart grid has arrived. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Carlo Ombello The new Nissan Leaf was unveiled last September to great fanfare, as Nissan launched a months-long global marketing offensive to trumpet the arrival of its second generation mass market electric car. A daunting task: replacing the world’s best selling EV. Would Nissan once again lead the way? That was the question Read…
Researchers have developed a way to extract more power from the wind. The researchers used supercomputers at the Texas Advanced Computing Center to filter out the effects of turbulence and apply control algorithms that can better manage the operation of wind farms. The approach has the potential to increase wind power generation by 6-7 percent…