By Michelle Froese Think that it’s possible to multi-task while working with a live circuit? Or that there’s nothing to fear about low voltage? Think again is the answer from experts at Fluke, a manufacturer of industrial test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment Read Fluke’s full top 10 list of electrical safety mistakes here. The company…
By Michelle Froese Gov. Mills has signed an order to end Maine’s moratorium on wind-turbine permits. Governor Janet Mills, D-Maine, has signed an Executive Order to end a moratorium on wind-turbine permits. This order clarifies that state agencies with the legal authority to issue permits can once again do their work with Maine’s local communities…
By Michelle Froese Essential Energy Everyday (EEE) recently released a video called, “Future Powered by Lead Batteries”, which describes how lead batteries are an indispensable part of our everyday lives and our green energy future. Lead batteries have a 150-year proven track record and are poised to provide the energy storage demand for a growing…
By Michelle Froese Equinor Wind US has submitted a bid to provide New York state with a significant, long-term source of renewable energy from its Empire Wind lease site located offshore New York and New Jersey. The bid comes in response to the 800-MW New York State Offshore Wind Power Procurement, the state’s first formal…
By Michelle Froese As cyber crime becomes more sophisticated and even a method of warfare, technologies such as machine learning, big data, and blockchain will become prominent, according to analysis by consulting organization Frost & Sullivan. The rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) has also opened up numerous points of vulnerabilities, compelling cybersecurity companies,…
By Michelle Froese CDP, an environmental impact non-profit, has named The Home Depot to its Climate Change “A” List for its actions to cut carbon emissions and mitigate climate risks. The Home Depot has also announced new renewable energy initiatives in 2019 and working to procure 135 MW of energy from various alternative resources, including…
By Michelle Froese AWS says it remains firmly committed to achieving 100% renewable energy across its global network. Greenpeace USA recently released a report entitled, Clicking Clean Virginia – The Dirty Energy Powering Data Center Alley, which stated that Amazon and other cloud computing giants in Virginia’s “Data Center Alley” were failing to meet commitments…
By Michelle Froese Citi has entered into a new agreement to supply clean, renewable energy for a multi-year term to its operations in Texas. The power adds to Citi’s existing renewable supply, contributing to the bank’s goal to supply 100% renewable energy to power Citi’s facilities globally by 2020. This renewable transaction puts Citi on…
By Michelle Froese Ørsted, a global offshore wind farm developer, has used FICO Xpress Optimization to develop a novel digital solution for designing an important part of their wind farms. This has enabled the Danish company, which has 30 wind farms in operation or under construction, to achieve significant savings while reducing overall design time…
By Michelle Froese By 2021, almost half (49%) of institutional investors expect to increase their exposure to assets supporting and participating in the energy transition, according a new study by Aquila Capital. This transition involves the progressive replacement of fossil fuels by renewable sources of energy production. According to the research by Aquila Capital, 68%…
By Michelle Froese At full capacity, the new Nordex rotor-blade plant will create about 900 direct and indirect local jobs. The Nordex Group will soon produce all of its own rotor blades in Mexico. To this end, the company plans to set up a production facility in Matamoros, in the state of Tamaulipas. “With the…
By Michelle Froese New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) released a report detailing the progress made toward the state’s offshore wind goals in the year and since Governor Murphy signed Executive Order No. 8. The order directed the NJBPU to fully implement the Offshore Wind Economic Development Act (OWEDA). In early 2019, EDA opened…
By Michelle Froese GE Research has been awarded $5.8 MM in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency — Energy (ARPA-E) for a three-year project to develop and demonstrate a super-fast DC Circuit Breaker that is essential for enabling next-generation MVDC grids. This project is part of a broader interest by…
By Michelle Froese Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association and EDP Renewables (EDPR) announce a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) that will enable the continued development and eventual construction of the 104-MW Crossing Trails Wind Farm. The project, which is expected to be operational in 2020, marks Tri-State’s fifth investment in a utility-scale wind energy project…
By Michelle Froese Skyline Renewables has purchased a 117-MW wind portfolio from NJR Clean Energy Ventures (CEV), the clean energy subsidiary of New Jersey Resources. The U.S. wind farms are located in Iowa, Kansas, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming providing clean renewable energy to major population centers across the country. With this latest acquisition, Skyline Renewables says…