REG Power Management Selects Greenbyte for Data Management
REG Power Management, headquartered in Guildford UK, is a developer, owner and operator of renewable energy projects, with a track record of over 1000 MW. Greenbyte will work with REG Power Management to bring into Breeze and Bright their current portfolio of 30 wind farms and 10 solar PV plants. The systems will be used for real time production monitoring, streamlined reporting and in-depth data analysis over any time period to optimize plant energy output, performance and availability. “We...
Sunnova Expands Residential Solar Service Offerings into Nevada
HOUSTON — February 13, 2018 — Sunnova Energy Corporation, a leading U.S. residential solar and energy storage provider, announced today that it will once again offer homeowners in Nevada a brilliant choice for energizing their lives with solar. Sunnova will work with local partners across the state to help facilitate solar-powered job growth and customer savings. In June 2017, Nevada passed Assembly Bill 405 into law which reinstated net-metering for rooftop solar customers across the state a...
Greensmith Energy Storage Technology Selected to Deliver Reliable Solar Power in Massachusetts
Greensmith Energy, a part of the Wärtsilä technology group, was selected by Origis Energy USA to provide advanced energy storage integrated with solar photovoltaic (PV) in Sterling, Massachusetts, USA. The resultant hybrid system will allow the PV installation to better handle peak loads and provide secure, reliable electricity supply to the Municipality and State. Greensmith Energy will deliver the 1 MW / 2 MWh energy storage system using LG Chem batteries and Sungrow inverters to Origis Ene...
Fast-Track Delivery of Wärtsilä Power Plant Will Help Alleviate Power Shortage in Bangladesh
Through its ability to respond urgently to the need for additional electricity generation, the technology group Wärtsilä is helping to alleviate power shortages in Bangladesh. The latest contract is for a 100 MW power plant to serve the Gazipur Industrial Zone. The order has been placed by China-based Hubei Electric Power Survey & Design Institute, and was booked in January 2018. The fast-track delivery will comprise six Wärtsilä 50 engines running on heavy fuel oil (HFO). The engines are sch...
EIA Releases February's Short-Term Energy Outlook
Forecast Highlights Global Liquid Fuels North Sea Brent crude oil spot prices averaged $69 per barrel (b) in January, an increase of $5/b from the December level. Monthly average Brent prices have increased for seven consecutive months, and, on January 11, spot prices moved higher than $70/b for the first time since December 2014. EIA forecasts Brent spot prices will average about $62/b in both 2018 and 2019 compared with an average of $54/b in 2017. EIA expects West Texas Intermedi...
Greensmith Energy’s Texas Waves Energy Storage Project Now Operational, Responds Ruickly to January Cold Spell, Increasing Grid Reliability in ERCOT
Greensmith Energy, a part of the technology group Wärtsilä, has successfully completed two grid-scale energy storage systems in partnership with E.ON Climate & Renewables in Texas. The system already responded to the recent cold snap in Texas, delivering short term energy to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). The two 9.9-megawatt, short-duration Texas Waves storage facilities are fed by E.ON’s 249-megawatt Pyron and the 197-megawatt Inadale wind farms, both near Roscoe, Texas....
New Report Criticizes Validity of EIA Projections
Corvallis, OR — Post Carbon Institute released a report today authored by earth scientist J. David Hughes raising critical doubts about the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) projections for domestic oil and shale gas production. The report, “Shale Reality Check: Drilling Into the U.S. Government’s Rosy Projections for Shale Gas & Tight Oil Production Through 2050,” takes aim at the veracity of forecasts found in the Annual Energy Outlook 2017 (AEO2017), in advance of the planned rel...
Wärtsilä to Supply Smart Power Generation Plant to South Australia
The technology group Wärtsilä has been chosen to supply the fast, flexible and highly efficient capacity needed by Australian integrated energy company, AGL Energy Limited. South Australia, where the new plant is to be located, is a market with high usage of renewables. The new 211 MW Smart Power Generation plant, comprising 12 Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines, will provide the fast-starting capability required to respond rapidly to fluctuations that are inherent to renewable generation. The new...
State Grid Electrifies Utilities Brand Ranking
State Grid, the electric utility giant from China, has made a commanding entrance to the Brand Finance Utilities 50 league table. With a brand value of US$40.9 billion, over four times more than France’s EDF, it is by far the most valuable uitlity brand in the world. The company’s service covers the majority of China’s land area, with a population of more than 1.1 billion. The brand’s success is supported through strategic investment, innovative technology, responsible operations, and environmen...
GREEN AMERICA + T-MOBILE Team Up to Push Competitors to Match Historic Renewable Energy Commitment
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Green America congratulated T-Mobile today on being the first telecom company in the U.S. to adopt the RE100 pledge, the company’s commitment to move to 100 percent renewable energy by 2021. T-Mobile is the first of the big four telecom companies in the United States to make such a pledge. Green America’s “Hang Up on Fossil Fuels” campaign, which started in 2017, focuses attention on the enormous amount energy used by the telecom sector and the fact that the biggest compan...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
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