http://www.renew-grid.com/ en-us Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:00:01 -0500 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:00:01 -0500 editors@renew-grid.com publisher@renew-grid.com Copyright 2012, All Rights Reserved, Zackin Publications Inc. Minnesota Power has announced new solar incentives as part of its SolarSense program that are designed to make solar power more affordable to residential and [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8061 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:55:30 -0500 Ten plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (EVs) have been added to a University of Colorado Boulder (CU-Boulder) study that has been examining user experiences and system [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8062 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:55:05 -0500 Renewable Energy Systems Americas (RES Americas) has completed the 227.5 MW Crossroads Wind Farm, located in Dewey County, Okla. The project consists of 95 [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8060 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:51:28 -0500 Aquion Energy Inc., a developer and manufacturer of sodium ion batteries and energy-storage systems, says it has chosen Westmoreland County, Pa., as the site for [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8059 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:49:26 -0500 Constellation Energy has announced that it will secure renewable energy credits (RECs) to match United Center electricity usage with wind power before, during and after [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8058 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:47:57 -0500 LS Cable and System, a wire and cable manufacturer, and Mercury Cable & Energy, a developer of high-voltage composite-reinforced conductors (HVCRC) for electrical transmission lines, [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8055 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:49:06 -0500 Collaboration, clear policies and consumer outreach are fueling the successful implementation of Central Vermont Public Service Co.'s (CVPS) smart grid plan, according to the results [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8057 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:48:38 -0500 Caribbean Utilities Co. Ltd. (CUC), the public electric utility that serves the island of Grand Cayman, is building a new utility network infrastructure using Sensus' [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8056 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:48:23 -0500 ABB has released its 38 kV GridShield, a three-phase vacuum recloser with single-phase tripping capabilities. The recloser is equipped with the RER620 intelligent electronic device. [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8054 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:32:12 -0500 The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE)'s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has appointed Ken Powers as its new deputy laboratory director and chief operating officer [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8053 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:31:26 -0500 SMART GRID DEPLOYMENT: This year is likely to be the first time global smart grid expenditures approach $10 billion. Of course, one could ask whether [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8052 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:20:14 -0500 PPL Electric Utilities says it is planning $664 million in capital improvements to its electric-delivery system that serves central and eastern Pennsylvania. The investment represents [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8051 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:33:44 -0500 Exelon Corp. and Constellation Energy have announced that the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved their merger. The PSC's order adds new conditions, but [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8050 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:32:07 -0500 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced it will award a total of more than $6.5 million to 19 clean energy projects across the [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8049 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:30:19 -0500 The Montana Public Service Commission (PSC) has voted to approve NorthWestern Energy Corp.'s application for pre-approval to build and operate the 40 MW Spion Kop [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8048 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:28:36 -0500 ZBB Energy Corp., a developer of renewable energy platforms, has announced the first shipment of its proprietary flow battery and its proprietary ZBB EnerSection power [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8046 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:25:21 -0500 EnVerv, a fabless semiconductor company that develops communications system-on-chip solutions for the smart grid market, says it has opened a new office in Japan. The [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8047 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Although the smart appliance market has failed to take off so far, shipments are expected to pick up and exceed 24 million units by 2017, [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8044 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:01:52 -0500 Itron Inc. and National Grid say they are partnering to field test the new Itron-Cisco IPv6-based smart grid solution. The companies will test system functionality [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8043 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:00:04 -0500 Saft, a designer and manufacturer of industrial batteries, will supply lithium-ion batteries to Green Charge Networks (GCN) as part of a $92 million smart grid [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8042 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:59:24 -0500 The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has announced its membership in the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC), a nonprofit organization that supports [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8041 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:56:50 -0500 The growing need to integrate intermittent renewable sources of energy, particularly solar and wind power, into the power grid will help drive significant growth in [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8045 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Meter manufacturer and smart grid company Itron Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire SmartSynch Inc., a smart grid communications firm whose technologies operate on [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8033 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:56:41 -0500 The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) and NSTAR have filed a proposed settlement agreement with the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) that stipulates a [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8040 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:41:15 -0500 Silver Spring Networks says it has finalized agreements with Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) to deploy a smart energy platform to nearly 4 million homes and businesses, [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8038 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:29:26 -0500 Fluke Corp., a company that specializes in electronic test and measurement technology and electrical calibration, has announced the availability of its 430 Series II Three [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8037 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:28:16 -0500 Battelle, an independent research and development organization, has signed a licensing and collaboration agreement with specialty grid management company Gridquant. The partnership will bring modeling [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8035 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:26:16 -0500 San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has entered into two long-term contracts to purchase 300 MW from renewable energy projects. The first of [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8034 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 DN2K, a developer of remote-monitoring, machine-to-machine (M2M) and management systems, says it has received funding from a group of private investors to help with growth [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8036 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Through a consortium with Milan, Italy-based cable company Prysmian, Siemens Energy has announced that it will build a submarine DC interconnector in the Irish Sea [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8039 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Green Mountain Power (GMP) and the City of Montpelier have announced the opening of a new public electric-vehicle (EV) charging station, located behind City Hall. [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8027 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:25:06 -0500 Semiconductor Research Corp. (SRC) has added three members to its global Energy Research Initiative (ERI), which focuses on new technologies for renewable energy and its [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8030 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:16:13 -0500 Open Systems International Inc. (OSI) will provide its Multi-platform Open Network ARCHitecture-based SCADA/energy-management system to Sharyland Utilities LP for its transmission operations center in Amarillo, [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8029 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:15:03 -0500 Rocky Mountain Power has announced changes to its planned transmission line that will run between the Windstar and Aeolus substations in eastern Wyoming. [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8028 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:10:19 -0500 With an emphasis on grid modernization and energy innovation, President Obama's fiscal year 2013 (FY 2013) budget includes slightly more funds for the U.S. Department [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8026 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The University at Buffalo (UB) and Buffalo State College have announced a collaboration that aims to improve green-jobs training for undergraduate and graduate students at [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8031 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Overall business customer satisfaction with electric utility companies has improved notably from 2011, but satisfaction among businesses with the smallest monthly average electric bills trails [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8032 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Standardization remains one of the biggest challenges to securing the smart grid, both in the U.S. and abroad. Organizations such as the North American Electric [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.7999 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:27:32 -0500 Ember is providing its EM300 series platform to Ambient Devices so the companies can develop a new line of in-home display (IHD) solutions for the [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8024 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:54:00 -0500 FirstEnergy has announced that Carl J. Bridenbaugh, formerly director of transmission planning and support, has been named vice president of transmission. In this role, he [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8023 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:47:07 -0500 Electric rates for residential customers of Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) will be reduced by a total of $114 million annually beginning March 1. [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8022 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:46:00 -0500 It may seem obvious, but the more knowledgeable customers are about the smart grid, the more they accept it, according to a survey conducted by [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8021 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 A123 Systems, a developer and manufacturer of advanced Nanophosphate lithium-ion batteries and systems, has announced that it will supply six of its Grid Battery (GB) [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8025 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Honda recently delivered its 2013 Fit electric vehicles (EVs) to Google Inc. and Stanford University as a part of the Honda Electric Vehicle Demonstration Program. [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8020 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:27:04 -0500 UtiliData Inc., a supplier of voltage-optimization products for the electric grid, has completed a round of financing led by Braemar Energy Ventures. The company says [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8018 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:23:10 -0500 ECOtality Inc., a provider of storage technologies and clean electric transportation, has announced that Paul Gordon has joined the company as its chief technology officer. [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8017 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:22:26 -0500 Appalachian Power has filed an application with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) to construct a new $25 million electric transmission line to reinforce the [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8016 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:21:22 -0500 Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) has agreed to implement recommendations made in a report on the Morristown, N.J., underground electrical network. The report, [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8015 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:18:55 -0500 Idaho regulators say they have primary jurisdiction over proposed power sales agreements between Idaho Power Co. and two Idaho-based wind projects that want to sell [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8019 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman recently toured Dow Kokam's new global battery research and development (R&D) center in Lee's Summit, Mo. The R&D [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8007 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Ameren Corp. has selected EMC Corp.'s Symmetrix VMAX storage system to manage the utility's data through an Oracle database and custom application environment. [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8008 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Ioxus Inc., a manufacturer of ultracapacitor technology for the alternative energy and transportation markets, has acquired Power Systems Ltd., a Japanese manufacturer of electric double-layer [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8009 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Fujitsu Laboratories of America has announced a joint collaboration with Idaho National Laboratory (INL) on a smart grid energy-management project. Fujitsu's security and [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8010 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has conditionally approved a series of changes to the California Independent System Operator Corp.'s (CAISO) generator interconnection procedures, Akin [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8011 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has proposed a plan in response to a ruling by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that BPA unduly discriminated [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8012 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The Electricity Storage Association (ESA) has announced the findings of a report released by the Copper Development Association (CDA) that forecasts robust growth and lower [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8013 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 National Grid has announced a revised smart grid pilot proposal for Worcester, Mass., that was recently filed for approval with the Massachusetts Department of Public [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8014 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 BPL Global Ltd. (BPLG) has teamed up with Freshmile, the Hager Group, FAM Automobiles and the University of Technology in Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM) in France on [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8006 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:12:15 -0500 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) plans to hold a workshop on Feb. 28 to receive public input on potential reforms to the commission's policies [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8003 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:09:43 -0500 Minnesota Power is proposing to construct a new transmission line running from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to the Mesabi Iron Range, Minn., and eventually into Duluth. The [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8004 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:07:42 -0500 Progress Energy has chosen Telvent GIT SA's smart grid technologies, in combination with the company's weather forecasts, in order to predict load for the utility's [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8002 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:04:21 -0500 KEMA, a global provider of business and technical consulting, has announced the election of its director of grid applications, Mark Knight, to the GridWise Architecture [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8001 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:03:19 -0500 Acting in response to a motion filed Tuesday by Connecticut's attorney general and the state's consumer counsel, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) has ruled [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8000 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:00:49 -0500 The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded approximately $2 million for two research projects. One project targets sustainable communities, while the other focuses on workforce [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8005 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced plans to invest up to $120 million over five years to launch a new Energy Innovation Hub [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.7998 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:44:16 -0500 The Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) energy-efficiency plans are within the achievable range of potential energy savings for the region, according to a study conducted by [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.7997 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:42:20 -0500 ABB says it has won an order from Ontario utility Hydro One Networks Inc. to supply an indoor gas-insulated switchgear substation, an outdoor switchyard with [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.7996 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:40:38 -0500 Corn Belt Power Cooperative, a generation and transmission electric cooperative that provides power in northern Iowa, has deployed Exalt Communications' microwave backhaul systems to consolidate [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.7995 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:38:55 -0500 Silver Spring Networks has named Gadner Vieira general manager of its Brazilian operations. In his new role, Vieira assumes responsibility for all aspects of the [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.7994 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:37:15 -0500 The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) has established a new task force that will implement educational opportunities and interact with federal agencies on [...] http://www.renew-grid.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.7993 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:35:17 -0500