Europe's Offshore Wind Energy Set to Boom in the Next Few Years
The ability of offshore wind to significantly contribute to the renewable energy targets of 2020 in Europe is spurring governments to support and encourage the sector. ...
New Poll Shows Nationwide, Bipartisan Support for Renewable Electricity Standard
As the wind energy industry gathered in the Windy City for its largest event ever, the WINDPOWER 2009 Conference & Exhibition, AWEA has released results of a new poll showing strong, deep bipartisan support for a national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) requiring utilities to generate at least 25% of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2025. ...
Eskom Extends Low-Voltage Network
Opportunities Exist in Developing Countries for Innovative Technologies to be applied on networks that supply electricity to large rural communities....
Florida Power & Light Announces 75-MW Solar Plant
Lauren Engineers & Constructors (www.laurenec.com) recently signed a contract with Florida Power & Light Co. (Miami, Florida, U.S.) as the engineering,...
Load-Control Pilot Begins at REMCs
Testing has begun at Decatur County REMC, Harrison REMC and Orange County REMC for a load-control pilot program. The assessment will help Hoosier Energy...
Wood Chips to Energy
The History of the Vacuum Cleaner Goes Back to the 1860s. The device has grown from being a home appliance to one that is used extensively in commercial...
ABB Commissions Switchgear Rated at 1 Million Volts
ABB (www.abb.com) has commissioned switchgear rated to handle more than 1 million volts, touching new heights in terms of global voltage levels. The ultrahigh-voltage...
DOE Secretary Chu Announces $93 Million from Recovery Act to Support Wind Energy Projects
In an ongoing effort to expand domestic renewable energy, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu yesterday announced plans to provide $93 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support further development of wind energy in the United States during a visit to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory ...
U.S. Wind Energy Industry Installs over 2800 MW in First Quarter
The wind energy industry installed over 2800 MW of new generating capacity in the first quarter of 2009, with new projects completed in 15 states and powering the equivalent of 816,000 homes, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) announced today in its first quarter market report....
PECO Energizes New $25 Million Tunnel Substation To Boost Energy Supply
PECO has energized the first of eight circuits from its new $25 million tunnel substation to meet the growing needs of University City and West Philadelphia. The substation is part of the company’s $400 million capital investment for improved system performance and reliability in 2009. ...
AWEA Annual Wind Energy Industry Report Reflects Strong Growth in 2008
Wind energy leaders in several categories maintained their no. 1 positions even as other leaders emerged in new categories, while 24 states saw new wind turbine and component manufacturing facilities opened, expanded or announced in 2008, according to the annual wind energy industry rankings report released by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). ...
Powerco Commissions Automatic Backfeed Restoration Scheme
Powerco (New Plymouth, New Zealand) has commissioned its Pohangina Apiti automatic backfeed restoration scheme using the NOJA Power (Queensland, Australia)...
Siemens to Install IEC 61850-Compliant Systems at NYPA Substation
Siemens Energy (Alpharetta, Georgia, U.S.) has been awarded a contract to install its IEC 61850-compliant substation automation system and associated...
Monitors Produce Performance Dividends
The Last 10 to 15 Years have Seen a Significant Increase in the Range of Equipment specifically designed for continuous on-line condition monitoring of...
Switching Gear for Harsh Environments
O'Hare International Airport is One of the Busiest Airports in the World, with more than 880,000 flight operations in 2008. Behind the scenes, O'Hare...
Kuwait Building Three Substations to Improve Grid
Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity and Water has awarded ABB an order worth $400 million for three new substations to improve the country's electricity transmission grid. ...
Pennsylvania Commission Approves $45 Million PECO Transmission Substation
PECO has received approval from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to build a new electric transmission substation in Worcester Township, Montgomery County. ...
Southern California Edison to Deploy AMSC's Smart Grid dSVC in Its 'Circuit of the Future'
American Superconductor Corp. has received an order from Southern California Edison for its pad-mounted Distribution Static VAR Compensator solution. ...
Technologies Shape Renewable Energy
The Unquenchable Thirst for Electricity is One of the Driving Forces in the development and deployment of renewable energy technology. This technology...
U.S. Senate Energy Committee Reviews Proposal for Federal Renewable Electricity Standard
The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee heard the testimony of five witnesses in its review of a draft federal renewable electricity standard...
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