According to a survey from IDC Energy Insights, the growing wave of data being generated by transmission and distribution sensors in smart grid projects is being underutilized. The report says less than half of the world’s top twenty utilities and retail energy providers are leveraging the data generated by their smart grid technologies through analytics [...]
Connecticut is partnering with Nissan to further the adoption of electric cars in the state. The Governor has signed a collaborative agreement with Nissan for the LEAF the company’s electric car. The Nissan LEAF goes on sale in limited markets in December and will be available nationwide some time in 2011.
Governors in five Midwestern states have identified six energy transmission corridors that could connect more than 15,000 megawatts of wind development. The five states include North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota and Wisconsin and are looking at ways to develop these transmission lines for wind and clean energy in order to bring economic development and [...]
California has adopted a new renewable energy standard that will require one third of all electricity sold in California to come from renewable sources by 2020. The standard was officially adopted by the California Air Resources Board and furthers Governor Schwarzenegger’s agenda of making California a worldwide environmental leader. The Schwarzenegger administration has been focused [...]
The term smart grid is an evolving concept. Some see it as a set of slick home appliances (like refrigerators, dishwashers and dryers) working in energetic lock-step to deliver cost savings and predictable bills. Some envision an intricate transmission grid, able to coordinate power from wind turbines on the coast with coal power from the [...]
Illinois has received funding to build the largest solar field in the Midwest. Wanxiang America Corporation will get more than $4 million in a federal stimulus grant to develop the field. Wanxiang will manage the project through Rockford Solar Partners a joint venture with Chicago-based renewable energy developer, New Generation Power.
Rhode Island and Massachusetts have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which says that the states will work together to coordinate the development of offshore wind projects in Rhode Island Sound. The development of this wind project will take place in federal waters in a 400 square mile area which starts 12 miles southwest of [...]
Google has made a 20-year energy services agreement with NextEra Energy Resources an Iowa based wind farm that is part of the Iowa Power Fund. The agreement will provide energy to power Google’s data centers. Iowa Governor Chet Culver launched the Iowa Power Fund to promote Iowa’s renewable energy resources and agreements like this. Governor [...]
Colorado launched the “Colorado Industrial Energy Challenge,” yesterday. Companies that enter the challenge have made a voluntary commitment to reduce energy in their manufacturing facilities and are utilizing the challenge program to achieve that goal. 13 companies from a variety of industries represent the inaugural entrants. The Challenge is open to businesses that have industrial [...]
Last week, Louisiana announced its agenda for recovery from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, lifted the ban on recreational fishing and called on the FDA to do the same for commercial catches. However, items in the plan including the amount of control BP has over the safety certification of the state’s commercial fishing catch and [...]
