Warren Buffett’s utility company MidAmerican Energy is continuing its big alternative energy push by buying an 81-megawatt wind energy project from Invenergy Wind. After buying into two big solar projects being built by First Solar(FSLR_) in December, Berkshire Hathaway’s(BRK.B_) MidAmerican Energy is increasing its wind energy portfolio — an area in which it is already Continue reading →
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The inability to develop a comprehensive energy policy despite more than four decades of grand declarations represents the greatest ongoing failure of American politics and the utmost threat to the stability of our nation. For decades the lack of an energy policy has defined America’s military risk abroad, warped the economy at home and degraded Continue reading →
There has been a lot of talk about Japan peeling back on nukes and emphasizing alternative energy. A new policy, which Prime Minister Naoto Kan began to outline this week, would embrace solar and wind power and focus on innovation. In his speech on the matter, he used the word “challenge” seven times. In other Continue reading →
General Electric (GE) launched its ecomagination initiative five years ago. Although GE certainly intended ecomagination to promote the company’s social consciousness, the initiative’s primary goal was much deeper—to recast GE’s overarching value proposition and establish it as the leader in what CEO Jeff Immelt saw as some of the biggest growth markets of the 21st Continue reading →
Many cities and counties are finding ways to generate energy through the operations of their wastewater treatment facilities, helping cut costs and moving the facilities toward self-sustainability. For most communities, generating energy through the wastewater treatment process is important for both financial and environmental reasons. via Wastewater Plants Turn to Alternative Energy Sources | Smart Continue reading →
The University of South Florida’s Power Center for Utility Explorations and Progress Energy Florida have been selected by Florida’s Energy and Climate Commission to build the largest and most comprehensive smart grid in the Southeast, serving at least 5,000 customers on the west side of St. Petersburg and St. Pete Beach. The three-year, $15 million Continue reading →
General Electric (GE) is a standout company that supplies products and services in the alternative energy and environmental fields. GE also has a robust stake in smart grid technology; its energy division alone has products that include power delivery, smart metering, charging systems, and power sensing. According to Cleantech, GE is a player in 5 Continue reading →
The demand for electricity continues to increase faster than the rate of building power stations. Consumers can do something positive to save money by investigating, and installing a practical alternative power system in their homes. The initial cost may look high but over the long term you will definitely see how much money you save Continue reading →
We’ve all heard about renewable energy and alternative energy sources. They’ve been talked about and speculated about for decades now. Some people recognized early on the damage that we were doing to the planet with our dependence on non-renewable energy sources like coal and oil. Other people took longer to figure it out, but by Continue reading →
The next decade will usher in a new era of alternative energy solutions that could meet a growing demand for “smarter” electrical power, a group of industry leaders said last week. Public utilities such as San Diego Gas & Electric Co. have already begun looking into ways of meeting California requirements that call for 33 Continue reading →
On the day that GE announced a 340 million euros project encompassing 4 European countries including the UK and Germany in offshore wind energy Nani Beccalli-Falco, President & CEO of GE International took some time out to talk with Alia Papageorgiou on the EUs energy program, this new alternate energy project and just what does Continue reading →
As alternative green energy sources come online, power plants and energy distribution substations find their networks challenged by smart grid demands that call for rapid changes between traditional and alternative energy sources. System and network integration on a smart grid that manages hybrid energy sources is on technology road maps for virtually every utility company Continue reading →
The electric power system in the U.S. is dirty, antiquated, stupid, unstable, and a security nightmare. After years of discussion and debate, consensus now holds that the generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure will need hundreds of billions in new investment to reduce emissions, improve reliability, minimize waste and inefficiency, improve security, and facilitate the integration Continue reading →
The federal government has awarded $5 million in stimulus funding for Sacramento-area alternative energy projects, including the state’s first “solar highway,” U.S. Rep. Doris Matsui announced Friday. via Sacramento Press / Feds award $5m for alternative energy.
The market for residential energy management is poised to grow dramatically due to increased consumer demand and new government and industry initiatives. Frequently, and for good reason, the discussions about this emerging market focus on the expansion of Smart Grids as these solutions enable electricity distribution systems to manage alternative energy sources (e.g., solar and Continue reading →
Getting electricity from a power plant to a customer seems straightforward enough: String wires on poles and connect each end. But nothing is straightforward in energy these days, which helps explain why New England’s power grid has moved from being an ignored, 8,000-mile-long mesh to being at the heart of debate about alternative energy and Continue reading →
It’s time to get smart about Smart Energy. Green is the new black. And the CE industry is eager to wear that new shade of success. A recent CE Pro survey revealed 87 percent of respondents will offer alternative energy products within the next three years. And almost half plan to offer these products, such Continue reading →
Octus Energy (OTCBB: OCTI), a smart energy management company, today announced a non-exclusive joint venture with Quantum Energy Solutions, a leading energy management company, to commercialize Octus’s proprietary Smart Energy Platform (OctusSEP). In addition, Octus and Quantum will collaboratively pursue a deep pipeline of energy-efficiency and alternative energy projects. “Quantum and its principals are industry Continue reading →
China has embarked on a 10-year project to build a “smart grid” that will catapult power transmission into the digital age, securing electricity supplies and boosting energy conservation. The program is expected to be a boon to companies that provide equipment and technology to the power industry. “A smart grid is an inevitable choice for Continue reading →
Imagine an electric system that talks to your dishwasher, automatically heals outages, and not only supplies power but pulls it from rooftop solar panels and hybrid cars. It’s called a smart grid, and it’s coming to your neighborhood. Over the next five years, Duke Energy will give its aging web of power lines and substations Continue reading →
