Owners of the popular Chevrolet Volt electric car may soon have the option to recharge their cars using renewable energy, thanks to a new solution from OnStar. According to OnStar, “the technology is enabled as OnStar receives a signal from PJM Interconnection that shows the percentage of available renewable energy on the grid. Data from this forecast Continue reading →
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Southwestern Electric Power Co. has signed long-term agreements to purchase power from wind projects as a way to meet a renewable energy commitment it made in a recent legal settlement over a coal-fired power plant in southwestern Arkansas. via Wind power bought as part of pact over Ark. plant | Washington Examiner.
AWS Truepower, a provider of renewable energy consulting and information services, has announced the official start of the H2OCEAN project at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB). The project, which is funded by the European Commission 7th Framework Programme, aims to develop an innovative design for an economically and environmentally sustainable multi-use open-sea platform to harvest Continue reading →
2011 saw huge advances in solar, wind and other renewable energy sources, and these advancements will continue into 2012. In fact 2012 could be the year that renewable energy sources start to seriously compete with traditional fossil fuels, at least that is the hope in the battle to reduce carbon emissions and our dependence on Continue reading →
A startup company wants to shine a brighter light on renewable energy with a potential $25 million manufacturing plant that could produce up to 200 jobs. Camel City Solar LLC, formed in September, is the latest version of an entrepreneurial spinoff from Wake Forest University’s Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials. Most of Camel City’s Continue reading →
Energy storage systems are considered a crucial component of the future energy system, enabling the widespread adoption of everything from renewable energy, smart grid technologies and backup power, to electric vehicles (EVs) and portable devices. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan finds that the development of electric energy storage technologies is currently being driven by factors such as grid Continue reading →
Bloomberg New Energy Finance finds that the trillionth dollar has been invested in clean energy since its records began Bloomberg New Energy Finance has recorded the $1,000,000,000,000 of investment in renewable energy, energy efficiency and smart energy technologies since its records started in 2004. The milestone was passed as negotiators and world leaders gathered in Continue reading →
The United States electric grid can accommodate the expected surge of renewable energy projects and use of electric vehicles within the next two decades, provided that proper policies supporting these are put into place, a report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology showed. via With the right laws, grid can take on renewable energy, E.V.’s Continue reading →
A new era of renewable energy has dawned, a panel of experts pointed out at a round table session on ‘Cost vs Benefits of Non Fossil Fuels’ at the 20th World Petroleum Congress yesterday while urging more emphasis on innovation and new technologies. via Gulf Times – Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper – Qatar.
Hawaii and Japan on Tuesday agreed to build a smart grid on Maui to demonstrate how solar, wind and other renewable energy sources can be integrated into an electrical grid. The project aims to overcome one of the obstacles that prevent communities from using more renewable energy and create a model for others around the Continue reading →
Irish energy tech company Gaelectric has today met with the Northern Ireland Assembly in Dublin to highlight the remaining barriers to the development of the local renewable energy sector on the island of Ireland. Gaelectric also spoke about the contribution of the renewable energy sector in Ireland to economic development and energy security. via Gaelectric Continue reading →
Here’s a good question that doesn’t typically come up in smart grid discussions: What can be done with those parcels of abandoned, contaminated or polluted land that used to be landfills or mining sites? You can’t live there and agriculture is definitely out. EPA and DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have an answer – Continue reading →
Renewable energy is projected to increase by 40.4% from 2010 to 2015. In 2010, renewable energy is expected to account only 11.5% of electricity generation. Renewable energy contributed 462 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of the total 4,030 billion kWh generated by all fuel sources that included coal, petroleum, natural gas, nuclear, and renewable energy. According to Continue reading →
With an ambitious goal to achieve 70 percent “clean energy” by 2030, the state of Hawaii is quickly becoming a test bed for renewable energy development and smart grid technologies. One example is the Maui Smart Grid Project, which intends to evaluate the effectiveness of integrating renewable energy and engaging consumers to assist the Maui Continue reading →
A smart grid demonstration project in Hawaii is about to begin – its goal is to establish a model for integrating clean energy into the grid along with other cutting-edge technologies. The system being tested mitigates the impact of variable renewable energy generation and uses renewable energy efficiently. Another objective is to standardize how a low-carbon infrastructure can be deployed to other islands and semitropical regions all Continue reading →
IBM announced in mid-October 2011 that it had joined a collaborative consortium to help develop an energy grid that uses at least 50 percent of renewable energy sources, such as wind power, solar energy and biogas. Led by a European Union-funded consortium, the EcoGrid EU project will demonstrate a smart energy grid that will allow Continue reading →
The global renewable energy community will be watching Maui for the next few years, as officials test cutting-edge technology designed to allow utilities to incorporate more wind and solar power into their electrical grids. The multimillion-dollar Maui Smart Grid Project brings together a host of government agencies and private-sector energy companies from the United States Continue reading →
German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on 30 May that Germany, the world’s fourth-largest economy and Europe’s biggest, would shutter all of its 17 nuclear power plants between 2015 and 2022, an extraordinary commitment, given that they currently produce about 28% of the country’s electricity. via Germany sets aside 130bn dollars for renewable energy to replace Continue reading →
Germany’s federally-owned KfW banking group is facilitating renewable energy and energy efficiency investments in Germany with EUR 100 billion (over US$130 billion) over the next five years. Germany is the world’s largest photovoltaic market and leading wind energy generator in Europe. This boost is intended to decrease investment risk and accelerate the country’s move to Continue reading →
IBM’s signing on as a member of EcoGrid EU, a consortium of companies that is planning a European Union (EU) smart grid demonstration project that will source at least 50% of its electrical power from renewable sources, such as wind, solar and biogas, the Armonk, NY-based information technology leader announced Oct. 13. via IBM Joins Continue reading →
