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#grid Resilience & National Security.
Jun 06 2018 12:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
President, ordered Energy Secretary, . . . to halt the shutdown of ailing coal, and nuclear power plants, . . . that were needed to maintain the nation’s: . . . . . . energy mix, . . . . . . grid resilience, and . . . . . . national security. 6-6-2018...
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Buffett Buys #renewables
Jun 02 2018 02:45 PM | eds in Green Energy
NV Energy, . . . (owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway), ...has signed contracts to purchase electricity from, . . . 6 solar projects totaling, . . . 1,001 MW-AC, along with . . . 100 MW / 400 MWh, of energy storage. 6-2-2018 Source: Buffet...
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#coal & #nuclear: Too Big To Fail?
May 26 2018 10:10 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Reports, in 2017 . . . 1.9 GW of coal plants closed, as . . . 2.8 GW of new natural gas plants were added. In the latest PJM capacity auction for 2020-2021, prices fell . . . 23% – showing that we have...
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Follow The Money: $2.2 Trillion For #energy
May 26 2018 12:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Frost & Sullivan’s, analysis of . . . 2018 Global Power Industry Outlook, says . . . Solar, to grow past Wind Energy. The report also predicts that . . . $2.2 trillion will be invested in new energy capacity through 2021, with . . . $600...
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Puerto Rico: Bottom Up #microgrids
May 25 2018 04:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Last September, Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, . . . destroying most of the island’s energy infrastructure. Puerto Ricans then had to endure the . . . largest and longest blackout in US history. A bottom up network of distributed microgrid...
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Largest Commitment To Offshore #wind Power
May 25 2018 02:15 PM | eds in Wind Power
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation, . . . that will move the state’s electricity mix to . . . 50% renewable by 2030, and . . . codifies the largest commitment to . . . offshore wind power from any state. Momentum is growing with severa...
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400-Megawatt Offshore #wind Farm
May 24 2018 12:50 PM | eds in Wind Power
Rhode Island, . . . selected Deepwater Wind, to develop a . . . 400-megawatt, proposal . . . in federal waters far off the coast. 5-24-2018 Source: 400-megawatt offshore #wind farm
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100% #renewable Grid Is Feasible
May 23 2018 01:20 PM | eds in Green Energy
U.S. Energy Information Administration, says: . . . . . . 100% Iceland, . . . . . . 100% Paraguay, . . . . . . 99% Costa Rica, . . . . . . 98.5% Norway, . . . . . . 80% Austria, . . . . . . 75% Brazil, and . . . . . . 69.4% Denmark, . . . these countri...
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#electric Motor
Equipmake's, next-gen electric motor, . . . spoked magnet design spins up: . . . . . . cheaper, . . . . . . lighter, . . . . . . more powerful. 5-22-2018 Source: #Electric Motor
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Wyoming’S #wind
May 20 2018 12:25 PM | eds in Wind Power
North Dakota now obtains about . . . 30% of its power from wind. “Utilities want wind these days, . . . Not because of environmental policy. . . . They want it because it’s cheap.” In 2 years, a federal subsidy for wind production will end. . . . Dev...
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