In its latest quarterly report, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) said that the state met 20.6 percent of its electricity demand with renewable sources —...
Articles from 8.7.2012
U.S. criticized for backing away from U.N. climate goal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union and small island states criticized the United States on Tuesday for backing away from a U.N. goal of limiting global warming to...
Recent heat waves caused by global warming, Hansen says
The record heat wave and drought tormenting much of the U.S. is part of a “new extreme category” of weather that is most likely the result of global warming, a top U.S....
Defense Dept., Interior seek to speed renewables on military lands
The Pentagon and Interior Department have inked an agreement aimed at developing green electricity projects to feed power-thirsty military bases, a plan that officials...
Articles from 8.6.2012
Fracking debate racks South Africa
South Africa is running dangerously short of energy, even as it sits atop what geologists say could be substantial gas reserves. Drilling companies are waiting to see if...
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NEW DELHI — Power was restored in India on Wednesday after two days of blackouts that had cast a huge shadow over the nation’s economic ambitions.
Four U.S. nuclear reactors shut during heat wave
July 18 (Reuters) - Several nuclear plants on the U.S. East Coast shut down by early W ednesday and New York's Consolidated Edison power company reduced the voltage...
Boulder, CO gears up for legal battle over the grid
A tough legal showdown between the city of Boulder and utility Xcel Energy is brewing as the city prepares to force Xcel to sell its distribution network.
EnerNOC buys up Energy Response to tackle Australian demand response market
Demand response company EnerNOC has one of the most aggressive acquisition strategies in the smart grid sector, and that doesn't look like it's slowing down. On...
EPRI: Cost of implementing smart grid could hit $476B; benefits up to $2T
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has released a broad assessment of the costs and benefits to modernize the US electricity system and deploy the smart grid....
PG&E's smart meters continue to inspire fears (from the left and right) in the Bay Area
INVERNESS PARK, Calif. — Pacific Gas and Electric’s campaign to introduce wireless smart meters in Northern California is facing fierce opposition from an eclectic mix of...
Feds tackle thorny smart grid issues of privacy and communications infrastructure in new reports
The smart grid is here already in many towns. Along with energy savings, does it mean the end of privacy? And will there even be enough bandwidth to handle a big jump in...
LA signs with Chinese battery giant BYD to store grid power
The city of Los Angeles has signed a deal with a major Chinese manufacturing firm to develop a battery project that would store renewable energy and release it to the...
China Blacks Out Towns To Meet Energy Goal
BEIJING - Chinese steel mills and mobile phone factories are being idled and thousands of homes in one area are doing without electricity as local...
California Legislature passes energy storage bill
by Todd Woody.California legislators have passed the nation's first energy storage bill, a move that require the state's utilities to bank a portion of the...
California’s first wave of smart meters encounters grassroots opposition
by Todd Woody. No one said transforming the century-old power system into a state of-the-art digital smart grid was going to be easy. But California already is getting...
California Utility PG&E Looks To Add Pumped Hydro Energy Storage
It's planned a feasibility study to examine the possibility of a pumped hydro storage plant ranging in size from 400 MW to 1,200 MW.
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