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  Bay State Wind Receives First Offshore Wind Site Assessment Plan Approval in the United States

  The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued its first approval of an offshore wind Site Assessment Plan (SAP) to Bay State Wind, a utility-scale offshore wind project in Massachusetts located 15 nautical miles south of Martha`s Vineyard ...

  Jul. 20, 2017
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  Hydro One to Acquire Avista to Create Growing North American Utility Leader

  Highlights: Establishes one of North America`s largest regulated utilities with over C$32.2 billion (US$25.4 billion) in assets and a leader in electricity transmission and distribution as well as natural gas local distribution businesses ...

  Jul. 20, 2017
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  5th Microgrid Global Innovation Forum to Focus on EMEA/Latin America/Asia Pacific

  The 5th edition of the Microgrid Global Innovation Forum, September 4-6, 2017 in Barcelona, will focus on microgrid advances, case studies and applications in EMEA, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. The emphasis is on optimizing the ...

  Jul. 20, 2017
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  energyOrbit Works with the Utility Public Service Company of New Mexico to Automate Management of Energy Efficiency Programs

  In an effort to automate and streamline their energy efficiency programs among their 500,000 customers, Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM), New Mexico`s largest energy provider, has tapped the Demand Side Management (DSM) platform ...

  Jul. 19, 2017
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  City of Santa Barbara Progresses Toward 100% Clean Energy Goal

  Renew Financial, a leading clean energy and home improvement finance company, announced that the City of Santa Barbara has joined the CaliforniaFIRST PACE financing program and will make the program available to City residents in the near future. ...

  Jul. 19, 2017
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  Department of Energy Provides $40 Million for 4 DOE Bioenergy Research Centers

  U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry recently (7/17) announced $40 million in Department of Energy awards for the establishment of four DOE Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs), which will provide the scientific breakthroughs for a new generation of ...

  Jul. 18, 2017
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  Advanced Microgrid Solutions Raises $34 Million in Series B, Energy Leaders See DER Optimization as Major Growth Market

  Advanced Microgrid Solutions ("AMS") announced it has raised over $34 million in a Series B funding round amid projections by utility executives that distributed energy resources (DERs) will create the biggest stress on the grid in the ...

  Jul. 18, 2017
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  Duke Energy Unveils Plans for Its First Solar Power Plants in Kentucky

  Duke Energy customers in Northern Kentucky will soon benefit from clean, renewable solar energy as part of the company`s plans to develop its first solar facilities in the commonwealth. Duke Energy will build and operate three solar power plants on ...

  Jul. 17, 2017
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  Envision Energy Launches `Energy IoT and Smart City Technology Alliance`

  Envision Energy, a leading global smart energy solution provider, has announced an open-platform alliance that connects energy pioneers and technology innovators to help accelerate the clean energy transition through digitalization. The "Energy IoT ...

  Jul. 17, 2017
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  Utilities Actively Adopt Virtual Power Plants to Cater to a Growing Network of Connected Systems

  The surge in the number of distributed energy resources (DERs) installations across the globe is opening up the market for virtual power plant (VPP) programs. The large installed capacity of solar and wind-generation plants notwithstanding, ...

  Jul. 13, 2017
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  Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure Calls for Innovation in Electric Grid Infrastructure

  American infrastructure is an ever-evolving industry, requiring pioneers to embrace new technology to bolster existing sectors, and usher in improvements needed across the country. The Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure laud and encourage ...

  Jul. 13, 2017
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  NY Legislature Passes Historic Legislation to Advance Energy Storage

  New York`s legislature took an important step to ensure its position as a first-mover among states in accelerating energy storage and the advanced energy economy. Led by Senator Joseph Griffo, Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, and a bipartisan coalition of ...

  Jun. 23, 2017
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  EPCOR Completes Advanced Metering Deployment in Edmonton

  Landis+Gyr announced completion of an innovative multi-year grid modernization project with EPCOR that included deployment of the Gridstream® AMI solution for advanced metering infrastructure and grid management in Edmonton, Alberta. EPCOR ...

  Jun. 22, 2017
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  Aclara and Enbala Form Strategic Alliance

  Aclara Technologies and Enbala Power Networks announce a new strategic alliance through which Aclara adds Enbala's Virtual Power Plant (VPP) technology to Aclara's utility solution suite. Aclara is a leading supplier of smart infrastructure ...

  Jun. 22, 2017
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  Iberdrola and MIT Energy Announce Collaboration to Spur Energy and Environmental Innovation

  Building on a shared commitment to driving innovation and education in energy and climate solutions, MIT President L. Rafael Reif and Iberdrola Chairman and CEO Ignacio S. Galán met on MIT's campus to renew and significantly expand the ...

  Jun. 22, 2017
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  SMUD and Simple Energy Partner to Deliver Innovative Marketplace

  SMUD, the sixth-largest community-owned electric service in the nation, has announced a new partnership with Simple Energy, the nation`s leading provider of utility-branded marketplaces. At launch, SMUD`s new marketplace will offer customers in the ...

  Jun. 19, 2017
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  Wind, Solar Power Could Overpower Political Winds: Deloitte Study

  Demand for renewable energy by consumers and businesses - along with a long-term commitment to cleaner portfolios from utilities - seems to be fundamentally shifting energy attitudes and decisions, independent of federal stances, according to ...

  Jun. 15, 2017
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  Construction Underway on FPL`s Eight New Universal Solar Power Plants

  Florida Power & Light Company announced that construction is underway on its next eight solar power plants, continuing one of the largest solar expansions ever in the eastern U.S. The new plants, which will comprise a total of more than 2.5 ...

  Jun. 15, 2017
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  Regalgrid Europe Launches Its Smart Energy Sharing Solution

  Regalgrid® an Italian startup that provides localized shared energy solutions recently debuted their first installation at H-FARM. The technology has huge potential in disrupting the future of energy consumption by giving more control to its ...

  Jun. 13, 2017
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  U.S. Solar Market Adds 2 Gigawatts of PV in Q1 2017

  Following rapid growth across the industry in 2016, the United States solar market added 2,044 megawatts of new capacity in the first quarter of 2017. As installations grow, prices continue to fall to new lows, with utility-scale system prices ...

  Jun. 9, 2017