utility infrastructure News
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AMPLY Power and AECOM Partner to Bolster Bus Electrification for Transit Agencies to Meet Zero-Emission Goals
With transit agencies under pressure to electrify their fleets, AMPLY Power and AECOM have announced a strategic partnership to help bus fleet owners address and accelerate their zero-emission initiatives. By combining AMPLY's operational expertise and unique Charging-as-a-Service technology with AECOM's specialization in large-scale transportation and utility projects, the partnership provides ...
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Utility Managed Charging Programs – Turning EVs into Grid Assets
With estimates of more than 20 million electric vehicles expected on the road in the U.S. by 2030, a new report from the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) explores the current managed charging landscape and highlights the important role of utilities in furthering the intelligent integration of EVs and the grid. EVs represent the most significant new electric load opportunity for utilities ...
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GSS and Schneider Electric co-exhibit Building Controls Carbon Dioxide Sensor module
GSS joined with Schneider Electric at the recent Sensor + Test Fair in Nurnberg and Sensors Expo in Rosemont, IL to co-exhibit a unique wireless temperature, humidity and CO2 sensing module implementing their co-developed CO2 sensor and an ultra low power wireless interface board developed by Schneider Electric. The battery operated CO2, temperature and humidity wireless sensor prototype is the ...
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Schneider Electric Cuts Charging Time With New EVlink(TM) DC Quick Charger for Electric Vehicles
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, today announced U.S. availability of its new EVlink? DC Quick Charger for electric vehicles (EVs). As part of Schneider Electric's comprehensive line of EV charging stations, the new EVlink DC Quick Charger further expands Schneider Electric's reach to EV drivers and stakeholders in settings such as public parking, shopping malls, gas ...
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EPA launches new strategy to promote use of green infrastructure for environmental and economic benefits
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a new strategy to promote the use of green infrastructure by cities and towns to reduce stormwater runoff that pollutes our nation’s streams, creeks, rivers, lakes and coastal waters. Green infrastructure decreases pollution to local waterways by treating rain where it falls and keeping polluted stormwater from entering sewer ...
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Financing will be key to achieving President Obama`s climate change goals
Financing of renewable energy, energy efficiency and other technologies to reduce America's carbon footprint is a huge challenge for companies, public utilities and governments worldwide. Climate Change Business Journal (CCBJ) has revealed some bright spots and innovative developments in the investment landscape. Purchase CCBJ's Finance Edition (20,000 words, 12 charts, 60 companies) for $250 ...
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Great lakes plastic cleanup expands its waste characterization network
Today, the Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup is pleased to announce that Western University and Lambton College are joining the initiative as research partners, taking the lead on characterizing the debris collected by capture and cleanup devices at several participating marinas. Both academic institutions are recognized leaders in environmental research and innovation, particularly on plastics and ...
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Financing key to achieving climate change goals
Financing of renewable energy, energy efficiency and other technologies to reduce America's carbon footprint is a huge challenge for companies, public utilities and governments worldwide. However, Climate Change Business Journal (CCBJ) has revealed some bright spots and innovative developments in the investment landscape. "Private equity investment-the real engine of innovation in clean ...
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NREL Fills Key Leadership Role for Energy Systems Security and Resilience
Dr. Erfan Ibrahim has joined the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory as director of Cyber Physical Systems Security and Resilience for NREL's Energy Systems Integration directorate. This critical area of research and development addresses the challenges of integrating clean energy sources into the national energy infrastructure. "Erfan's experience, creativity and vision ...
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Transportation infrastructure threatens landscapes, says MISTRA
Ecological connections are at risk of collapse and cultural value of being lost when new roads are built. These are the new findings from the research programme INCLUDE at the Swedish Biodiversity Center at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Road systems today are so dense in many places that nature and recreational value are threatened. Transportation systems chop up the ...
By Mistra
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Alternative fuel sources to transform smart cities, fleets and mass transit
Black & Veatch, a market leader in the design, construction and integration of green transportation infrastructure, is looking beyond personal vehicles as it develops the role of sustainable transportation in smart cities. Next week, the company will sponsor VERGE and their Sustainable Transportation Summit. The summit brings together policy makers and private sector leaders for a critical ...
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CITY OF NORTH CHICAGO PARTNERS WITH WESTON TO TRANSFORM FORMER BROWNFIELD SITE
WESTON Media Contact: Edmund B. Pettiss, Jr., 610-7013159 info@westonsolutions.com City of North Chicago Contact Number: 847-596-8610 http://www.northchicago.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Firm Progresses City’s Plans for Economic Revitalization at Sheridan Crossing NORTH CHICAGO, Illinois—February 9, 2011—Weston Solutions, Inc. (WESTON®), a leading environmental, ...
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Accedian and New Context Partner to Revolutionize Next Generation V2G & C-V2X Infrastructure
Accedian, a leader in performance analytics, cybersecurity threat detection, and end user experience solutions, and New Context, a leader in digital transformation for infrastructure security, recently (4/27) announced a strategic partnership to revolutionize next-generation vehicle to grid (V2G) and cellular vehicle to everything (C-V2X) infrastructure. This new partnership will help connect ...
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I-5 Electric Truck Charging Sites Mapped Out by Electric Utilities
Electric utilities in three West Coast states have announced the results of a study that could lead to significant reductions of pollution from freight transportation up and down the Pacific Coast and create jobs in an economy hit hard by the novel coronavirus. The West Coast Clean Transit Corridor Initiative, a study commissioned by a collaboration among nine electric utilities and two agencies ...
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Californians to benefit from the Nation’s Most Comprehensive Electric Vehicle Fast-Charging Network to be built by NRG and eVgo
NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG), through its eVgo subsidiary, has been cleared to provide Californians with the nation’s most comprehensive electric vehicle (EV) charging network including fast chargers that allow drivers to add 50 miles of range in 15 minutes at premier retail environments. With today’s Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval of the agreement between the ...
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Speech of CEO Jane Madgwick on the Future of Europe`s Rivers
CEO Jane Madgwick of Wetlands International spoke on The Future of Europe’s Waters at a European Parliament Interactive Seminar chaired by MEP Giancarlo Scotta earlier this month. Other speakers included Nicola Natoro (Directorate General Environment, European Commission), Martin Scheele, (Directorate General Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission) and Antoine Poupard of the ...
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ComEd Announces New Programs to Accelerate Adoption of EVs Across Northern Illinois
ComEd this week (Aug 9) joined with regional and municipal leaders to unveil its latest programs designed to accelerate the adoption of electrified technologies, including electric vehicles (EVs), in northern Illinois. As part of ComEd's $231 million investment in new customer programs geared toward removing barriers to electrification, ComEd announced a new EV Charging Delivery Rate option to ...
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