Microgrid Knowledge August 20, 2015 By Elisa Wood Microgrids act as insurance if the central electric grid fails. So it’s fair to ask, how do you keep the microgrid from failing too? It’s a legitimate worry since microgrids increasingly provide back-up power for critical facilities — hospitals, emergency services, telecommunications towers and the like. This is […]
MicrogridsHartfordBusiness.com August 18, 2015 California fuel cell maker Bloom Energy will provide one of its units to power the Hartford microgrid the city received $2.1 million in state money to start. Hartford selected Bloom over Connecticut fuel cell manufacturers FuelCell Energy of Danbury and Doosan of South Windsor. Part of the reason Gov. Dannel P. […]
Doosan, FuelCell Energy, HBJHartfordBusiness.com August 18, 2015 The Connecticut Green Bank has become the first government agency to successfully use private crowdfunding to provide private financing for solar incentive programs. The Green Bank packaged $1 million of its loan programs and sold that bundle to solar crowdfunding platform Mosaic, which in turn offered it to its individual investors. […]
Green Bank, HBJHartford Business.com August 11, 2015 Danbury clean energy manufacturer FuelCell Energy has appointed two new members to its board of directors, increasing the size of the board to 10. Paul Browning, former president and CEO of the Irving Oil Co., will join the board and serve on its compensation and government affairs committees. Before his […]
FuelCell EnergyUtility Dive By Robert Walton | August 10, 2015 Dive Brief: Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has filed a bill that would raise the state’s private and public net metering caps by 2% each, up to 6% and 7%, respectively. The bill would also provide for the development of a program to support solar development beyond the state’s current […]
net metering, SolarGreentechGrid Katherine Tweed – August 7, 2015 Most utilities are not burying their heads in the sand when it comes to distributed energy resources; instead, they’re evaluating how they can fit the technology into their businesses, according to Black & Veatch’s latest annual survey of electric utilities. Nearly 60 percent of utilities said they were internally reviewing their […]
net metering, utlitiesGreenTech Solar Adam James – August 5, 2015 This morning, SolarCity announced a $10 million acquisition (and up to $20 million with earn-outs) of ILIOSS, a top 20 EPC firm in Mexico according to the Q2 Latin America PV Playbook. This marks a significant milestone for SolarCity, which joins Sungevity and SunEdison in the international […]
Solar, Solar CityREnew Economy By Sophie Vorrath on 3 August 2015 The key role energy storage will play in the electricity grids of the future – and the vital importance of investing in and testing the various emerging battery storage technologies – has been highlighted in a major report published by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency on […]
batteries, Renewable EnergyMicrogrid Knowledge July 23, 2015 By Elisa Wood Microgrids get a federal push under a broad Congressional energy bill unveiled yesterday by U.S. Senate energy committee leaders after months of hearings. The bipartisan Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 elevates many of the issues that have already been spurring microgrid development in the United States — […]
Energy Efficiency, MicrogridsRenewable Energy World.com July 22, 2015 By Vince Font In a lopsided 23-3 vote, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee voted yesterday to extend a number of renewable energy production tax credits through the end of 2016. The vote allows developers of wind, geothermal, biomass, landfill gas, incremental hydroelectric, and ocean energy to take advantage of […]
Renewable Energy, Tax CreditHartfordBusiness.com July 20, 2015 Regional power grid administrator ISO New England is planning $4.8 billion in transmission infrastructure upgrades that will be underway or complete by 2023, bringing the total investment in the reliability of the system to $12 billion since 2002. Transmission project upgrades are a relatively new way to improve electricity usage in […]
Eversource, Green Guide, Power GridGreenTechSolar Stephen Lacey July 20, 2015 With yet another multi-billion-dollar acquisition in the works, SunEdison isn’t just strengthening its position as one of the world’s top renewable energy developers — it is on a mission to become one of the largest energy companies in any sector. This morning, SunEdison announced plans to acquire Vivint Solar, […]
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