demand response
Viridity has entered into a master agreement with the Defense Logistics Agency Energy (DLA Energy) to pursue load curtailment at federal and military facilities across the United States. By selling planned electric load reductions at a premium into the energy markets, Viridity Energy aims to help defense bases and federal
smart metering
Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) has selected Elster’s EnergyAxis smart-grid solution to power the utility’s first advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) project in Mexico City, Mexico’s capital city with a population of more than 20 million. The Mexican Secretaria de Energia (SENER) and CFE will use the EnergyAxis
Smart Grid
Recent developments in building a cleaner, smarter energy future haven’t been just good … they’ve been Google good. The search engine giant has been busy in recent weeks, going big on sustainability with investments in the world’s largest wind farm, an ultra-high-speed fiber project and a joint effort
Ouch. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers makes a devastatingly important point with its “Keep the Lights On” initiative: Companies that tout smart, sustainable and livable futures should take care to practice what they preach. The North American union organisation, which represents some 725,000 workers in a variety of
efficient buildings
Data logger supplier Onset has partnered with NorthWrite Inc. to deliver an integrated, real-time energy monitoring solution for use in a monitoring-based building commissioning program funded by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The program, which aims to test NorthWrite’s energy efficiency service for buildings,
utilities
We recently extolled the virtues of Oracle’s awesome online centre for utilities … not only for its appealing, next-gen design but its top-to-bottom usefulness for potential utility customers. Oracle’s site sets the bar high, and meets expectations. Not all smart technology firms, do, though. Like Oracle, HP attempts to
solar energy
Boeing and South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G) have entered into a partnership that will enable Boeing South Carolina to operate as a 100-per cent renewable energy site. Renewable energy will be generated at the North Charleston site in part with thin-film solar laminate panels owned, installed and
efficiency
A British Gas Green Streets community in Tackley, Oxfordshire, has plans to cut its energy use by 25 per cent using a variety of technologies and efficiency strategies. The community has revolutionised the way it generates and uses energy thanks to solar panels and a ground-source heat pump installed by
solar thernal
The US Department of Energy has offered a conditional commitment for a $2.1 billion loan guarantee to support Units 1 and 2 of the Blythe Solar Power Project, a 484-megawatt solar thermal plant to be built in California. Sponsored by Solar Trust of America, the facility will be built
renewables
Google has once again poured big money into a renewable energy project … this time, as a part-owner of what will be the world’s largest wind farm, now under construction near Arlington, Oregon. Other companies involved in the 845-megawatt Shepherds Flat project include GE’s Energy Financial Services unit, developer
utilities
Acceller has introduced a new digital shopping platform that can let utilities take a share in the revenue of moving-related services such as account changes for cable television, high-speed internet and home phone service. The Miami-based firm unveiled the platform at the 2011 AGA/EEI Customer Service Conference & Exposition
efficiency
A student team from Université Laval in Quebec, Canada took home the Internal Combustion First Prize in the fifth annual Shell Eco-marathon Americas this past weekend with a best run of 2,564.8 miles per gallon in the Prototype class. It’s the third year in a row the
