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University Spin-off’s Small Packets Are a Big Deal for Energy Industry
It’s been a whirlwind year for Packetized Energy, the Vermont-based clean energy sector start-up spun off from a U.S. Department of Energy project in 2016 by three University of Vermont electrical engineering faculty, Paul Hines, Mads Almassalkhi and Jeff Frolik. Source: Energy Efficiency
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Canada’s NEB approves Manitoba-Minnesota Transmission Project
In a recent ruling, Canada’s National Energy Board said, “The [Manitoba-Minnesota Transmission] Project is and will be required by the present and future public convenience and necessity.” Therefore, the board recommends that the Governor in Council approve the board’s issuance of a certificate. Source: Renewable Energy
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Canada’s NEB approves Manitoba-Minnesota Transmission Project
In a recent ruling, Canada’s National Energy Board said, “The [Manitoba-Minnesota Transmission] Project is and will be required by the present and future public convenience and necessity.” Therefore, the board recommends that the Governor in Council approve the board’s issuance of a certificate. Source: Renewable Energy
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Electric Vehicles Are Already Impacting Oil Demand
The International Energy Agency published its World Energy Outlook this week, its annual effort at revising assessments of future demand for and supply of fuels and electricity. There’s a familiar theme within it: The IEA expects more renewable-energy use in the future than it did in last year’s outlook, which was more than it forecast…
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Australia’s Biggest Behind-the-meter Storage Project Goes Live
UK energy storage company redT has switched on a 1 MW facility at Australia’s largest university – marking the country’s largest behind-the-meter commercial and industrial installation to date. Source: Renewable Energy
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PG&E's Wildfire Crisis Could Impact California's Ambitions Clean Energy Targets
California’s ambitious drive to combat climate change may hinge on the fate of its biggest utility owner. Source: Renewable Energy
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Gravity-Based Energy Storage Hits the Market
Earlier this month, Energy Vault, an Idealab company, announced the commercial availability of its energy storage solution that is based on the principles that underpin traditional gravity-based pumped hydro plants. Source: Renewable Energy
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Hawaiian Ranch Partnering to Build Microgrid
Parker Ranch, one of the largest cattle operations in the U.S., has award Go Electric with a contract to design and construct a 400-kW microgrid on-site. Source: Renewable Energy
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Solar and Wind Now the Cheapest Power Source Says BloombergNEF
Unsubsidised solar and onshore wind are now the cheapest source of new bulk power in all major economies except Japan thanks to falling technology costs. Source: Renewable Energy
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Buildings Are Becoming Energy Hubs: How Utilities Can Adapt
As utility customers invest more in advanced energy technologies, buildings are becoming dynamic energy hubs. Anywhere, anytime, a building could be a consumer, storage point, or generator of energy. And a building’s energy profile could change instantaneously as it responds to signals from internal controls, the grid operator, or third parties to deploy assets like…
