Category: Energy
The United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (part of the U.S. Department of the Interior) this week announced that, after four years of review, the process of delineating a Wind Energy Area off the shore of New York is complete. This process arose from an unsolicited lease application filed by the New York […]
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), in partnership with Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Vulcan Inc., has announced seven finalist cities, from a field of 78 submittals in a nationwide competition, for the DOT’s Smart City Challenge. The Smart City Challenge is designed to help cities begin to address the challenges that many
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The wholesale power markets through which electricity and related products are procured for more than 61 million people across 13 Eastern / Midwestern states and the District of Columbia were found to produce competitive results in 2015, according to Monitoring Analytics, the Independent Market Monitor for PJM Interconnection, the regional grid
Wholesale Power Markets in PJM Competitive, Says Independent Market Monitor Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA) reported last week that the amount of natural gas in storage for the week ending February 26 exceeded the year-ago total by 46 percent, and the five year average by 36 percent. Despite a sustained fall in commodity prices (see table below), which should spur
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In October I wrote about the introduction of “Current, powered by GE,” the new venture launched by General Electric. Current seeks to use lighting infrastructure to connect the physical and digital worlds to reduce energy costs, enable intelligent environments, and optimize energy efficiency. One example of the company’s Intelligent Cities initiative
New Announcements from “Current, powered by GE” Read More »
