Electricity News in May 2017
Maritime Link almost a reality, as first power cable reaches Nova Scotia
Maritime Link Subsea Cable enables HVDC grid interconnection across the Cabot Strait, linking Nova Scotia…
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New Alberta bill enables consumer price cap on power bills
Alberta Electricity Rate Cap shields RRO customers with a 6.8 cents/kWh price ceiling, stabilizing power…
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Ontario opens first ever electric vehicle education centre in Toronto
Toronto EV Discovery Centre offers hands-on EV education, on-site test drives, and guidance on Ontario…
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St. Albert touts green goals with three new electric buses
St. Albert electric buses debut as zero-emission, quiet public transit, featuring BYD technology, long-range batteries,…
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Montreal's first STM electric buses roll out
STM Electric Buses Montreal launch a zero-emission pilot with rapid charging stations on the 36…
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Idaho Power Settlement Could Close Coal Plant, Raise Rates
Idaho Power Valmy Settlement outlines early closure of the North Valmy coal-fired plant in Nevada,…
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Clean energy's dirty secret
Renewable Energy Market Reform aligns solar and wind with modern grid pricing, tackling intermittency via…
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Building Energy Celebrates the Beginning of Operations and Electricity Generation
Building Energy Iowa Wind Farm delivers 30 MW of renewable energy near Des Moines, generating…
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Asset Management Firm to Finance Clean Coal Technologies Inc.
Clean Coal Technologies Pristine Funding secures investment from a New York asset manager via Black…
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Aboitiz receives another award for financing for its Tiwi and Makban geothermal plant
AP Renewables Inc. Climate Bond Award recognizes Asia-Pacific project finance, with ADB and CNBC citing…
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African Development Bank examines Senegal coal-fired power plant
Sendou Coal Plant Compliance Review examines AfDB oversight in Senegal's Bargny, addressing environmental and social…
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Are solar and wind really killing coal, nuclear and grid reliability?
Renewable Energy Impact on Coal and Nuclear examines how wind, solar, and cheap natural gas…
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Gas could be the most expensive, least reliable path to grid stability
Grid Inertia and Stability underpin synchronous generation, frequency control, and voltage resilience, with virtual inertia,…
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Yale Report on Western Grid Integration: Just Say Yes
Western Grid Integration aligns CAISO with a regional transmission operator under FERC oversight, boosting renewables,…
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Secret Liberal cabinet document reveals Electricity prices to soar
Ontario Hydro Rate Relief Plan delivers short-term electricity bill cuts, while leaked cabinet forecasts show…
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Ontario tables legislation to lower electricity rates
Ontario Clean Energy Adjustment lowers hydro bills by shifting global adjustment costs, cutting time-of-use rates,…
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Manitoba has clean energy to help neighboring provinces
East-West Power Transmission Grid links provinces via hydroelectric interconnects, clean energy exports, and reliable grid…
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BC's Kootenay Region makes electric cars a priority
Accelerate Kootenays EV charging stations expand along Highway 3, adding DC fast charging and Level…
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NL Consumer Advocate says 18% electricity rate hike 'unacceptable'
Newfoundland and Labrador electricity rate hike examines a proposed 18.6% increase under the PUB's Rate…
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Alberta's electricity future blowin' in the wind
Alberta Wind Power underpins the province's clean energy shift with renewable electricity, wind turbines, competitive…
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