Electricity News in August 2018
Canadian gold mine cleans up its act with electricity
Electric mining equipment enables zero-emission, diesel-free operations at Goldcorp's Borden mine, using Sandvik battery-electric drills…
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Sask. sets new record for power demand
SaskPower Summer Power Demand Record hits 3,520 MW as heat waves drive electricity consumption; grid…
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Manitoba Hydro's burgeoning debt surpasses $19 billion
Manitoba Hydro Debt Load surges past $19.2B as the Crown corporation faces shrinking net income,…
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Vehicle-to-grid could be ‘capacity on wheels’ for electricity networks
Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) enables EV batteries to provide grid balancing, flexibility, and demand response, integrating renewables…
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Michigan utilities propose more than $20M in EV charging programs
Michigan EV time-of-use charging helps DTE Energy and Consumers Energy manage off-peak demand, expand smart…
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A goodwill gesture over electricity sows discord in Lebanon
Lebanon Power Barge Controversy spotlights Karadeniz Energy's Esra Sultan, Lebanon's electricity crisis, prolonged blackouts, and…
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Maryland opens solar-power subscriptions to all
Maryland Community Solar Program enables renters and condo residents to subscribe to offsite solar, earn…
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Texas Utilities back out of deal to create smart home electricity networks
Smart Meter Texas real-time pricing faces rollback as utilities limit on-demand reads, impacting demand response,…
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Canadian Solar and Tesla contribute to resilient electricity system for Puerto Rico school
SunCrate Solar Microgrid delivers resilient, plug-and-play renewable power to Puerto Rico schools, combining Canadian Solar…
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Japan to host one of world's largest biomass power plants
eRex Biomass Power Plant will deliver 300 MW in Japan, offering stable baseload renewable energy,…
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Russian hackers accessed US electric utilities' control rooms
Russian Utility Grid Cyberattacks reveal DHS findings on Dragonfly/Energetic Bear breaching control rooms and ICS/SCADA…
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Peterborough Distribution sold to Hydro One for $105 million.
Peterborough Distribution Inc. Sale to Hydro One delivers a $105 million deal pending Ontario Energy…
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Japanese utilities buy into vast offshore wind farm in UK
Japan Offshore Wind Investment signals Japanese utilities entering UK offshore wind, as J-Power and Kansai…
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