Electricity News in May 2019
E.ON to Commission 2500 Digital Transformer Stations
E.ON Digital Transformer Stations modernize distribution grids with smart grid monitoring, voltage control, and remote…
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Britain Goes Full Week Without Coal Power
Britain Coal-Free Week signals a historic shift to clean energy, with zero coal power, increased…
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Iran turning thermal power plants to combined cycle to save energy
Iran Combined-Cycle Power Plants drive energy efficiency, cut greenhouse gases, and expand megawatt capacity by…
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Ireland goes 25 days without using coal to generate electricity
Ireland Coal-Free Electricity Record: EirGrid reports 25 days without coal on the all-island grid, as…
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California just made more clean energy than it needed
CAISO Net Negative Emissions signal moments when greenhouse gas intensity of serving ISO demand drops…
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Maine Governor calls for 100% renewable electricity
Maine Climate Council Act targets 80% renewable power by 2030 and 100% by 2050, slashing…
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Tesla’s Powerwall as the beating heart of your home
GMP Tesla Powerwall Program replaces utility meters with smart battery storage, enabling virtual power plant…
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Energy freedom and solar’s strategy for the South
South Carolina Energy Freedom Act lifts net metering caps, reforms PURPA, and overhauls utility planning…
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New Hydro One CEO aims to repair relationship with Ontario government — and investors
Hydro One CEO Mark Poweska aims to rebuild ties with Ontario's provincial government, investors, and…
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Calgary electricity retailer urges government to scrap overhaul of power market
Alberta Capacity Market Overhaul faces scrutiny over electricity costs, reliability targets, investor certainty, and AESO…
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Experiment Shows We Can Actually Generate Electricity From The Night Sky
Nighttime thermoradiative power converts outgoing infrared radiation into electricity using semiconductor photodiodes, leveraging negative illumination…
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Summerland solar power project will provide electricity
Summerland Solar+Storage Project brings renewable energy to a municipal utility with photovoltaic panels and battery…
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Kenney holds the power as electricity sector faces profound change
Alberta Electricity Market Reform reshapes policy under the UCP, weighing a capacity market versus energy-only…
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Charting a path to net zero electricity emissions by the middle of the century
Clean Energy Standard charts a federal path to decarbonize the power sector, scaling renewables, wind,…
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'Electricity out of essentially nothing': Invention creates power from falling snow
Snow-powered nanogenerator harvests static electricity from falling snow using a silicone triboelectric design, enabling energy…
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