N.S., Maine to work on generation research
Premier Darrell Dexter and Gov. John Baldacci signed a memorandum of understanding, allowing the province and state to jointly investigate opportunities in offshore wind and tidal energy technology and application.
Both governments have agreed to share research information on renewable electricity and assemble experts to participate in a meeting in October of an organization called Offshore Energy Environmental Research.
They will also look at including other provinces and states in the agreement.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - As Hurricane Ian made its way across Florida, Duke Energy's grid improvements were already on the job helping to combat power outages from the storm.
Smart, self-healing technology helped to automatically restore more than 160,000 customer outages and saved nearly 3.3 million hours (nearly 200 million minutes) of total lost outage time.
"Hurricane Ian is a strong reminder of the importance of grid hardening and storm preparedness to help keep the lights on for our customers," said Melissa Seixas, Duke Energy Florida state president. "Self-healing technology is just one of many grid improvements that Duke Energy is making…
