Electricity News 2019
December 2019 News Story Index
- Enel Starts Operations of 450 MW Wind Farm in U.S
- China boosts wind energy, photovoltaic and concentrated solar power
- KHNP is being considered for Bulgarian Nuclear Power Plant Project
- Magnitude 5 quake strikes near Iran nuclear plant
- Spent fuel removal at Fukushima nuclear plant delayed up to 5 years
- To Limit Climate Change, Scientists Try To Improve Solar And Wind Power
- New York State to investigate sites for offshore wind projects
- Imported coal volumes up 17% during Apr-Oct as domestic supplies shrink
- First Nuclear Reactors Built in 30 Years Take Shape at Georgia Power Plant
- Physicists Just Achieved Conduction of Electricity at Close to The Speed of Light
- Sycamore Energy taking Manitoba Hydro to court, alleging it 'badly mismanaged' Solar Energy Program
- Hydro One and Alectra announce major investments to strengthen electricity infrastructure and improve local reliability in the Hamilton area
- Are we ready for electric tractors?
- Fish boom prompts energy conglomerate to spend $14.5M to bury subsea cables
- Ontario's electricity operator kept quiet about phantom demand that cost customers millions
- China aims to reduce coal power production
- 'Net Zero' Emissions Targets Not Possible Without Multiple New Nuclear Power Stations, Say Industry Leaders
- UN: Renewable Energy Ambition in NDCs must Double by 2030
- Wyoming wind boost for US utility
- Berlin urged to remove barriers to PV
- South Korea plans world’s largest floating solar plant in Yellow Sea
- UCP scraps electricity price cap, some will see $7 bill increase this month
- Clean B.C. is quietly using coal and gas power from out of province
- Court reinstates constitutional challenge to Ontario's hefty ‘global adjustment’ electricity charge
- Christmas electricity spike equivalent to roasting 1.5 million turkeys: BC Hydro
- How to Get Solar Power on a Rainy Day? Beam It From Space
- Cost, safety drive line-burying decisions at Tucson Electric Power
- Cheap at Last, Batteries Are Making a Solar Dream Come True
- Which of the cleaner states imports dirty electricity?
- Group of premiers band together to develop nuclear reactor technology
November 2019 News Story Index
- GM president: Electric cars won't go mainstream until we fix these problems
- New clean energy investment in developing nations slipped sharply last year: report
- Most Energy Will Come From Fossil Fuels, Even In 2040
- Are Norwegian energy firms ‘best in class’ for environmental management?
- Climate change: Greenhouse gas concentrations again break records
- N.L. lags behind Canada in energy efficiency, but there's a silver lining to the stats
- If B.C. wants to electrify all road vehicles by 2055, it will need to at least double its power output: study
- Global use of coal-fired electricity set for biggest fall this year
- SC nuclear plant on the mend after a leak shut down production for weeks
- Doug Ford ‘proud’ of decision to tear up hundreds of green energy contracts
- A Texas-Sized Gas-for-Electricity Swap
- Renewables are not making electricity any more expensive
- Ermineskin First Nation soon to become major electricity generator
- Blackout-Prone California Is Exporting Its Energy Policies To Western States, Electricity Will Become More Costly And Unreliable
- California's Next Electricity Headache Is a Looming Shortage
- Tracking Progress on 100% Clean Energy Targets
- Africa must quadruple power investment to supply electricity for all, IEA says
- India's electricity demand falls at the fastest pace in at least 12 years
- Ukraine's parliament backs amendments to electricity market law
- EU Plans To Double Electricity Use By 2050
- Clorox accelerates goal of achieving 100% renewable electricity in the U.S. and Canada to 2021
- Was there another reason for electricity shutdowns in California?
- SDG&E Wants More Money From Customers Who Don’t Buy Much Electricity. A Lot More.
- 840 million people have no electricity – World Bank must fund more energy projects
- Solar-powered pot: Edmonton-area producer unveils largest rooftop solar array
- Switch from fossil fuels to electricity could cost $1.4 trillion, Canadian Gas Association warns
- LNG powered with electricity could be boon for B.C.'s independent power producers
- Ontario Reducing Burden on Industrial Electricity Ratepayers
October 2019 News Story Index
- California faces huge power cuts as wildfires rage
- US Electricity Market Reforms could save Consumers $7bn
- Smart grid and system improvements help avoid more than 500,000 outages over the summer
- Offshore wind is set to become a $1 trillion business
- BloombergNEF: World offshore wind costs 'drop 32% per cent'
- DOE Announces $28M Award for Wind Energy
- Amazon launches new clean energy projects in US, UK
- Ontario hydro rates set to increase Nov. 1, Ontario Energy Board says
- Renewable power developers discover more energy sources make better projects
- PG&E says power lines may have started 2 California fires
- Opinion: Germany's drive for renewable energy is a cautionary tale
- Could selling renewable energy be Alberta's next big thing?
- How the dirtiest power station in western Europe switched to renewable energy
- U.S. Senate Looks to Modernize Renewable Energy on Public Land
- Saskatchewan to credit solar panel owners, but not as much as old program did
- Opinion: Fossil-fuel workers ready to support energy transition
- Warren Buffett-linked company to build $200M wind power farm in Alberta
- Inside Copenhagen’s race to be the first carbon-neutral city
- This kite could harness more of the world's wind energy
- Maryland’s renewable energy facilities break pollution rules, say groups calling for enforcement
- Tesla reduces Solar + home battery pricing following California blackouts
- Californians Learning That Solar Panels Don't Work in Blackouts
- Hydro One delivery rates go up
- Solar power is the red-hot growth area in oil-rich Alberta
- Renewable growth drives common goals for electricity networks across the globe
- Alberta is a powerhouse for both green energy and fossil fuels
- Why the shift toward renewable energy is not enough
- The Haves and Have-Nots of Electricity in California
- How the 787 uses electricity to maximise efficiency
- Analysis: Why is Ontario’s electricity about to get dirtier?
- California Utility Cuts Power to Massive Areas in Northern, Central California
September 2019 News Story Index
- Vancouver Arc Flash Training With The Electricity Forum
- Elizabeth May wants a fully renewable electricity grid by 2030. Is that possible?
- Report: Solar ITC Extension Would Be ‘Devastating’ for US Wind Market
- Yukon receives funding for new wind turbines
- U.S. Department of Energy Announces $110M for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
- Worker injured after GE turbine collapse
- Washington County planning officials develop proposed recommendations for solar farms
- Battery-electric buses hit the roads in Metro Vancouver
- Atlantic grids, forestry, coastlines need rethink in era of intense storms: experts
- Multi-billion-dollar hydro generation project proposed for Meaford military base
- Electric vehicles are a hot topic in southern Alberta
- Turkish powership to generate electricity from LNG in Senegal
- Iran supplying 40% of Iraq’s need for electricity
- Share of coal in UK's electricity system falls to record lows
- China's Data Centers Alone Will Soon Use More Electricity Than All Of Australia
- Feds to study using electricity to 'reduce or eliminate' fossil fuels
- Brand New Renewable Technology Harnesses Electricity From The Cold, Dark Night
- Climate change: Electrical industry's 'dirty secret' boosts warming
- Coal, Business Interests Support EPA in Legal Challenge to Affordable Clean Energy Rule
August 2019 News Story Index
- Energy Vault Lands $110M From SoftBank’s Vision Fund for Gravity Storage
- PG&E Wildfire Assistance Program Accepting Applications for Aid
- Perry presses ahead on advanced nuclear reactors
- New bill would close loophole that left hundreds of Kentucky miners with cold checks
- Hydro-Quebec won't ask for rate hike next year
- Hydro One Q2 profit plunges 23% as electricity revenue falls, costs rise
- More Managers Charged For Price Fixing At Ukraine Power Producer
- Alberta Electricity market needs competition
- What Will Drive Utility Revenue When Electricity Is Free?
- Solar Now ‘cheaper Than Grid Electricity’ In Every Chinese City, Study Finds
- Latvia eyes electricity from Belarus nuclear plant
- BNEF Report: Wind and Solar Will Provide 50% of Electricity in 2050
- As Alberta electricity generators switch to gas, power price cap comes under spotlight
July 2019 News Story Index
- Bruce Power cranking out more electricity after upgrade
- German renewables deliver more electricity than coal and nuclear power for the first time
- Climate Solution: Use Carbon Dioxide to Generate Electricity
- Scotland’s Wind Farms Generate Enough Electricity to Power Nearly 4.5 Million Homes
- Nova Scotia Power says it now generates 30 per cent of its power from renewables
- 'Unbelievably dangerous': NB Power sounds alarm on copper theft after vandalism, deaths
- N.L. premier says Muskrat Falls costs are too great for optimism about benefits
- N.S. approves new attempt to harness Bay of Fundy's powerful tides
- Transformer fire downs power in four University of Kentucky buildings, facilities closed
- Transformer explosion triggers five small fires
- Olympia efforts to remove contaminated sediment from Capitol Lake continue
- Pioneer Reaches Agreement to Sell Transformer Business for Approximately $65 Million
- Transformer Steel Market Sales Volume, Status, Growth, Opportunities and World Market Share Of 2019-2024
- Lawsuit alleges EWEB’s faulty transformer caused house fire
- Electrical Transformer Market Share and Growth 2019| Siemens, Alstom, GE
- Electricity and water do mix: How electric ships are clearing the air on the B.C. coast
June 2019 News Story Index
- Why electric buses haven't taken over the world—yet
- Duke Energy Florida to build its largest battery storage projects yet
- Duke Energy installing high-tech meters for customers
- Advocates call for change after $2.9 million surplus revealed for BC Hydro fund
- Nonstop Records For U.S. Natural-Gas-Based Electricity
- Growing pot sucks up electricity and pumps out an astounding amount of carbon dioxide — it doesn't have to
- Costa Rica hits record electricity generation from 99% renewable sources
- Flowing with current, Frisco, Colorado wants 100% clean electricity
- Electrifying Manitoba: How hydro power 'absolutely revolutionized' the province
- Tunisia moves ahead with smart electricity grid
- Will Iraq have enough electricity for coming hot summer days?
- New rules give British households right to sell solar power back to energy firms
- PG&E restoring power after intentional shut-offs affect 20,500 customers
- Canada's nationwide climate success — electricity
- Alberta Carbon tax is gone, but consumer price cap on electricity will remain
May 2019 News Story Index
- E.ON to Commission 2500 Digital Transformer Stations
- Britain Goes Full Week Without Coal Power
- Iran turning thermal power plants to combined cycle to save energy
- Ireland goes 25 days without using coal to generate electricity
- California just made more clean energy than it needed
- Maine Governor calls for 100% renewable electricity
- Tesla’s Powerwall as the beating heart of your home
- Energy freedom and solar’s strategy for the South
- New Hydro One CEO aims to repair relationship with Ontario government — and investors
- Calgary electricity retailer urges government to scrap overhaul of power market
- Experiment Shows We Can Actually Generate Electricity From The Night Sky
- Summerland solar power project will provide electricity
- Kenney holds the power as electricity sector faces profound change
- Charting a path to net zero electricity emissions by the middle of the century
- 'Electricity out of essentially nothing': Invention creates power from falling snow
April 2019 News Story Index
- Canadian nuclear projects bring economic benefits
- Joni Ernst calls Trump's wind turbine cancer claim 'ridiculous'
- DBRS Confirms Ontario Power Generation Inc. at A (low)/R-1 (low), Stable Trends
- US judge orders PG&E to use dividends to pay for efforts to reduce wildfire risks
- How offshore wind energy is powering up the UK
- Amazon Announces Three New Renewable Energy Projects to Support AWS Global Infrastructure
- Saudis set to 'boost wind by over 6GW'
- No public details for Newfoundland electricity rate mitigation talks
- Europe Stores Electricity in Natural Gas Pipes
- Ontario Government Consults On Changes To Industrial Electricity Pricing And Programs
- Lebanon Cabinet approves watershed electricity sector reform
- EIA: Pennsylvania exports the most electricity, California imports the most from other states
- Idaho gets vast majority of electricity from renewables, almost half from hydropower
- Zapping elderly brains with electricity improves short-term memory — for almost an hour
- New Electricity Auctions Will Drive Down Costs for Ontario's Consumers
March 2019 News Story Index
- Romania enhances safety at Cernavoda, IAEA reports
- ABO to build 10MW Tunisian solar park
- When paying $1 for a coal power plant is still paying too much
- New fuel cell could help fix the renewable energy storage problem
- Proposed underground power line could bring Iowa wind turbine electricity to Chicago
- Hot Houston summer and cold winter set new electricity records
- Melting Glass Experiment Surprises Scientists by Defying a Law of Electricity
- Minnesota 2050 carbon-free electricity plan gets first hearing
- New Mexico Governor to Sign 100% Clean Electricity Bill ‘As Quickly As Possible’
- Venezuela: Electricity Recovery Continues as US Withdraws Diplomatic Staff
- Site C dam could still be cancelled at '11th hour' if First Nations successful in court
- Canada to spend $2M on study to improve Atlantic region's electricity grid
- Calgary's electricity use soars in frigid February, Enmax says
- It's CHEAP but not necessarily easy: Crosbie introduces PCs' Newfoundland electricity rate reduction strategy
- Hydro One bends to government demands, caps CEO pay at $1.5M
February 2019 News Story Index
- Three New Solar Electricity Facilities in Alberta Contracted At Lower Cost than Natural Gas
- First US coal plant in years opens where no options exist
- Congressional Democrats push FERC to act on aggregated DERs
- Michigan Public Service Commission grants Consumers Energy request for more wind generation
- Biggest offshore windfarm to start UK supply this week
- Dubai Planning Large-Scale Solar Powered Hydrogen Production
- WY Utility's First Wind Farm Faces Replacement
- Cooperation agreement for Rosatom and Russian Academy
- Indian government takes steps to get nuclear back on track
- Price Spikes in Ireland Fuel Concerns Over Dispatachable Power Shortages in Europe
- As Maine debates 145-mile electric line, energy giant with billions at stake is absent
- Hydro Quebec to increase hydropower capacity to more than 37,000 MW in 2021
- Transmission constraints impede incremental Quebec-to-US power deliveries
- Customers on the hook for $5.5 billion in deferred BC Hydro operating costs: report
- Federal government spends $11.8M for smart grid technology in Sault Ste. Marie
January 2019 News Story Index
- Hitachi freezes British nuclear project, books $2.8bn hit
- Enel kicks off 90MW Spanish wind build
- Demise of nuclear plant plans ‘devastating’ to Welsh economy, MP claims
- China to build 2,000-MW Lawa hydropower station on Jinsha River
- Green Globe: Saudi Arabia to solicit 60 GW of clean energy over next decade
- As California enters a brave new energy world, can it keep the lights on?
- US nuclear innovation act becomes law
- NY Governor Cuomo Announces Green New Deal Included in 2019 Executive Budget
- 'Unlayering' peak demand could accelerate energy storage adoption
- What 2018 Grid Edge Trends Reveal About 2019
- Criminals posing as Toronto Hydro are sending out fraudulent messages
- Ontario First Nations urge government to intervene in 'urgently needed' electricity line
- Don't be taken in by scammers threatening to shut off electricity: Manitoba Hydro
- Fire in manhole leaves thousands of Hydro-Québec customers without power
- Wind power making gains as competitive source of electricity
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