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Project is of high national importance since it will support the economic and social development for the local population Works on the East African small hydropower plant Kabu 16 started in March 2019 Significant small hydropower potential in Africa HEIDENHEIM/CIBITOKE PROVINCE. The technology group Voith has won an order to design, manufacture and supply the […]

Registration is now open for the biggest annual geothermal energy event of the year. The GRC Annual Meeting & Expo will bring together geothermal companies, academics, financiers, policy leaders, students, and other individuals to attend or exhibit at the event, to be held September 15-18 in Palm Springs, California, USA. PALM SPRINGS, Calif., June 17, […]

• 47 SG 8.0-167 DD offshore wind turbines to be provided • 20-year full Service agreement included • Offshore construction to begin in 2020 • Firm order subject to final investment decision by consortium partners Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has conditionally received an order for the supply of offshore wind turbines including a 20-year […]

26 sites combine to offer more than 500 Megawatts of Power to the UK National Grid, supporting the UK’s Goals of Decarbonization and Higher Renewable Penetration RAMSGATE, KENT– Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI), as supplier of natural gas generators, has helped UK Power Reserve (UKPR), part of the Singapore-based Sembcorp Industries group, to provide additional 500 […]

Integrated microgrid control solution improves power quality and decreases energy costs Hingham, MA – Russelectric, a leading manufacturer of automatic transfer switches and power control systems and solutions, announces its new Russelectric Distributed Energy Controller (RDEC™). RDEC is a fully integrated controller for complex, mission critical distributed energy systems, ranging from back-up generation and demand […]

The iconic Cane Run coal-fired power plant closed in June 2015 after 61 years of operation. The plant, owned by Louisville Gas & Electric (LG&E), was imploded on June 8 after months of preparation for its demolition. “Our company and our employees, who expertly manned the plant during its lifespan, celebrated many accomplishments as a […]

Patrick Lee, who founded and leads PXiSE Energy Solutions, a subsidiary of San Diego, California-based Sempra Energy, is a proponent of energy sharing. His company builds enhanced grid management systems, using data, insights, and algorithms “to maximize efficiency and reliability of all DERs [distributed energy resources] as one system.” In other words, a PXiSE-supported microgrid […]

XENOTIME, a cyberthreat activity group thought responsible for TRISIS/TRITON malware attacks on safety instrumented systems (SIS) at an oil and gas Middle Eastern facility in 2017, has been probing power company networks in the U.S. and elsewhere, new intelligence from industrial control systems (ICS) security firm Dragos shows.  “In February 2019, Dragos identified a change in […]

The natural gas industry is doing quite well and the future looks bright to many observers. “We’re at a really great moment for the natural gas industry in the U.S. Production is growing dramatically. Shale continues to provide tremendous improvements technologically, bringing the cost down and growing the production, extending access to U.S. gas. At […]

Hurricane season is underway and summer heat already has arrived in many areas, which again puts the spotlight on utilities, the power grid, and disaster response plans after a series of major weather events and wildfires caused outages and other disruptions in the U.S. and Caribbean in recent years. “We’re seeing these events occur, and […]