EnergyBiz Insights
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May 16, 2012 |
Update on SONGS: The Edison International (NYSE: EIX) has indicated that both units of the 2,200-MW nuclear station will probably remain offline this summer and the California Independent System Operator (Cal ISO) has been drafting contingency plans to keep the lights on in Southern California without the nuclear plant.
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May 15, 2012 |
Wind energy just got a nice bump. It came after a key federal agency authorized a project funded in part by Google to lay the groundwork for an underwater power line. The off-shore wind deal, known as the Atlantic Wind Connection, could start putting steel in the ocean by 2014.
From the Editor's Desk - A Blog by Marty Rosenberg
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Apr 30, 2012
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Tomorrow morning, it is ask the editor time in Phoenix, as I head out to speak to a conference of folks engaged in training managers and leaders of energy companies. Here are the questions they would like addressed. 1. Martin, you spend a considerable amount of time interviewing and talking to many of the top executives of our country’s largest power generating companies – are there any... -
Apr 25, 2012
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Reading the future of the energy sector is far from easy. And the consequence of reading the future is large. It could make the difference between vast profits – or losses, good policies - or bad. Here are a few of the tidbits I have noticed in recent days that had me rubbing my chin. See if they add up to a complete picture for you. Coal company stocks have fallen a shocking 57 percent in the last year – and the stocks are...
Featured from EnergyBiz Magazine
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Raymond L. Orbach's energy campus goes beyond just the engineering department. It harnesses the resources of many of the schools on the University of Texas at Austin campus to foster a diversified approach toward solving energy issues. The former Department of Energy undersecretary for science - the department's first chief scientist - is out to build the preeminent center of energy research and -
ALASKA IS HOME to the largest battery energy storage system in the world and has one utility in the Arctic Circle leveraging battery storage to buffer the variability of wind-generated electricity.While utilities and grid operators have long viewed battery energy storage systems as highly desirable, few large-scale deployments have taken place due to the costs of the systems. But the conditions
News
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The winds of change are coming to Wyoming County. BP Wind Energy, in partnership with Sempra U.S. Gas & Power, held a dinner at the Noxen fire hall on Tuesday to update residents on the Mehoopany Wind Farm Project, a series of 88 wind turbines to be erected across 9,000 acres stretching from Monroe Township to Mehoopany.
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