Blue Pillar has released an update of its Aurora Energy Network of Things platform, designed to address the needs of energy service providers and utility grid operators. Behind-the-meter connectivity This next generation release brings utility grade enhancements that simplify behind-the-meter connectivity and control of distributed energy resources and generation assets. In conjunction with … [continued]
The US has seen its coal production levels fall to their lowest levels since 1986, dropping 10% in 2015 as part of a longer downward-trend. Figures published by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) earlier this month show that coal production has continued to decline since 2008, and in 2015 … [continued]
Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Titiaan Palazzi and Sam Ramirez We are accustomed to buying our electricity from utilities: they provide us with power; we pay for it. To reduce our utility bill, we can reduce our electricity demand with efficiency (these negawatts have considerable value), or install distributed generation … [continued]
To supplement our monthly US renewable energy capacity report, which is always a lot more upbeat than our electricity generation report, here’s the October electricity generation breakdown. Renewables were up to 13.6% of US electricity generation in October, and 13.2% for the year through November. Unfortunately, that’s slightly down from 13.3% in … [continued]
Approximately one year ago, I decided to start adding small-scale solar generation (mostly rooftop solar generation) estimates to the electricity generation data the US Energy Information Administration provides (see our exclusive “US Electricity Generation Reports” for previous reports on that matter), and to also start adding estimates to small-scale solar capacity additions to data gathered by the … [continued]
As total installed wind energy capacity grows, so will the Lone Star State’s ability to keep breaking wind energy records in the United States, says a recent report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). According to data from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the amount of wind energy … [continued]
Here’s a huge reading list for hump day. Hopefully it will help get you through to the weekend. 😀 (Click the subheadings to read the full stories) Solar Lamp Design Winner Will Be Distributed Throughout Africa To Dispel Darkness The winning design for a solar lamp, shown above, will be distributed … [continued]
by Roberto Verzola [Roberto Verzola is the author of Crossing Over: The Energy Transition to Renewable Electricity, a book published by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung which was launched on March 23, 2015. The online version of the book as well as the article this post comes from can be downloaded freely. See Part 1 … [continued]
By Mateo Neri At of the end of 2014, the amount of electricity from solar power being generated in the US was only 0.8% of the total energy mix in our electrical grid. Last year, nearly 645,000 US homes and businesses were using power from the sun. That’s like saying every person … [continued]
The fast-falling cost of Michigan wind energy is about to save residential customers of DTE Energy $15 million in utility bills every year.
