Energy Update
The little U.S. town of Sterling, Massachusetts is getting a lot of attention these days. Not only has the Sterling Municipal Light Department (SMLD) been winning awards for its new solar+storage microgrid, the town is also getting visitors from Germany, Japan, Norway and many other countries who want to check it out.
Earlier this year, Malini Giridhar, vice president of market development and public and government affairs, Enbridge Gas Distribution, spoke at the Ontario Geothermal Association’s Annual Conference. Malini shared her insights of just how Enbridge might work to bolster geothermal heat pump (GHP) growth in Ontario.
Swedish utility Vattenfall this week said it has split its wind business into three units comprising offshore, onshore and solar+storage services.
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) last week established a 200-MWh energy storage target for the state to be achieved by 2020.
Three Massachusetts utilities last week issued a request for proposals (RFP) for long-term contracts for offshore wind generation and associated renewable energy credits totaling 400 MW.
Qatar’s announcement Tuesday that it will double the size of its proposed new development on the giant North Field to 4 Bcf/d and use the gas for LNG exports will throw off course multiple new LNG projects elsewhere in the world.
(Wed, 05 Jul 2017) Based on EIA survey data for new, utility-scale electric generators (those with a capacity greater than one megawatt), capacity-weighted average construction costs for many generator types have fallen in recent years. Annual changes in construction costs include the effects of differences in the geographic distribution of installed capacity between years, differences in technology types, and other changes in capital and financing costs.
Freedom Oil and Gas has announced the successful drilling of its second well, the Wilson BE #2, on its Dimmit County, Texas acreage.
On Monday, Scotland-based Aggreko announced that it would be acquiring Germany-based energy storage company Younicos for £40m.
In late June, solar energy stakeholders in New Hampshire rejoiced when the public utilities commission (PUC) released new order effectively removing the solar net-metering cap in the state.
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