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Sandia Labs, Singapore Join Forces to Develop Energy Storage

Tue, 13 Dec 2016 22:05:00 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories on Dec. 6 said it signed a cooperative research and development agreement with the government of Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) that will tap into the labs’ expertise in energy storage.

Perry Said to Be Offered Energy Secretary Position by Trump

Tue, 13 Dec 2016 21:48:00 +0000

Donald Trump has chosen Rick Perry to be Energy Secretary, putting the onetime presidential candidate and former oil-state governor atop the agency that helps chart the nation’s energy future, according to four people familiar with the president-elect’s selection process.

Trump offered the job to the former Texas governor on Monday evening and he accepted, according to the people, who asked not to be identified in advance of an announcement expected later this week.

The selection of Perry puts the vast Energy Department in the hands of a man who once vowed to shut it down but forgot its name during a debate.

Village of Minster Energy Storage Project is Renewable Project of the Year

Tue, 13 Dec 2016 21:22:00 +0000

On Tuesday during Power Generation Week, Troy Miller of S&C Electric and Don Harrod of the Village of Minster accepted the Renewable Energy Project of the Year on behalf of Half Moon Ventures, developer of the project.

The Village of Minster Energy Storage Project in Minster, Ohio is a 7-MW, 3-MWh energy storage system is co-located with a 4.2-MW solar PV plant and is capable of providing multiple revenue streams (that flow to multiple parties) by integrating frequency-regulation services, transmission and distribution deferral, demand response services and voltage support.

Sustainability on Campus: UMass Amherst Takes Solar To the Next Level

Tue, 13 Dec 2016 01:56:00 +0000

Benjamin Aufill is Sustainability Communications Manager at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a bustling campus that serves 22,000 undergraduates each year and provides housing for 12,500 of them. The university has recently committed to installing 5.5 MC (DC) of solar on various locations around its sprawling 1,450-acre campus.

Sustainability on Campus: UMass Amherst Takes Solar To the Next Level

Tue, 13 Dec 2016 01:56:00 +0000

Pay-As-You-Go Solar Model Brings Security to Small Kenyan Communities

Mon, 12 Dec 2016 19:20:00 +0000

Deep down in the small village of Tikoishi, in Kajiado county about 100 kilometers off Nairobi city, both men and women are leaving to tell stories of their sleepless nights and battles with the wild animals to protect their livestock.

Kenya, World Bank Consider $150 Million Off-Grid Power Project

Sun, 11 Dec 2016 19:39:00 +0000

Kenya and the World Bank are in talks about financing a $150 million solar-and-wind project in the country’s remote, off-grid northeastern region.

SunPower Shuts Plant, Cuts Jobs 25 Percent to Survive Solar Slump

Fri, 09 Dec 2016 23:11:00 +0000

SunPower Corp. is following through with a planned restructuring effort that will reduce its workforce by 25 percent to cut costs after solar prices plunged in an oversupplied market.

SunPower Shuts Plant, Cuts Jobs 25 Percent to Survive Solar Slump

Fri, 09 Dec 2016 23:11:00 +0000

SunPower Corp. is following through with a planned restructuring effort that will reduce its workforce by 25 percent to cut costs after solar prices plunged in an oversupplied market.

Why We Need Desert Solar as Well as Rooftop

Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:06:00 +0000

In the comment sections following articles about big solar projects in the desert, you’ll typically find the claim that we should put solar only on rooftops, citing studies like this from NREL, that stated: "New analysis nearly doubles previous estimates and shows U.S. building rooftops could generate close to 40 percent of national electricity sales.”