The U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin have commissioned the first U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) grid-tied microgrid integrating both renewable resources and energy storage at Fort Bliss, Texas. In 2010, [read more]
Resolute Forest Products Inc. has inaugurated a power island at its pulp and paper operation located in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The power island includes a refurbished and upgraded woodwaste boiler [read more]
NetComm Wireless Ltd. has been selected by Australian utility SP AusNet, through its integration partner Ericsson, to supply the 3G communications card component for the Victorian Government's mandatory statewide rollout [read more]
Survalent Technology has commissioned a new supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system for Grays Harbor PUD. Grays Harbor PUD is a community-owned, not-for-profit utility that provides electrical service to [read more]
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has selected Toshiba Corp. to lead the utility's advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) initiative as the prime contractor and system integrator for the AMI communication system [read more]
PacifiCorp says it has begun construction on a new high-voltage transmission line to serve customers throughout six western states. The 160-mile line will run from Sigurd to Red Butte in [read more]
Opower, a provider of customer engagement solutions for the utility industry, says it is working with National Grid in Rhode Island to deliver its Home Energy Report program to the [read more]
Dominion Virginia Power has selected Old Dominion University (ODU) to be the first participant in the company's Solar Partnership Program. More than 600 solar panels will be installed this summer [read more]
Survalent Technology has commissioned two new supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems. The new systems were commissioned for the Southwest Texas Electric Cooperative (STEC) and Eugene Water and Electric [read more]
Ormat Technologies has announced a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) for the Wild Rose geothermal power plant, located in Mineral County, Nev. [read more]
