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ScottMadden, Inc., one of North America's leading energy consulting firms, recently released The Energy Industry Update. This semi-annual publication features ScottMadden's view of significant events and emerging trends in the industry.
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BRAZIL
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GenerationHub.com, Energy Central's new online intelligence service for the electric power generation industry, is now live.
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Critics point to pilots, advocate cautious steps
California regulators are determining how to move forward on energy storage, as mandated by legislation. How much time should it spend on analysis, on determining storage's cost effectiveness? And should it set procurement targets for investor-owned utilities in the state, possibly advancing the market for storage, possibly burdening ratepayers?
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Remote microgrids grow for under-served end-users
Developments this past year have encouraged the development of microgrids, once considered by utilities to be a threat to operations, now considered a potential resource. An analyst describes the innovations, the drivers and the market.
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ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI), a leading provider of consulting services and technology solutions to government and commercial clients, has released its Integrated Energy Outlook for the third quarter of 2011.
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology company, is designing and building a new, first-of-its-kind transformer safety solution - the arc-resistant, medium voltage, dry-type transformer - for Vancouver, British Columbia-based BC Hydro.
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ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI), a leading provider of consulting services and technology solutions to government and commercial clients, has released its Integrated Energy Outlook for the second quarter of 2011.
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Innovation amidst diversity on Colorado's Western Slope
A century-old rural co-op in Colorado has always looked after its primary duty to its members: drive out costs. But it has found the will and and the way to innovate on many fronts, drawing national attention. To find out who, what, why and where: read this column.
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Military 'gets it,' has the will and dollars to implement
The U.S. military is moving ahead with many smart grid-related innovations because lives and national security are at stake. Multiple sources say that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is ideally situated to provide the test bed for commercialization of new technologies. So why do those claiming to support our military call for abolishing the National Renewable Energy Lab, which partners closely with the DoD?
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Younger users less informed, more willing to change
A new survey provides insight into the motivations that might drive a change in American energy consumption habits. At the top of the list: jobs and energy independence for economic and energy security. Way down the list: environmental concerns. Behind the motivations, the driver is the recession.
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Myriad motives and interests drive California debate
Dozens of players, representing myriad, diverse interests gathered in Sacramento yesterday to discuss the crucial issues surrounding energy storage. Our columnist summarizes some of the issues, viewpoints and questions to be addressed in the storage debate.
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Bonneville Power provides within-hour balancing services for wind
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Readers weigh in on the week's topics
Intelligent Utility Daily readers weigh in on careful science at the Pecan Street Project, the issue of data privacy in smarter grids and a call for a rational, national energy policy. Will Pecan Street "get the science right"? Do smart meters capture details of appliance use and homeowner behavior? Are concerns over data privacy misdirected? Is a price on carbon just another socialist plot? Meet your fellow readers and decide for yourself.
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UtiliQ’s most intelligent utility forges ahead
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It's all a matter of time (frames)
Dave Mooney, who leads energy storage efforts at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, discusses NREL's efforts and how they help leading utilities, as well as the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of Energy.
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Alstom signed on 9 December in Moscow strategic agreements with major Russian energy companies to jointly provide power generation products and services for Russia's power industry in the fields of hydropower generation, thermal power generation, nuclear power generation and electricity transmission.
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Energy Central has announced an outstanding roster of energy business leaders, government leaders, and innovators who will attempt to map out a five year strategy plan for senior utility executives attending the 2011 EnergyBiz Leadership Forum.
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The pursuit of energy storage technology is racing ahead, fueled by federal stimulus dollars, matching private sector funds and intense interest from venture capitalists. The list of applications is long and critical to grid operations. One analyst sees the market exploding over the next ten years. Most of the global action, for a variety of reasons, is in the United States. We look at a new report that projects the market and names the technologies.
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