Examining reliability impact of renewables
As directed by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) must conduct periodic assessments of the reliability and adequacy of the bulk power system (BPS). To that end, NERC…
Google, SunPower announce joint renewable energy financing deal
Pair teams up to finance $250 million in residential solar lease projects According to the agreement, Google will commit up to $100 million, with SunPower committing approximately $150 million. Thousands of homeowners are expected to…
Gravity: A real alternative energy?
A Dutch architect has developed a new technique to generate free energy in a sustainable way at home, whereby energy is released by perpetually unbalancing a weight — offering an alternative to solar and wind…
Islands Become Trendsetters for 100 percent renewable
With its new target in place, Hawaii becomes the largest island to aim for a 100 percent renewable grid strategy. Photo by Jason Meredith/Flickr Hawaii made waves earlier this yearwith…
100% renewable power: Starbucks, Walmart, Nike latest to join RE100
Nine companies, including such household names as Goldman Sachs, Walmart and Starbucks, joined a green electricity campaign this week called RE100 that aims to promote the use of renewable energy resources for electricity as a…
HP joins Amazon, Google, Apple on quest for renewables
Another tech company has decided to jump into the renewable game. Hewlett-Packard (HP) is the latest to announce a wind farm to help power their buildings. Marines stationed at Camp Lejeune in 2008. Credit: Slick-o-bot/Wikimedia…
Hawaii’s 100% renewables requirement makes history
This week, Hawaii made history with its enactment of a law requiring that all of the state’s electricity be produced from renewable energy sources no later than 2045. With the new policy, Act 97, Hawaii…
Telecom providers using renewables, energy storage to protect infrastructure from power outages
As the telecommunications network has grown, it has become a major consumer of electric power. Distributed generation (DG) is a key tool that network providers can now use to reduce their energy costs. At the…
