Power & Utilities
NASA has launched a new mission to measure global distribution of carbon dioxide sources and sinks. On July 2, 2014, the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) launched the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) dedicated to study the Earth’s carbon dioxide (CO2) sources and sinks. The observatory, launched on a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket from…...
DOE has announced a conditional $150M loan guarantee commitment to the proposed Cape Wind offshore wind project. On July 1, 2014, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced a conditional loan commitment to Cape Wind Associates, LLC. to construct the Cape Wind offshore wind project off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The proposed Cape Wind…...
The transportation sector plays a large role in economic competitiveness and in environmental sustainability, which according to the EPA, accounted for 27 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in 2010, trailing just the power sector. Going forward, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects an average energy consumption increase of 1.1 percent by the world transportation sector…....
Policymakers and industry leaders are increasingly understanding the importance of energy storage in a number of applications, such as integrating renewable energy sources and providing grid resiliency, which has become particularly exigent in New York in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. As a result, organizations like the New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology (NY-BEST)…...
New investments in the Buffalo Billion initiative, including advanced manufacturing and clean energy technologies, are expected to create more than 1,300 jobs. On June 30, 2014, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced approximately $200M in Buffalo Billion Initiative funding to support high-tech projects that would create more than 1,300 jobs, boost economic growth, and…...
A major NYCEEC-supported clean energy retrofit project at Roosevelt Landings is expected to reduce energy consumption by 20 percent and emissions by 750 metric tons per year. On June 27, 2014, the New York City Energy Efficiency Corporation (NYCEEC) and Urban Greenfit announced the completion of a $7.4M clean energy retrofit project at Roosevelt Landings,…...
On May 23, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Court vacated FERC Order No. 745, stating the Commission did not have jurisdiction under the Federal Power Act (FPA) to issue Order No. 745 because demand response is part of the retail market, which is exclusively under state jurisdiction. On March 15,…...
An IBM semiconductor manufacturing project – which saves more than 21M kWh per year – has been recognized as “Energy Project of the Year” by NY Association of Energy Engineers. On June 26, 2014, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced that an IBM project supported by NYSERDA’s Industrial Process Efficiency…...
DOE has released new energy efficiency standards to reduce energy consumption of furnace fans by 46 percent. On June 25, 2014, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced new energy efficiency standards for furnace fans used for air circulation in residential heating and cooling equipment. The new standards would reduce a furnace fan’s energy consumption by…...
DOE has committed more than $10M to improve the electricity grid by deploying advanced software that works with synchrophasor technology. On June 11, 2014, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $10M for six grid improvement projects across five states. The projects will increase deployment of advanced software that works with synchrophasor technology to…...
ARPA-E has announced $33M in funding under its new REBELS program to support innovative distributed generation technologies. On June 19, 2014, the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $33M in funding for 13 projects through its new Reliable Electricity Based on Electrochemical Systems (REBELS) program. The new projects will focus on…...
DOE has awarded $100M to accelerate scientific breakthroughs for a fundamentally new energy economy. On June 18, 2014, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $100M award across 32 projects – as second round of funding for Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) – to support innovative energy research that will enable fundamental advances in energy generation, supply, transmission,…...