Today at the IES Street & Area Lighting Conference, North America’s largest conference dedicated to improving the outdoor lighting business of electric utilities and energy service providers, Acuity Brands, through its subsidiary ...
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Ford along with seven other automakers participated in a test which will inform the car owners to temporarily stop charging their vehicles to avoid overloading of the power grid. Participants included BMW, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, ...
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Southern Coal Corp is seeing an uptick in demand for high-quality steam coal this year, but the metallurgical side of its business continues to lag, which is why the company has temporarily idled its Tams No 1 mine in Raleigh County, West ...
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US fuel oil demand fell to a seven-month low of 218,000 b/d in December, while 2013 demand overall was the lowest on record, US Energy Information Administration data published Thursday showed. The Thursday data are monthly numbers ...
February 17, 2014 The County of Maui and its partners will present a two-day conference on the Valley Isle in March 2014 to explore the challenges and opportunities in our nation's transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. ...
Selecting a Chevy Volt, Tesla Roadster, Nissan Leaf—or one of many other new models—shoppers in the United States bought more than 96,000 plug-in electric cars in 2013. That's a tiny slice of the auto market, but it's up ...
Feed-in tariffs (FIT) have been the preferred policy in many regions of the world to help support investors to rapidly increase installation of renewable energy installations projects and markets. Under most FITs, homeowners, businesses, ...
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The National Lighting Product Information Program (NLPIP) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lighting Research Center (LRC) recently released its latest publication, Lighting Answers: Plasma Lighting Systems. Plasma lighting ...
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Companies who have been assessing Google's planned remedies to anti-competitive practices called on the European Commission on Tuesday to reject them and to consider regulating Internet search. Google has been under investigation by the ...
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The Canadian Electricity Association (CEA)—whose members generate, transmit and distribute electrical energy—has proclaimed June as National Electricity Month in Canada (not to be confused with Electrical Safety Month). In ...
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June 1, 2013 - Georgian College students and faculty will initiate research on power use, quality, consumption and costing for electric vehicles (EVs) thanks to a “first-of-its-kind” charging station supported by PowerStream and ...
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April 15, 2013 - Solais Lighting Inc.—a manufacturer of LED fixtures and lamps—has been acquired by PowerSecure International Inc., a provider of utility and energy technologies to electric utilities and their industrial, ...
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Smarter use of data, prioritised upgrades and a 20-year asset management plan are cornerstones of a major study, undertaken by the Drainage Services Department (DSD) of the Hong Kong SAR and Black & Veatch. The study addresses the need to ...
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April 2, 2013 - Norfolk County just announced it has sold Norfolk Power Inc. to Hydro One Inc. for $93 million. Norfolk Power is the county’s holding company for Norfolk Power Distribution Inc., its electricity distributor, and ...
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December 22, 2012 - Alstom Grid says it has completed its acquisition of ASAT Solutions Inc., a Calgary, Alta.-based based substation automation solutions provider. “This acquisition is a great opportunity for Alstom Grid to help ...
Tags: automation solutions, ASAT Solutions, ASAT business, smart grid