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Xcel Says It Can Cut Carbon Emissions 60% by 2030 Without Big Jump in Rates
Nov 4, 2015Xcel Energy is confident it can cut carbon emissions by 60% by 2030 from 2005 levels at a negligible cost to customers, mainly by building two new natural gas plants, adding more than 2,000 MW of renewables and keeping its nuclear plants ...
Tags: Xcel Energy, Carbon Emissions, natural gas
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The Cost of These Upgrades for Grid Is The Financial Responsibility of Everyone
Jan 23, 2014Grid operators have met their match and it's a growing number of distributed generators—erstwhile electricity consumers who've ended their reliance on the grid because their needs are met by rooftop solar panels. But this exodus from ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
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The Impact of Any Potential Changes on The US PV Industry Is Expected to Be Negligible
Jan 7, 2014Despite efforts from some US states to re-evaluate their net-energy metering (NEM) policies, the impact of any potential changes on the US photovoltaics (PV) industry is expected to be negligible in 2014, according to IHS. "States ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, Solar Markets, Solar, Energy
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Xcel Energy Will Monitor The New Lights to Develop an LED Program for Every State
May 20, 2013GE's new Evolve™ LED Scalable Cobrahead lighting fixtures have been installed by Xcel Energy in the city of West St. Paul, Minn., as part of a utility-initiated implementation of LED street lights. Xcel Energy will monitor performance ...
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Ge Lighting Anticipates The Switch to Provide Annual Energy Savings of About 45 Percent
May 20, 2013EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio - May 16, 2013 - GE's new Evolve™ LED Scalable Cobrahead lighting fixtures have been installed by Xcel Energy in the city of West St. Paul, Minn., as part of a utility-initiated implementation of LED street ...
Tags: GE LED streetlight, LED, Lighting
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Washington State University Research Team This Month Will Begin Quantifying Methane Leaks
Apr 12, 2013A Washington State University research team this month will begin quantifying methane leaks on natural gas lines and use the information to estimate a national methane emissions rate for US gas-distribution systems, WSU said Wednesday. ...
Tags: Methane Leak, Chemicals
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The Citywide Test in West St. Paul Will Be The Largest Installation of Such Streetlights
Nov 6, 2012Recently, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) gave Xcel Energy approval to install 529 LED streetlights in the city as a two-year test. The company had told the city it would start installation in 2012. Most Minnesota cities ...
Tags: LED Streetlight
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Xcel Energy Wants to Put up 529 of The Energy-Saving Street Lamps in West St.Paul
Sep 27, 2012In what would be the state`s largest installation of LED street lighting,Xcel Energy wants to put up 529 of the energy-saving street lamps in West St.Paul,an experiment that could open the door to more cities making the switch--and possibly ...
Tags: West St.Paul, LED, PUC, Xcel
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The Smart Grid Is an Enormous Worldwide Effort to Modernize Our Electrical Grid
Mar 6, 2012Scottsdale, AZ - The smart grid is an enormous worldwide effort to modernize our electrical grid. The global scale alone makes this a colossal task. Complicating this effort is the incredible variety of electrical systems throughout the ...
Tags: industry trends, Electric Meter
