The term “utility player” means one thing to a sports club and something else entirely for a electric power trade show, but they are vital to the team effort either way. The latter effort gained a big boost this past week when key industry leaders from six more utilities globally announced they ...

ENGIE Storage has announced it will supply and operate a 19 MW/38 MWh portfolio of six energy storage sites that will contribute to the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target Program and participate in ISO-New England wholesale markets.  The combined solar and storage portfolio, developed and operate...

The Michigan utility issued 127 rebates in the first two months of its three-year, $10 million pilot program. Consumers Energy says it’s happy with the launch of its electric vehicle charging station program and open to expanding the three-year, $10 million pilot. In the first two months of the pr...

Image: Global cumulative energy storage installations (Credit: BNEF) According to the latest forecast by BloombergNEF (BNEF), energy storage installations (not including pumped hydropower) around the world will multiply exponentially, from 9GW/17GWh deployed as of 2018 to 1,095GW/2,850GWh by 2040. T...

Image by Magic Creative from Pixabay A new report from Navigant Research released this week says that revenue from device and data management technologies could grow from approximately $14.8 billion in 2018 to more than $22.1 billion in 2027 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.6%. Utilities...

Site plan for the Grayson Repowering Project. Credit: GraysonRepowering.com. Last week, California’s Glendale Water & Power (GWP) received approval from the Glendale City Council to move forward with a plan to repower the aging Grayson Power Plant with a combination of renewable energy resour...

The Corvias construction team oversees progress on its $34M geothermal project at Fort Polk in Louisiana, which began in 2018 and, upon completion next year, will significantly reduce the community’s carbon footprint while improving day-to-day quality of life for military families living at Fort P...

Empire District Electric Co. wants to retire its coal plant early and replace it with cheaper wind, solar and storage. Missouri’s smallest investor-owned utility is charting a dramatically different course two years after being acquired by new owners. The Empire District Electric Co. in Joplin, Mi...