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Africa, Announcements, Canada, Carbon Trading, Clean Power Investing, Electric Vehicles, Europe, Far East, India, Industry Structure, International, Latin America, M&A, United States

PNG landowners threaten to disrupt LNG project  Subscription Only

PORT MORESBY, Jan 01, 2008 -- AsiaPulse

DOE gives go signal for more mini-hydro plants

Jan 2 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Euan Paulo C. Anonuevo The Manila Times, Philippines

LNG Sells Palo Duro Assets  Subscription Only

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 31, 2008)

Utility Business

Asset Management, Billing & Bill Payment, Customer Care, Energy Trading, Financial, General, HR, IT, Regulatory & Legal, Risk Management

Utility Reform Bill Faces Opposition

Dec 31 - The Record - Hackensack, New Jersey

Feds approve gas drilling plan for Montana  Subscription Only

BILLINGS, Mont. - Dec 31 - Associated Press

$3 million oil, gas scam alleged  Subscription Only

Dec 31 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Brandon Ortiz The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.

Intelligent Utility & Smart Grid

Communication Infrastructure, Demand Response & HAN, Distribution Management Systems, GIS, Grid Security, Metering, AMR & Data Management, Mobile Workforce Management, Outage Management, SCADA, T&D Asset Management, T&D Automation, T&D Reliability

Energetic start to new year: Laws that broaden 'net metering' take effect today

Jan 1 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Larry Rulison Albany Times Union, N.Y.

Fewer than 1,000 still powerless

Jan 1 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Korie Wilkins Detroit Free Press

Ameren restores power to 900+ in Twin Cities

Dec 30 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.

Power Generation

Biomass, Coal, Cogeneration, Distributed Generation, Emissions & Environmental, Gas, Geothermal, Hydro, Marine Renewables, Nuclear, Solar Photovoltaic, Wind

Plant could close in 2010

Jan 1 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Karen Colbenson Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.

Nevada Power steams forward

Dec 31 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - John G. Edwards Las Vegas Review-Journal

Power Delivery

Overhead Distribution, Overhead Transmission, Power Quality, Substations, Underground T&D

ERCOT: Texas Power Line Upgrades to Cost $3B

Jan 01 - The Dallas Morning News

Two new power line routes proposed: CapX 2020 project's line would end in Dakota County

Dec 31 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Leslie Brooks Suzukamo Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.

TCL&P Reviews Power Line Options

Dec. 29--TRAVERSE CITY - The Record-Eagle

End-Use Management

Demand Management, Energy Efficiency

Electricity study embraces energy efficiency for state

Jan 1 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tom Fowler Houston Chronicle

Energy efficiency pays customers  Subscription Only

Dec 31 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Dan Gearino The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio

 

ARTICLES

Insight, Analysis and Commentary on the Global Power Industry

Solar storms: how much grid liability they imply

By Alberto Ramirez Orquin

Our ever increasing dependence on technology makes it socially unthinkable the notion of bearing any long-term lack of service from...

Nuclear and the New American President

By Ferdinand Banks

We do not know if global warming is the real deal, or just part of a cycle, but we have...

Improving Field Services 2008: Automation is Making Inroads

By Christine Kozlosky

To better understand how utilities are dealing with the challenges facing the Field Services function and its day-to-day operations, the...

Building Wind Manufacturing

By Richard Schlesinger

The forces driving the development of new wind generation in the United States are reaching Category 4 hurricane strength. Although...

The Elephant's Great Thirst

By Michael Kugelman

This country is one of the world's top energy consumers. Given its modest supply of indigenous resources, it must satisfy...

 

BLOGS

Blogging on the Global Power Industry

Wind Power at Airports - A Few Concepts Considered; By Lance Winslow

By Lance Winslow

    By Lance Winslow Wind Power at Airport Terminals - Concept Worth Exploring Wind Power makes sense sometimes, not...

Electricity, cities and sea kayak manufacturers

By H. Christine Richards

Today, I edit one of Energy Central’s magazines, intelligent utility, but in a previous life I was a researcher in...

Spanish PV market: quickly not going anywhere

By Ceylan Oney

By Bill Hargett First posted on the CleanTechies Blog on December 22th, 2008. A few weeks ago I ran a...

Test yourself for everything you think, say or do using Rotary's 4-way test

By Lawrence Penna

Rotary's 4-way test for everything we think, say or do. 1.  Is it the TRUTH? 2.  Is if FAIR to...

Stimulus Funds and your States Energy Conservation Programs

By Patrick Kearney

The Wish List - President-elect Obama and his family seem to be pretty well rested after having spent the Christmas...

 

EVENTS

Connecting the Global Power Industry

Gas Turbine Generator Fundamentals

Courses
Jan 5, 2009 - Jan 6, 2009

Combined Cycle Turbine-Generator Fundamentals

Courses
Jan 5, 2009 - Jan 8, 2009

(GE) Mk-V Gas Turbine Controls

Courses
Jan 5, 2009 - Jan 9, 2009

Circuit Breaker Maintenance

Courses
Jan 5, 2009 - Jan 9, 2009
 

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