News Roundup for April 30
Published: April 30th, 2010 in: News RoundupThe National Renewable Energy Laboratory says it is on the way toward completing construction of a massive zero-energy building this summer on its campus in Colorado. The 220,000-square-foot... Read more
Industry Flags FERC on Modifications
Published: April 30th, 2010 in: FERCNRECA has joined six other electric industry trade associations to challenge a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission order that the groups assert improperly limits the ability of FERC’s certified... Read more
Va. Co-ops to Acquire IOU’s Assets
Published: April 30th, 2010 in: Co-op NewsTwo rural electric cooperatives are getting closer to acquiring an investor-owned utility’s distribution assets in Virginia. Rappahannock Electric Co-op and Shenandoah Valley Electric Co-op... Read more
EPA Considers Removal of PCBs
Published: April 30th, 2010 in: EPAIn an action that could affect co-ops across the country, the Environmental Protection Agency is considering whether utilities should accelerate the removal of equipment, such as transformers... Read more
Colorado Co-op Lines Up Solar Power
Published: April 29th, 2010 in: Renewable EnergyA 2-megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant could be generating power for members of a Colorado co-op in about 21 months. Officials at San Miguel Power Association, which is based in Nucla... Read more
Range of FERC Issues Raised on Hill
Published: April 29th, 2010 in: FERCThe importance of regional perspectives on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the question of whether FERC has authority to broadly allocate the costs of building new transmission have... Read more
Solar Decathlon Teams Selected
Published: April 29th, 2010 in: R & DTwenty college teams have been picked to compete in next year’s Solar Decathlon, which is guaranteed to have a new winner. Team Germany, which won the 2007 and 2009 events, was not... Read more
Wind Extras Warm Maine Islanders
Published: April 29th, 2010 in: Renewable EnergyA group of consumer-members of a coastal Maine co-op are testing whether the excess power generated by wind turbines can heat their homes and businesses affordably. Under the heating pilot... Read more
Fisker, DOE Close on Loan
Published: April 29th, 2010 in: Electric VehiclesFisker Automotive has closed on a more than $528 million Department of Energy loan that will help the company build plug-in hybrids at a plant in Delaware. Part of the money will go toward... Read more
News Roundup for April 29
Published: April 29th, 2010 in: News RoundupA California company is behind Japan’s first electric taxi. Better Place put the first of three such cabs on the streets of Tokyo this week, where it’s being used by the city’s largest taxi... Read more