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Mexico’s Fourth Long-Term Power Auction: An Update on SLP-1/2018

Mexico’s Fourth Long-Term Power Auction: An Update on SLP-1/2018 Background As part of Mexico’s Energy Reform, on August 12, 2014, a new electricity law became effective. Prior to the law’s enactment, the Mexican electric industry was governed by a restrictive legal framework that limited private sector participation and reserved most of the market for the … Continue reading Mexico’s Fourth Long-Term Power Auction: An Update on SLP-1/2018

Turning #Hoover_Dam into a giant battery could solve #California ’s energy storage problem

Turning Hoover Dam into a giant battery could solve California’s energy-storage problem Hoover Dam may soon be turned into a giant battery. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has put forward a $3 billion plan to use the dam to help store California’s excess energy. The idea: pump water back up to … Continue reading Turning #Hoover_Dam into a giant battery could solve #California ’s energy storage problem

Mid-Kansas Electric Co. celebrates Harper-to-Milan transmission project

Mid-Kansas Electric Co. celebrates Harper-to-Milan transmission project 138 kV transmission project located in Kingman, Harper and Sumner counties Mid-Kansas Electric Co. Inc. (Mid-Kansas) celebrated the energization of its high voltage transmission project with a luncheon and remarks at the Westview Lodge Conference Center in Harper on Thursday. Company officials, member-owners met to applaud the efforts … Continue reading Mid-Kansas Electric Co. celebrates Harper-to-Milan transmission project

#MIT Professor Donald Sadoway On The Future Of Battery Storage And Renewable Energies

MIT Professor Donald Sadoway On The Future Of Battery Storage And Renewable Energies For over two thousands years, scientists have experimented with ways to capture the energy of the sun. Archimedes in 212 BC, for instance, famously rigged a system of mirrors that was used to spark fires aboard enemy ships—sort of like an ancient … Continue reading #MIT Professor Donald Sadoway On The Future Of Battery Storage And Renewable Energies

After court decision, FERC backs IMM role in commission proceeding

After court decision, FERC backs IMM role in commission proceeding Washington — The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has backed the right of the independent market monitor for PJM Interconnection to participate in commission proceedings, in the wake of a federal court decision that threw the IMM’s standing into question. The issue is important because … Continue reading After court decision, FERC backs IMM role in commission proceeding

Chemists make breakthrough on road to creating a rechargeable lithium-oxygen battery

Chemists make breakthrough on road to creating a rechargeable lithium-oxygen battery Chemists from the University of Waterloo have successfully resolved two of the most challenging issues surrounding lithium-oxygen batteries, and in the process created a working battery with near 100 per cent coulombic efficiency. The new work, which appears this week in Science, proves that … Continue reading Chemists make breakthrough on road to creating a rechargeable lithium-oxygen battery

Powering up the new $500 million #Birdsboro Power Plant

Powering up the new $500 million Birdsboro Power Plant BIRDSBORO, PA — Jim Sellfinger was steaming when construction crews began digging earlier this summer to upgrade pipes to deliver water to the Birdsboro Power Plant. The $500 million gas-fired electric plant, under construction on the 30-acre former Armorcast steel foundry, requires water and gas lines … Continue reading Powering up the new $500 million #Birdsboro Power Plant