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Energy Efficiency - August 22, 2017
PACE financing projects take off in Michigan
An energy efficiency overhaul of Detroit's historic Whitney Restaurant that includes heating, cooling, lighting, controls and window insulation was recently profiled as the first in the area to use financing from the Property Assessed Clean Energy program.
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Power Prices - August 21, 2017
Private equity to acquire Calpine for $5.6B
Less than a year after Calpine Corp. announced its acquisition of Noble Americas Energy Solutions LLC, a large independent supplier of power to commercial and industrial retail customers, Calpine itself is being taken over amid sustained challenges to the broader merchant power sector.
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Distributed Energy Resources - August 7, 2017
Case study: Managing costs with energy storage
This case study, presented by EDF Renewable Energy, illustrates the real cost saving benefits of energy storage for commercial and industrial companies.
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Microgrids - August 1, 2017
How new microgrid technologies enable optimal cooperation among distributed energy resources
This white paper presented by Schneider Electric covers microgrid technologies in detail and explores their significant role in the new energy transition.
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Solar - July 15, 2017
Weekend reads: China's panda solar farm; NRG's green power pivot; congress debates climate change & more
Kick back with these must-read energy stories from around the web.
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Power Prices - June 14, 2017
NRG unit GenOn files for bankruptcy protection
Power producer GenOn Energy, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston.
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Sourcing Renewables - June 12, 2017 - By Amy Poszywak
Leveraging commodities arm, Goldman Sachs inks 1st wind PPA
Levering the expertise of its internal commodities trading arm, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. signed its first power purchase agreement for wind energy that is matched, roughly, to the size of its North American electricity load.
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Power Prices - June 2, 2017
Duke Energy Progress proposes 14.9% rate hike
If approved by the commission, commercial and industrial customers would see an average increase of 13.5%.
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Power Prices - May 30, 2017 - By Amy Poszywak
Three Mile Island to shutter in 2019, Exelon says
The owner of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant — home of the 1979 nuclear accident considered to be the worst in U.S. history — on May 30 announced plans to close the Pennsylvania power plant in 2019 following years of profit losses.
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May 18, 2017 - By Amy Poszywak
Advocates call on Amazon to save struggling nukes
As the fate of two Ohio nuclear plants continues to hang in the balance, a group of "concerned citizens, scientists, business leaders, conservationists and community leaders" in the state have called on Amazon.com Inc. to help support them.
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