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Mass. Senate OKs bill streamlining wind projects

Submitted on Tags February 9th, 2010 by CTNews
Posted in Tags Legislation
Original news source: Boston Globe

Senate lawmakers have approved a bill designed to streamline the siting and permitting of land-based wind energy projects in Massachusetts.

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Smart grids to enable renewables at ‘moderate’ cost

Submitted on Tags February 9th, 2010 by CTNews
Posted in Tags Energy, TagsSmart Grid
Original news source: EurActiv

The report, published yesterday (4 February), argues that with the right political framework, existing grid infrastructure can be upgraded to handle a green energy supply system where 90% of electricity comes from renewable sources by 2050. The EU could be powered almost entirely by renewable energies in 2050 without power disruptions by adding intelligence to its existing grids and building new …

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Converged infrastructure approach paves way for improved data center productivity, private clouds

Submitted on Tags February 9th, 2010 by CTNews
Posted in Tags Energy, TagsSmart Grid
Original news source: ZDNet

This latest BriefingsDirect discussion explores how converged infrastructure provides more business results productivity and offers a stepping stone to private cloud implementations. by Dana Gardner

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Business coalition pushes solar energy in Texas

Submitted on Tags February 9th, 2010 by CTNews
Posted in Tags Energy, TagsRenewables
Original news source: Waco Tribune-Herald

A business organization is pressing for the state government to expand its solar power goals to make Texas a national leader in solar energy.

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Allied against ACES

Submitted on Tags February 8th, 2010 by CTNews
Posted in Tags Legislation
Original news source: Anchorage Press

Flashlight missed Governor Sean Parnell’s speech last Friday morning at Meet Alaska, the Alaska Support Industry Alliance’s annual energy conference, held at the Sheraton. But by all accounts it was a fairly conciliatory speech, at least toward ExxonMobil, which recently beat the state in court when a judge ruled the state was in the wrong when it voided Exxon’s Point Thomson leases. Sean’s …

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Mining The Grid’s Middle Mile

Submitted on Tags February 8th, 2010 by CTNews
Posted in Tags Energy, TagsSmart Grid
Original news source: Forbes

For the Current Group, the smart grid isn’t about meters or renewable generation but the “middle mile.”

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Bundling Hardware and Software to Do Big Jobs

Submitted on Tags February 8th, 2010 by CTNews
Posted in Tags Energy, TagsSmart Grid
Original news source: New York Times

Companies are starting to see the advantages of being able to do large amounts of computing with technology built expressly for that purpose.

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Snohomish County business week in review

Submitted on Tags February 8th, 2010 by CTNews
Posted in Tags Energy, TagsSmart Grid
Original news source: Everett Herald

The federal government will provide Everett’s Fluke Corp. with $1.4 million to create a tool that will help modernize and regulate energy on the nation’s electrical grid.

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Panel sees smart grid engineering challenges

Submitted on Tags February 8th, 2010 by CTNews
Posted in Tags Energy, TagsSmart Grid
Original news source: EETimes

Engineers face plenty of challenges enabling smart grids in the home and in utility distribution networks, according to a panel at the GridCom Forum event here. Engineering – Business – Industrial Goods and Services – Technology – Employment

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In clean energy, U.S. needs more steel in ground

Submitted on Tags February 8th, 2010 by CTNews
Posted in Tags Energy, TagsRenewables
Original news source: CNET

Researching technology breakthroughs is worthwhile, but people in renewable energy say the U.S. needs to speed up installation of products to lower costs and stay competitive globally.

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