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Global Respondents Say Electricity System Can be 70 Percent Renewable by 2050

2015-04-15 20:31:00| Transmission & Distribution World

In 'Beyond Integration: Three dynamics reshaping renewables and the grid,' a recent global industry research initiative, DNV GL gathered views from over 1600 energy sector participants across more than 70 countries. Content Classification: Curated read more

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Large hotel companies want to stop buying NVEnergy electricity

2015-04-11 06:08:47| Semiconductors - Topix.net

Three of Nevada's largest hotel/gaming companies want to drop NV Energy and buy cheaper electricity on the open market. Consumer experts fear such a move would raise power rates for residential customers.

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Clear smart glass that generates its own electricity

2015-04-09 18:46:38| Extremetech

A team of researched have developed a new kind of smart glass containing materials that enable the triboelectric effect, which captures the energy inherent in static electricity that occurs when two different materials collide. In other words, the glass can not only change color, but create electricity as well.

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Electricity rates dropping in near term

2015-04-04 14:41:32| Energy - Topix.net

Two of the state's electric utilities, N.H. Electric Cooperative and Liberty Utilities, have announced sharp rate cuts while a third, Unitil, has filed paperwork with the N.H. Public Utilities Commission requesting a 37-percent reduction for power costs starting June 1. Eversource, formerly Public Service of New Hampshire, is expected to file a mid-year rate adjustment in May that would take effect July 1. A company spokeswoman wouldn't say what direction rates were headed.  “What we have seen in the wholesale markets would indicate the rate could go down,” Tom Frantz, director of the electric division for the N.H. Public Utilities Commission, said of Eversource.  New England has limited natural gas pipeline capacity.

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