Energy

Digital Tech Helps Electric Utilities Improve Customer Sustainability—And Their Own

Electric utilities and other power networks are in a unique position when it comes to improving sustainability. That’s because they have the ability to not just control their own carbon footprint but also promote more efficient, sustainable energy use for consumers. They can improve sustainability and decarbonize to mitigate climate change while still supporting their consumers’ growing needs ranging from smooth, efficient integration of electric vehicles into the grid to better energy accessibility.

Energy

Duke Energy Proposes Two Additional Renewable Energy Programs for North Carolina Customers

Duke Energy has filed two more renewable energy programs with the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) to expand renewable energy options for its 3.2 million customers in the state.

Environment

Duke Energy Renewables Protects Eagles with IdentiFlight System

Duke Energy Renewables has announced it has ordered 24 IdentiFlight® units to be installed at its Top of the World Windpower Project in Wyoming as part of its comprehensive avian protection program.

Green Infrastructure

A Sustainable Solution for Food Waste: Transforming Waste Products Into Energy in Michigan

With food waste from local manufacturing threatening to overwhelm available waste treatment capacity in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the City has begun a project to convert that waste to energy. Tetra Tech is leading the design phase of a $38-million waste-to-energy biodigester as part of the city’s goal of using 100-percent renewable energy to power city buildings by 2025. Biodigesters combine organic waste with microorganisms in air-tight tanks, creating a biogas that produces energy to power and heat buildings.

Environment

Rebecca Leber on the Dawn of Solar Protectionism

This week on Sea Change Radio we dig deeper into one of those recent headlines, and see how bad the news actually is. The decision to impose a 30% tariff on solar panels and solar cells coming from overseas is a move that leaves most renewable energy advocates apoplectic.

Energy

Green Charge Is Now ENGIE Storage

Green Charge is proud to announce our name change to ENGIE Storage. While our name is changing, our mission to power the world efficiently and sustainably with energy storage is the same, and we think better accomplished as a part of ENGIE.

Energy

Duke Energy Proposes $62 Million Solar Rebate Program in North Carolina

Duke Energy today proposed a $62 million solar rebate program designed to help its North Carolina customers with the upfront cost of installing solar panels on their property. This is the first of three customer programs Duke Energy is proposing as part of the implementation of 2017's Competitive Energy Solutions for North Carolina law – also known as House Bill 589.

Energy

Ecocentricity Blog: The Anthropocene Can Wait

Solar cells imported into the United States will now face a tariff. That’s the bad news. The good news is that it could have been worse.

Research, Reports & Publications

Data and Partnerships Serve as the Foundation for Tomorrow’s Smarter Cities

The insights uncovered in Black & Veatch’s 2018 Strategic Directions: Smart Cities & Utilities Report demonstrate a growing awareness among communities and utilities that modern, digital infrastructure such as data collection networks, infrastructure automation and advanced communication systems are the key components of today’s smart city initiatives. It is only through these systems that cities and utilities can optimize operations to realize the promise of the smart city – and create a sustainable future.

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Kingfisher Around the World

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Hear from Aflac’s senior leaders and subject matter experts about industry trends and more.

Local Communities

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