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More utilities are piloting smart grid-enabled demand response programs, but customer engagement is crucial to success
03.05.2012While demand response programs are growing in the industry, more utilities are beginning to launch full-scale dynamic pricing plans to a broader base of residential customers, according to industry data featured in Chartwell’s latest report, Demand Response and Rate Programs for Residential Customers 2012.
MidAmerican Solar and First Solar Announce Start of Major Construction on Largest Solar Project in the World
03.05.2012This week, MidAmerican Solar and First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) marked the start of major construction at Topaz Solar Farms, located in San Luis Obispo County, Calif.
Israel Smart Energy Association Joins the Global Smart Grid Federation
01.05.2012The Global Smart Grid Federation (GSGF), an international collaborative effort among national smart grid associations, today announced that Israel Smart Energy Association (ISEA) has joined the Federation.
Energy Department’s First-Ever “Apps for Energy” Competition Begins Today
05.04.2012WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of the Obama Administration’s efforts to help consumers save money by saving energy, the Department of Energy’s first-ever “Apps for Energy” competition begins today, offering $100,000 in cash prizes. “Apps for Energy” challenges innovative software developers to build new apps – for mobile phones, computers, tablets, software programs and more – that utilize data from major utility companies to help consumers and businesses use less energy and save money. Today, April 5, the Department released the official rules and began accepting submissions for the competition at .
Turkey: Ankara Engaged In Energy Balancing Act
05.04.2012On matters of energy security, Turkey is finding itself caught between Iran and the United States, two countries Ankara describes as allies.
Wasabi Energy in option deal to take 50 pct of Turkish geothermal power project
05.04.2012Wasabi Energy (LON:WAS, ASX:WAS) said its Turkish subsidiary Imparator Enerji has signed an option deal to acquire a 50 per cent interest in an advanced geothermal project in the country.
The project provides a build-out opportunity to generate further power through the potential application of Wasabi’s proprietary Kalina Cycle technology.
Azerbaijan supporting trans-Caspian gas pipeline
04.04.2012Azeri Minister of Energy Natik Aliev stated recently that his country supports a trans-Caspian gas pipeline project, which would make Azerbaijan into both a supplier and transit country.
President Saakashvili Discuss Energy Projects, Georgia's European Prospects
03.04.2012TBILISI, (BTA). Energy projects, including transit of liquefied gas across the Black Sea, were discussed at a meeting by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili here Sunday.
Russia cuts electric supplies to Moldova
03.04.2012Russia's energy giant nter RAO UES of Russia ceased shipments of electric power from the Moldavian Hydro-Electric Power Plant to Moldova. Moldova has not approved the new contract with Inter RAO UES of Russia, Lenta.ru reports. The previous contract expired on April 1.
Trans-Caspian pipeline remains distant prospect
29.03.2012After Turkmen government representatives met European Union officials to discuss a possible gas pipeline across the Caspian Sea, a leading energy expert said the chances of it happening were slim. Talks on the pipeline took place at a conference in Berlin on March 12-14, intended to promote the EU-backed Southern Gas Corridor project to take natural gas from the Caspian region to Europe.
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