Category: Public Utilities

July 18, 2024

UScellular confirmed it joined MxD (Manufacturing x Digital) as a member, with the aim of leading the organization’s focus on introducing private networking technologies to U.S. manufacturing companies, the former said in a release. The telco noted that MxD’s 22,000-square-foot, […]

July 18, 2024

The Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines Thursday to approve expansion of its E-Rate program, allowing schools and libraries to apply for subsidies for internet services to be used outside of their premises. The vote, which follows a notice […]

July 17, 2024

While public Wi-FI can be very convenient, both for users and providers, it also introduces a number of security challenges. Unsecured or under-secured public Wi-Fi networks can expose users to cyber threats like identity theft, financial fraud and data breaches. Once […]

July 17, 2024

Debrand, pioneers of next-life logistics solutions for the apparel and footwear industry, today announced the opening of their first U.S. facility in Columbus, Ohio. This strategic location enhances the company’s capacity to meet the increasing demand for scalable advanced textile […]

July 11, 2024

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, $14 million would be used to increase consumer battery recycling and improve the supply chain. The announcement comes this week and is supported by […]

July 9, 2024

Biotrend and Freepoint Eco-Systems International Ltd. (Freepoint Eco-Systems) announced a potential strategic partnership to expand their footprint in the circular economy for plastics. Through their shared vision, this collaboration will strengthen their presence in the advanced recycling industry. Combining Expertise […]

July 8, 2024

Ann Dunkin has one of the coolest CIO gigs in government. Her job as the top tech official at the Department of Energy takes her to National Laboratories, nuclear security facilities, grid operations, supercomputing centers and more. Dunkin is a […]

July 5, 2024

Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) and the more refined Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) are produced from MSW after recyclable materials have been removed. It is a renewable fuel, easy to transport and store, with a high calorific value, stable combustion, low […]

July 3, 2024

The Russian war of aggression in Ukraine made it clear that the EU is too dependent on Russian gas. Since then, the EU has been intensively searching for solutions to achieve greater energy independence. One of these is biomethane. The […]

July 2, 2024

As telecommunications providers continue the shift towards multi-vendor, multi-cloud and cloud-native architectures, their operations are only become more and more complex. There is increasing need to scale their network operations and to see the return on their 5G investments. According […]

July 2, 2024

A waste-to-energy plant in Portsmouth, Va. closed over the weekend, meaning the area’s trash is now set to be sent to a local landfill. The Portsmouth plant in Southside Hampton Roads, formally known as Wheelabrator, is now closed and will […]

July 1, 2024

Boise, Idaho is rolling out a new pilot program to purify industrial water through a new recycling process. The Advanced Water Treatment Pilot in Boise will begin sampling water from Micron, a semiconductor manufacturing facility, and purify it through a […]

June 28, 2024

Like many industries, there’s little doubt that 2024 was the year AI took the waste management sector by storm. It has been the topic du jour in media headlines and on the waste management event circuit—from WasteExpo to IFAT. But […]

June 26, 2024

Continued midband spectrum deployments by U.S. national carriers are further improving 5G performance, according to new analysis by Ookla of the 5G experience in the U.S. as of the first quarter of 2024. “Speedtest Intelligence data shows a clear correlation […]

June 26, 2024

Electric grid infrastructure, both in the U.S. and other parts of the world, needs an upgrade. Increased power demand from energy-intensive industries such as data centers, the move toward greater electrification—particularly from the transportation sector—and higher demand from developed (and […]

June 25, 2024

Amid a strong start to the year for grid-scale energy storage capacity installations, WoodMac and ACP forecast 11.1 GW in total grid-scale installations for 2024, a 45% increase over 2023. Texas is expected to account for the most megawatts installed […]

June 24, 2024

As electrification becomes a leading decarbonization strategy, utilities must make significant investments into clean generation technologies and their grids. Those investments are poised to add up fast. But they can’t just be fast, they must also be lean — just […]

June 20, 2024

Dynamic line rating (DLR) enables utilities to unlock up to 40% additional capacity from existing infrastructure, allowing grid operators to rapidly increase energy throughput. This capability is crucial in today’s energy landscape, where the proportion of renewable energy sources is […]

June 20, 2024

Some states, cities and utilities have begun to act on ambitious plans to prune back the gas pipeline system, with hopes to transition buildings onto clean energy. Massachusetts established a first-of-its-kind state office in March charged with navigating the process. […]

June 19, 2024

San Francisco-based Brightmark is preparing to launch its second chemical recycling plant leveraging pyrolysis to process mixed plastics—a $950 million project that will come to Thomaston, Georgia in Upson County. The first facility in Ashley, Indiana launched a couple of […]