Other Utilities, Public Utilities
June 8, 2023
Via: Waste360Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE), the largest provider of the cleanest fuel for the transportation market, announced a slew of new deals with several well-known consumer brands and some of the nation’s largest and most environmentally-conscious transit agencies. Liberty […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
June 6, 2023
Via: Waste Management WorldAnaergia has announced that it will provide technologies that will enable Monterey One Water, the wastewater utility of northern Monterey County, California, to produce renewable energy from both food waste and wastewater. The project will significantly expand the anaerobic digestion […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
May 18, 2023
Via: Utility DiveWhen the EPA issued its coal ash regulations in October 2015, it exempted ponds and landfills that were used at power plants that had retired before the rule took effect. The EPA expects about 280 coal ash ponds and landfills […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
May 11, 2023
Via: PowerMagThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted Holtec International a license to build and operate a consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) for spent nuclear fuel in southeastern New Mexico, despite the state’s opposition. Granted on May 9 after an eight-year […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
May 4, 2023
Via: Utility DiveThe PSC approved changes to the efficiency goal-setting process in March, but advocates subsequently requested Tuesday’s hearing to ask commissioners to consider modernizing the rules ahead of next year’s work to set new utility energy savings targets. The PSC “missed […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
May 4, 2023
Via: PowerMagThe world is currently going through a major shift toward clean energy, triggered by concerns over climate change, depleting resources, and energy security. The energy transition is a massive undertaking, requiring significant investment and a long-term vision. However, as with […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
April 25, 2023
Via: Waste360Organics in wastewater is a problem on multiple levels. They are hard to filter out and tough on industrial equipment. Organic-laden water is expensive to haul and dispose of. Generators have to stay on top of tight nutrient discharge limits. […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
April 11, 2023
Via: Utility DiveWhen regulators voted in March to streamline the process of setting utility energy efficiency goals, there was relatively little discussion and they ultimately approved an order that had “pretty much been driven by staff,” Cavros told Utility Dive. “Commission staff […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
April 10, 2023
Via: Utility DiveThe energy transition is driving a fundamental reset of the traditional utility business model. There is an acceleration of interconnections of distributed energy resources (DERs) and large-scale renewables, a generation of utility experts are retiring, and the pandemic shifted a […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
March 23, 2023
Via: Waste360Operators Without Borders is a Registered charity with two mandates. The first is to assist water and wastewater utilities in developing countries recover after disasters. The second is to build capacity in the utilities though training, mentoring and provision of […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
March 22, 2023
Via: Power EngineeringUtility regulators in Nevada approved a plan by NV Energy to spend $333 million to buy, install and operate a 400 MW peaking turbine project at the Silverhawk Generating Station near Las Vegas. The turbine would have a peak summer […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
March 13, 2023
Via: Waste360Baltimore/Washington International (BWI) Thurgood Marshall Airport in Maryland will begin collecting used cooking oil from its 50 dining locations and will use that oil to produce sustainable aviation fuel and other renewable products. This process will be part of BWI’s […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
March 13, 2023
Via: Waste360In this week’s episode of NothingWasted!, you will experience: A View from Above — Using Satellites and Drones to Monitor Emissions. You will learn about methane gas emissions and capture, the advantages of ariel data, the influence of ESG-focused agendas […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
March 6, 2023
Via: FCWMoving in step with the just-released National Cyber Strategy, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a new memorandum clarifying the obligations of states when it comes to assessing the cybersecurity of operational technology used in public water systems. Pursuant to the […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
February 17, 2023
Via: Power Engineering InternationalKindle Energy is breaking ground on a 700 MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle plant in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. The Magnolia Power Generating Station will provide electricity directly to five rural utility cooperatives across the state starting in May 2025, according to […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
February 15, 2023
Via: Waste360U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Michael S. Reagan announced $2 billion in allotted funds to support grants for disadvantaged communities. The funds were made available via EPA’s Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities (EC-SDC) Grant Program, with the […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
February 13, 2023
Via: Utility DiveHollywood couldn’t write a better script. The energy transition, having had more plot turns than can be counted, seems poised for climax thanks in no small part to a $369 billion investment from the Inflation Recovery Act (IRA). Advanced meters […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
February 9, 2023
Via: Waste360The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has extended its partnership with Biobot Analytics through the National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) to bring COVID-19 and mpox (formerly monkeypox) wastewater analysis to communities across the country. This six-month extension […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
February 9, 2023
Via: Power Engineering InternationalLos Angeles city council members unanimously voted Feb. 8 to to convert the city’s largest gas-fired power plant to green hydrogen. The 12-0 vote authorizes the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to begin a competitive bidding process […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
February 7, 2023
Via: Power Engineering InternationalOperators plan to retire 15.6 GW of electric-generating capacity in the United States during 2023, mostly natural gas-fired (6.2 GW) and coal-fired (8.9 GW) power plants, according to the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA). EIA said that substantial […]