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Pennsylvania’s Yaw Bill
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Paris Olympics: Balancing Sustainability with Climate Change Challenges
As the Paris Olympics approach, organizers are emphasizing sustainability amid growing concerns about the impacts of climate change on sports. The 2024 Summer Games aim…
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Climate Change Priorities for Canada’s New Government
With the election of Prime Minister Mark Carney and a fresh mandate, Canada stands at a pivotal moment in its climate policy journey. The Canadian…
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Clean Energy Stakeholders Push to Preserve IRA Tax Credits
As the U.S. energy landscape shifts towards cleaner, renewable sources, stakeholders in the solar, storage, and broader clean energy sectors are intensifying their lobbying efforts…
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New England’s 100-Hour Battery Boosts Offshore Wind
New England is setting ambitious goals to enhance its offshore wind energy capacity with the introduction of a groundbreaking 100-hour battery storage system. This innovative…
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New York Announces Two Offshore Wind Project Awards, to Deliver Clean Power in 2026
Governor Kathy Hochul has announced a significant step forward in New York's clean energy future with the conditional awarding of contracts for two offshore wind…
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REC Silicon Suspends Polysilicon Production at Moses Lake
REC Silicon, a leading producer of high-purity silicon materials for the solar and semiconductor industries, has announced the suspension of polysilicon production at its Moses…
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Forest Fires: A Growing Threat to Carbon Absorption and Climate Stability
As the frequency and intensity of forest fires increase globally, researchers are sounding alarms about their profound impact on carbon absorption and climate stability. Recent…
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Improving safety and methodology techniques to protect utility workers BY LARRY LAWRENCE, Lineman’s Testing Laboratories of Canada In 1990, many workplace safety hazards were consistently…
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SUBSTATION AUTOMATION AND INTEGRATION PROGRAMS
Newton-Evans Research Company, Inc. of Ellicott City, MD is preparing to publish market research findings from Volume 1 of a four-volume study, “The World Market…
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RTU and HMI Redundancy in Electrical Substations
As the substation RTU takes on more applications, such as Human-Machine-Interface (HMI), alarm annunciation, math & logic and “relay communication processing”, its need for high…
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IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT AND AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON EPC PROJECTS
Based just south of Denver in Castle Rock, Colorado, Great Southwestern Construction, Inc. (Great Southwestern) opened its doors as a small, family-owned business in 1977,…
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New data suggests real-time pricing can help customers save money
Most utility customers now pay an average price for electricity that changes little (if at all) over the course of the year. Average, flat-rate, real-time…
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