A Tale of Two Technologies

I love the story of fracking because it proves a lot of truths about how things get done. This is a tale of huge success and dismal failure, and it has a moral: Public-private partnerships can work.

It was the best of outcomes, it was the worst of outcomes.

Critiquing Clean Power

Carbon dioxide is filling up courtrooms and boardrooms – even as the Environmental Protection Agency seeks to cut its release into the atmosphere. The debate centers on the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, set to be finalized this summer.

Carbon dioxide is filling up courtrooms and boardrooms - even as the Environmental Protection Agency seeks to cut its release into the atmosphere. The debate centers on the EPA's Clean Power Plan, set to be finalized this summer.

2015 FRI Symposium ~ Issues in Infrastructure: Replacement, Resilience and Regulation

The focus of Symposium 2015 is utility infrastructure and the challenges associated with its replacement and modernization, the extent to which resiliency and sufficiency exists within the utility industries, and how to design more effective regulatory or business models.
 
In addition to the below three panels, the Symposium will also feature a CEO Panel.

Con Edison Development Enters into Agreement to Procure GE Energy Storage System

GE will supply Con Edison Development (CED) with an 8-MWh battery energy storage system in Central Valley, CA. The new storage solution will utilize GE's Mark VIe-based plant control system, Brilliance MW Inverters, and packaged lithium ion battery modules. The system will provide two MW of power over a four-hour period, and the deal includes delivery of a complete energy storage system, with associated long-term service agreements.