Prosperity linked to resolution of energy crisis and pursuing an aggressive economic policy: Prime Minister

Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said that progress and prosperity are not possible without addressing the energy crisis and pursuing an aggressive economic policy. The Prime Minister was talking to Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Laghari, MNA who called on him at the Prime…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/national-news/prosperity-linked-to-resolution-of-energy-crisis-and-pursuing-an-aggressive-economic-policy-prime-minister/ Electricity Grid, energy crisis

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New Thermostat for Auto Demand Response conversation about next-generation residential energy management offerings

 

conversation about next-generation residential energy management offerings
Despite having technology in 150 million homes, Honeywell (NYSE: HON) is often left out of the conversation about next-generation residential energy management offerings.
Maybe it’s because Honeywell is…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/environment/new-thermostat-for-auto-demand-response-conversation-about-next-generation-residential-energy-management-offerings/ demand response, Electricity Grid, Energy and Economy, Green Building, thermostat, Utilities

Court Delivers Victory for Clean Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Last Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a resounding endorsement of the value of high-voltage transmission needed to bring clean energy to millions of electricity customers.  Their forcefully-worded decision barely made a ripple in the media, not even in the…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/energy-finance/court-delivers-victory-for-clean-energy-federal-energy-regulatory-commission-ferc/ (FERC), clean energy, Electricity, Electricity Grid, Energy, energy grid, Energy Policy, Environmental Policy, evidentiary materials, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Midwest Independent System Operator, MISO, Politics & Legislation, renewable energy goals, US Court of Appeals, Utilities, Wind

China and U.S. Agree to Cooperate to Reduce Powerful Greenhouse Gas one important climate-related agreement

The informal summit between the presidents of China and the United States last week yielded one very one important climate-related agreement.  After years of opposing international efforts to restrict hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs – a potent family of greenhouse gases), China has now agreed to…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/international-news/china-and-u-s-agree-to-cooperate-to-reduce-powerful-greenhouse-gas-one-important-climate-related-agreement/ (HFCs), China, Cleantech, Electricity Grid, Energy and Economy, Environment, Environmental Policy, hydrofluorocarbons, News, Politics & Legislation, power generation, Public Health, solar energy, Solar Power

California Shared Renewable Energy Bills Gain Momentum both Senator Alex Padilla and several utilities

Momentum is building for shared renewable energy in California. Late last week the two bills we’ve been following there, SB 43 and AB 1014, passed with strong margins in their chambers of origin — marking the first time this legislation has moved beyond committee to pass in either…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/environment/california-shared-renewable-energy-bills-gain-momentum-both-senator-alex-padilla-and-several-utilities/ California, customers, Electricity Grid, Energy and Economy, Environment, environmental, especially renters, Hydropower, News, Politics & Legislation, Renewables, renewables energy supply, shared renewables, Utilities, worldwide renewables energy

Sad Saga of San Onofre Nuclear Is Good News for Renewables just-shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)

The eighteen-month struggle of the just-shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) has been chronicled in detail by GTM.
The two-reactor nuclear facility, 78 percent owned and entirely operated by Southern California Edison (SCE), went on-line in 1983-1984 and was taken offline…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/environment/sad-saga-of-san-onofre-nuclear-is-good-news-for-renewables-just-shuttered-san-onofre-nuclear-generating-station-songs/ California Independent System Operator, California Public Utilities Commission [CPUC], california solar energy, Electricity Grid, Environment, Finance, Nuclear Power, nuclear regulatory commission (nrc), Public Health, Renewables, Risk Management, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, SONGS, Southern California Edison (SCE), Utilities

Tea Party Takes on Utility Over Lack of Solar Energy Climate Progress,

The fight to bring cheaper, clean energy to Georgia is uniting some unlikely allies. Renewable energy advocates and leaders of the Atlanta Tea Party are taking on utility giant Southern Co., and its subsidiary Georgia Power, over resisting the call to expand its development of solar energy.
As…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/international-news/tea-party-takes-on-utility-over-lack-of-solar-energy-climate-progress/ Atlanta Press Club, Cleantech, Efficiency, Electricity Grid, Energy and Economy, Finance, Georgia Power, Politics & Legislation, Progress Georgia Power, Public Service Commission, renewable energy, Renewables, solar energy, Solar Energy Climate, Solar Panels, Solar Power, tea party, Tea Party Takes, Utilities