Archives for September 2011

Unilever – Building Sustainable Brands

California electricity market reacted to the recent San Diego blackout

(Tue, 27 Sep 2011) On September 8, 2011 a blackout affected about 1.4 million electricity [Read more…]

The Venus Project-Resource Based Economy

FERC staff to convene technical conference on issues related to reliability standard CIP-006-2 on Oct. 25, 2011 in Washington, DC

FERC: Technical Conferences

Design for Higher Education: Chabot College LEED Gold Spotlight

How Arup designed Sky TV HQ – Harlequin 1, a sustainable TV centre

Transmission congestion drives power price division between upstate and downstate New York

(Mon, 26 Sep 2011) Electric power usually costs more in New York City, Long Island, and the Hudson Valley than in the rest of New York due to transmission constraints on moving power into the New York City area. The chart below, published by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, shows a typical example of diverging prices for those regions in the day—ahead market.
EIA: What’s New

FERC staff issues Energy Infrastructure Update for August 2011

FERC: What’s New

FERC staff issues Energy Infrastructure Update for August 2011

FERC: What’s New

BetterBuildings for Michigan Program Introduction