Alabama Power and Mercedes Benz U.S. International (MBUSI) received approval today from the Alabama Public Service Commission for the proposed 80-MW Letohatchee Solar Project in Lowndes County, south of Montgomery. This project and the renewable contract between Alabama Power and MBUSI build on a long-standing partnership between the two companies and align with the shared […]
Contrary to what the name radiator implies, only a small part of the heat transfer takes place through radiation, most of the heat is in fact transferred via convection. Convection is the air movement that is formed when the air in a room is affected by a heat source and rises, which can lead to […]
Saddleback Mountain Ski Resort contracted Nexamp to construct a 7.36-MW, 31-acre community solar farm on its property in Rangeley, Maine. In exploring options to strengthen the economics and environmental profile of Saddleback, owner Arctaris Impact Investors identified solar development as a sensible way to improve its approach to powering the mountain. Saddleback led the development […]
Berg Insight, the leading IoT market research provider, today released new findings on the market for Electronic Monitoring (EM) of offenders. The number of participants in EM programmes on a daily basis in Europe, North America and Latin America amounted to about 46,000, 282,000 and 71,000 respectively during 2020. The market value in 2020 reached […]
Ameresco has chosen battery supplier FlexGen Power Systems for a 2,150-MWh energy storage project for Southern California Edison. FlexGen will provide the energy storage technology along with its HybridOS energy management system platform. The energy storage systems will be sited at three SCE substations to provide on-demand energy to increase grid reliability. The SCE projects, targeted […]
smartbuildingmag.com 07 {{ “2021-12-07T00:00:00+00:00” | date “MMM” }} ’21 Written on {{ “2021-12-07T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Modified on {{ “2021-12-07T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Delta Electronics METAL LS, the Bulgarian manufacturer of door locking systems, door and window handles and building hardware, started planning the new automated assembly of door locks in 2019. The robotic […]
The number of active fleet management systems deployed in commercial vehicle fleets in Australia and New Zealand was around 1.2 million units in Q4-2020 according to a new research report from the leading IoT analyst firm Berg Insight. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.9 percent, this number is expected to reach […]
One of Airobotics’ current end-to-end drone solutions Airobotics, an Israeli manufacturer of autonomous unmanned aircraft and aerial data platforms, and Solar Drone, an Israeli company specializing in solar farm services, have signed a binding agreement under which Airobotics will develop and supply to Solar Drone a solar panel cleaning drone system. The fully automated system […]
Daqo New Energy Corp., a manufacturer of high-purity polysilicon for the global solar PV industry, has completed construction ahead of schedule and begun pilot production at its new 35,000 MT phase 4B polysilicon production facility. The company expects the facility to gradually ramp up to full production capacity and to […]
Stefano Romanin Westbridge Energy Corp. has acquired a 75% controlling interest in Sunnynook Solar Energy Inc., which is developing a new 236 MW DC solar photovoltaic (PV) and 100 MW of battery energy storage system (BESS) project located in Sunnynook, Alberta, Canada, pursuant to a definitive agreement dated November 30, 2021. The project has secured […]