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Mon Power, Potomac Edison Submit Application for Solar Projects in WV

Jim Myers Mon Power and Potomac Edison, subsidiaries of FirstEnergy Corp., have submitted an application to the Public Service Commission of West Virginia for approval to build five utility-scale solar energy projects throughout the companies’ West Virginia service territory. Together, the facilities would generate 50 MW of energy to help make West Virginia more attractive […]

Robo-debt inquiry wants Reynolds to face Senate if she continues to refuse to cooperate

Image: APH The Senate Committee inquiring into the federal government’s bungled robo-debt system has called for a Senate resolution to compel Minister for Government Services Linda Reynolds into providing documents about the legal advice Services Australia received in implementing robo-debt. Since the end of 2019, the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs has been seeking […]

EnCap Sells 50% Stake in Broad Reach Power to Apollo Funds

Steve Vavrik Apollo and EnCap Energy Transition Fund I (EETFI) have announced that funds managed by Apollo affiliates have agreed to acquire a 50% stake in Broad Reach Power LLC. The Apollo funds will acquire the stake from existing investor EnCap Investments L.P. and its co-investment partners, Yorktown Partners and Mercuria Energy. EnCap and its […]

Florida legislature considers ending solar net metering

Legislation filed yesterday in the Florida Legislature aims to end net metering for rooftop solar customers, effectively shutting down this key sector of the state economy and undermining energy freedom for tens of thousands of Floridians. Republican Sen. Jennifer Bradley introduced SB 1024, which aims to “revise and provide legislative findings relating to the redesign […]

Does Windows on Arm have a future?

Ever since Microsoft first unveiled its Windows on Arm strategy publicly in 2016, the only Arm chip supplier in the mix has been Qualcomm. According to a report by XDA Developers this week, that’s not coincidental; it’s because Microsoft and Qualcomm had a publicly-unacknowledged exclusivity deal. XDA says that exclusive contract will end “soon.” But […]

Mouser Spotlight: eBooks – Mouser Offers Extensive Range of Informative eBooks for Design Engineers

smartbuildingmag.com 23 {{ “2021-11-23T00:00:00+00:00” | date “MMM” }} ’21 Written on {{ “2021-11-23T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Modified on {{ “2021-11-23T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Mouser News Mouser Electronics, Inc., the New Product Introduction (NPI) leader empowering innovation, continues to support engineers by offering new technical resources. This year, the global distributor has released more eBooks […]

To maximize solar performance, start thinking long term

By SPW | November 23, 2021 By Greg Shambo, VP of O&M sales, Borrego When solar asset managers open their proverbial pockets to contract with a long-term O&M company, the opportunity to maximize solar plant performance is often doomed from the start. With a limited supply chain of critical replacement parts, a shrinking labor pool […]

Microsoft makes free Windows 11 Enterprise virtual machine available for download

Microsoft has made available a free Windows 11 Enterprise virtual machine for download. Aimed at developers, Microsoft says, “Start building Windows applications quickly by using a virtual machine with the latest versions of Windows, the developer tools, SDKs, and samples ready to go.” There’s a lot packed into this download: Window 11 Enterprise (evaluation) Windows […]