Solar Energy to Account for Most New Generation in California

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Editor’s Choices Smart Grid, Smart City? How Networked Streetlights Will Make Cities Smarter By Stephen Lacey – The focus on vertical technology platforms has given way to the horizontal approach where each device is considered within an open platform to create a true communications ecosystem. » Continue… US Colleges Building A Clean Energy Future By Silvio Marcacci – Climate issues are clearly important to today’s college students – 62% of all college applicants in a survey said a school’s commitment to the environment would influence their decision to apply or attend the school. » Continue… FROM OUR SPONSORS Turnkey CCPP projects Sohar 2 and Barka 3 in the Sultanate of Oman enter commercial operation on schedule Siemens Energy and its consortium partner GS E&C have completed and commissioned the two turnkey combined-cycle power plant (CCPP) projects Sohar 2 and Barka 3 in the Sultanate of Oman on schedule. In 2012, both units went into operation in simple-cycle mode to help meet the country’s strongly growing demand for electric power. » Continue… Solar Energy to Account for Most New Generation in California By Herman Trabish – Almost all of the new generation capacity in the California transmission system operator’s queue for the second half of 2013 is solar — 97 percent, to be exact. There are 1,633 megawatts of new generation capacity in the 2H 2013 queue. » Continue… Evolving Support for an Innovation Carbon Tax By Matthew Stepp – Let’s look at an “Innovation Carbon Price” that ties 20 percent of carbon tax revenue to public energy innovation investments and 80 percent to strengthening corporate tax incentives for training, research, and equipment investments. » Continue…	Stay connected… Join us on LinkedIn! The Energy Collective’s LinkedIn group is a place for the ongoing discussion of energy, climate and policy issues among professionals and expert. Ask your questions and enjoy the conversation. Join how.
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