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Contributed by Adam Graham, a construction industry analyst at Fixr.com When it comes to residential energy consumption, people are constantly striving for ways to reduce their monthly bills and energy usage and wastage. By looking at the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) annual energy outlook, we can see the top 10 appliances that are consuming…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip New York’s Sunrise Wind project will be the first offshore wind farm in the U.S. to be connected to the grid using a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system. Siemens Energy has been selected to connect New York’s first utility-scale offshore wind project to the grid. The 924-megawatt Sunrise Wind project, which is…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip U.S. solar panel imports declined 27% in the third quarter of 2021, the largest quarterly decline since 2018, amid supply chain pressures and the proposed expansion of tariffs, according to a new report. The analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence found that the drop in imports from Q2 to Q3 2021 represented the…

More than half of electricity meters in Europe are now smart, a new report released by Berg Insight has found. The study states that the penetration of smart electricity meters has passed the 50% mark owing to increased investments in grid modernization and digitalization by utilities in the region. In 2020, approximately 150 million smart…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip ESS CEO Eric Dresselhuys joined Renewable Energy World for a conversation about the company’s journey, the promise of flow battery technology, and the impact of proposed tax credits for energy storage currently being considered by the U.S. Congress. Earlier this month, ESS became the first U.S. long-duration energy storage company to list on the…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip A partnership formed between thermal energy storage developer E2S Power and global engineering giant SNC-Lavalin aims to convert American fossil-fuel power stations into clean energy hubs. The companies plan to address the growing energy storage market by approaching utilities and power generators with thermal energy solutions at facilities that are being phased out.…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip Honeywell has developed a new flow battery technology capable of storing and discharging renewably-generated electricity for up to 12 hours, the company announced Tuesday. The company will test the 400 kWh unit at Duke Energy’s Emerging Technology and Innovation Center in Mount Holly, North Carolina next year, with the deployment of a utility-scale,…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip Moments after Siemens Gamesa announced that it would build a $200 million offshore wind blade finishing facility at the Port of Virginia, the first of its kind in the U.S., Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm playfully nudged the company to do even more to support a burgeoning domestic supply chain. “We’re talking about blades…

We are hurtling towards the coldest quadrant of the year, and with that in mind, many people are beginning to think about the cost of their fuel consumption over the winter period. For those living in Europe, the next few months are going to be even more challenging than usual with an emerging energy crisis…