ForeFront2050mag

The power grid is a pretty complex system. Electricity is generally produced on an as-needed basis. Generators ramp up and down based on demand. However, energy storage systems are beginning to change how demands are being met.

Energy storage isn’t a new concept. In fac...

Hurricane Maria proved that Puerto Rico is the ideal place for 100% distributed renewable energy. The storm virtually wiped out the entire energy grid on the island, most of which was constructed 60 years ago or more. For decades, the island has depended on diesel gene...

Duke Energy Carolinas has closed on $1 billion worth of “green bonds” the utility can use to finance solar projects it builds and other clean-energy investments it makes in the next several years.

Much of the money is likely to fund construction and operation of solar f...

Shortly after Donald Trump was elected in November, Lance LeFleur, director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, co-signed a letter with the heads of the environmental agencies of four other states asking Trump to "return environmental leadership to t...

Vincent Callebaut Architectures has released new proposal for Brussels' local community, a mixed-use eco-neigborhood in Belgium. Vincent Callebaut's proposal is designed to act as forward thinkers, and named as 'Tour & Taxis' into the 21st century in terms of uses, tec...

President Donald Trump ran his campaign on promises of complete overhaul, including the promise to “drain the swamp” that is Washington, D.C. Though he spoke metaphorically, this first-time District resident will soon discover that parts of Washington’s present-day dra...

14-year-old Tejaswani from India invented a bicycle that propels on air. Without pedals or any use of fossil fuels, the “air bike” can run an astonishing 60 km on just 10 kg of compressed air. Tejaswani first conceived the idea when she was at a bicycle-repair shop. Sh...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Empire Outlets has received another $20 million in a state grant for improvements to the Staten Island Railway and to protect against storm surge, and comes shortly after a developer for the project donated to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's campaign.

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Boston Properties and Rudin Development have closed on $250M in construction financing for their 675k SF Dock 72 office project at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The loan comes from J.P. Morgan, M&T Bank and U.S. Bank. It brings the $410M project, to be anchored by a 222k SF...

 The city is set to move forward on a long-delayed project to build a key link in the Bronx River Greenway [PDF], thanks

  to $12.3 million secured by Council Member Ritchie Torres as part of a half-billion dollar planto reconstruct West      Farms’...