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A lineman makes repairs to power lines following a storm.
Aug 30, 2019

As Hurricane Dorian heads toward Florida, so do 114 PSEG employees

The crews will bring about 70 vehicles, including bucket trucks, backyard-equipped trucks and pole diggers.

merger and acquisition
Aug 26, 2019

Verisk to acquire Genscape for $364M

The data analytics provider said it will add the DMGT-owned global provider of energy markets and commodity data to its Wood Mackenzie business.

Aug 22, 2019

Pioneer Power Solutions closes transformer business sale for $68M

Mill Point Capital will acquire the segment from the Fort Lee-based company for a base purchase price of $68 million.

Aug 20, 2019

Albireo Energy acquires Environmental Energy Corp.

"Last year we significantly increased our presence in the Greater New York City region and the EEC acquisition furthers our growth ambition in this very key market," CEO Phil Rogers said.

Aug 16, 2019

New council will oversee NJ offshore wind industry

“Centralizing the state’s resources under one roof allows us to leverage the considerable expertise at our disposal to enhance our position as a national leader in offshore wind development,” Gov. Phil Murphy said in a Friday morning statement accompanying his executive order establishing the WIND Institute.

Aug 15, 2019

Hounded by trade war, NJ recycling industry presses state for assistance

“The price of recycling has become more and more expensive, and in some cases more than trash, and when it’s more than trash you throw it in the trash,” New Jersey Food Council member Rocco D'Antonio said at a joint Assembly and Senate environment committee hearing Aug. 15 in Toms River

Aug 14, 2019

Benjamin Ross Group brokers sale of Mt Salem Electric

The electrical contracting company servicing commercial, industrial and high-end residential customers is based in Hunterdon County.

Phaeodactylum tricornutum diatoms. - ANANYA AGARWAL/RUTGERS BIOPHYSICS MOLECULAR ECOLOGY LABORATORY
Aug 14, 2019

Rutgers scientists discover key factors in how some algae harness solar energy

The Rutgers University-led discovery, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could help lead to more efficient and affordable algae-based biofuels and combat climate change from fossil fuel burning.

Aug 14, 2019

NJ joins states suing Trump EPA over greenhouse gas emissions rule

The proposed Affordable Clean Energy rule from the administration’s Environmental Protection Agency violates the Clean Air Act, according to the suit filed Tuesday in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Aug 13, 2019

NJ American Water grants nearly $1M to fund Cramer Hill revitalization projects

The Camden-based utility has selected the Cramer Hill NOW! Plan as the 2019 benefactor of its Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit Grant.

Jul 31, 2019

Ryan Soames Engineering acquires AEP

Both firms boast mechanical, electrical and plumbing specialties.

Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant in 1998,
Jul 30, 2019

Holtec, SNC-Lavalin will decommission Oyster Creek nuclear power plant

The partners, operating as Comprehensive Decommissioning International LLC, will deactivate the nuclear power plant in the joint venture's first commercial contract.