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Itron and Duke Energy Florida Collaborate to Deliver Managed EV Charging Program
Itron, Inc. and Duke Energy Florida, which supplies electrical services to 1.9 million customers throughout Florida, are collaborating to deploy Itron's newly developed DER Optimizer solution, powered by its demand response platform, ...
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DTE Energy's MIGreenPower Program Surpasses 50,000 Residential Subscribers
DTE Energy's MIGreenPower program, one of the largest voluntary renewable energy programs in the country, this week surpassed 50,000 residential subscribers - a customer base roughly equal to the population of Ypsilanti. With approximately ...
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Invenergy and GE Renewable Energy Complete Largest Wind Project in North America
Invenergy and GE Renewable Energy this week announced commercial operations for the 998-megawatt Traverse Wind Energy Center, the largest wind farm constructed in a single phase in North America. Located in north central Oklahoma, Traverse ...
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AutoGrid Deploys Utility Grade Virtual Power Plant in Southern California
Virtual Power Plant (VPP) provider, AutoGrid Systems Inc., is using its platform to deploy a large-scale residential battery VPP in the Southern California Edison's (SCE) Power Flex program to contribute to cleaner energy throughout the state, ...
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Estimating the Cost of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
With the sale of electric vehicles on the rise, the race is on to build a network of convenient, affordable electric vehicle charging stations to keep the cars running. There are currently about 47,000 public charging stations across the country. As ...
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Catalyst Power Launches Cleaner Energy Services for Connecticut Commercial and Industrial Businesses
Catalyst Power Holdings LLC, an integrated provider of cleaner energy solutions for the commercial and industrial sector, is launching diversified power services in Connecticut. Catalyst Power provides a range of cleaner energy solutions ...
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New IEA Report Examines Diverse Government Approaches to Fostering Clean Energy Innovation
Periods of energy disruption, like the one we are seeing today, offer an opening for disruptive technologies. A helping hand for clean energy start-ups can help respond to the current energy crisis while also accelerating progress towards climate ...
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50Hertz Increases Investments in Grid Infrastructure to Accelerate Energy Transition
The German electricity transmission system operator 50Hertz wants to boost the connection capacity for offshore wind farms from around 1 GW today to more than 7 GW in 2030. In this way, the company and its employees can make a significant ...
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New Black & Veatch eBook Explores Hydrogen's Role in Long-Duration Energy Storage
Unprecedented amounts of renewable energy are being integrated onto the grid, but with intermittency a major barrier to large-scale decarbonization, the world needs cost-effective long-duration energy storage. Hydrogen 2022: The Road to Energy ...
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Menlo Micro Announces $150 Million in Funding for Ideal Switch Technology
Menlo Microsystems, the company responsible for reinventing the electronic switch with its Ideal Switch™ technology, announced this week its $150 million Series C, bringing Menlo Micro’s total cumulative funding to over $225 million. Vertical ...
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Finland's New Centralized Information Exchange System for Rretail Electricity Goes Live
Partnering with CGI, Fingrid Datahub Oy successfully went live with Datahub, Finland's new centralized information exchange system for the retail electricity market, on February 21, 2022. It represents a major step ...
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Joule's Clean Energy Programs Save NY State Residents an Estimated $7 Million Since July 2021
As electricity rates skyrocketed through the first two months of 2022, Joule estimates that its electricity supply customers saved $7 million from July 2021 through February 2022, with $3.4 million in savings ...
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DOE Seeks Input on Building-Integrated Photovoltaics
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) and Building Technologies Office (BTO) have jointly issued a request for information to gather input on technical and commercial challenges and opportunities for ...
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Nuvve and Swell Energy to Partner on Intelligent Electric Vehicle Charging Solution
Nuvve Holding Corp. and Swell Energy Inc. this week announced they are launching a strategic engagement to advance opportunities for electric vehicle participation in Swell's virtual power plant (VPP) network. Together, the companies aim to ...
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Mitrex Launches "Solar Brick" to Transform Bbuildings into Energy-Generating Power Plants
Mitrex, a Canadian solar technology manufacturer, is launching Solar Brick—a solar-integrated facade solution designed for use as brick wall cladding that transforms a building into a renewable power plant. Mitrex Solar Brick facades boast ...
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Two More Utilities Join the Western Energy Imbalance Market
Avista Utilities and Tacoma Power, two utilities serving a combined 600,000 electric customers in the Pacific Northwest, are the newest members of the Western Energy Imbalance Market (WEIM), with both beginning their participation this ...
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New NARUC-NASEO Report on Resilience Valuation Highlights Potential of Microgrids
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and the National Association of State Energy Officials this week announced the release of a new report on innovative approaches to estimating the value of resilience. Authored by ...
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SoCalGas H2 Hydrogen Home to Demonstrate Resiliency and Reliability of a Hydrogen Microgrid
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) has kicked off the assembly of its award-winning H2 Hydrogen Home in Downey, a state-of-the-art demonstration project designed to show the resiliency and reliability of a hydrogen ...
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Vanadium Flow Battery Technology Available for Licensing from PNNL
Technology designed to bolster resilience of the electric grid and provide a way to store large amounts of energy from renewable sources is available, thanks to researchers from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National ...
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Continental Europe TSOs are Fully Committed to the Synchronisation with Ukraine and Moldova
Continental Europe TSOs are now focused on identifying the key conditions needed to support the electricity supply to Ukraine as a matter of priority. ENTSO-E and its Member TSOs understand the urgency to address the request for emergency ...