Onsite Energy News
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Tomorrow’s Sustainable Energy: Decentralised Carbon Capture
In recent years, the focus on mitigating carbon emissions has intensified, particularly concerning the challenges faced by centralised power plants in carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS). The emergence of decentralised systems offers a transformative solution, promoting energy resilience, renewable electricity enablement and energy ...
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U.S. Department of Energy Announces Clean Energy Achievements at COP28
This week, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy David M. Turk traveled to Dubai, United Arab Emirates for the 28th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), where he led the U.S. energy delegation. The Department of Energy announced a range of initiatives - on issues from clean hydrogen and nuclear energy to zero-emissions transportation and building ...
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$30M in New Funding to Advance Concentrating Solar-thermal Technologies
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) announced the Solar-thermal Fuels and Thermal Energy Storage Via Concentrated Solar-thermal Energy funding opportunity, which will award $30 million for projects to produce fuels via renewable energy resources and improve thermal energy storage technologies. The research, development, and demonstration projects resulting from ...
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$10 Million DOE Program to Improve Planning, Siting, and Permitting for Renewable Energy Projects
This week (Sept 12), the U.S. Department of Energy announced that applications can now be submitted for a $10 million funding and technical assistance program to expand state and local government capacity to support the planning, siting, and permitting of large-scale renewable energy projects on private land. This opportunity is part of DOE's new Renewable Energy Siting through Technical ...
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NYSERDA: $12 Million Announced to Advance Electric Vehicle Integration with the Electric Grid
On August 3, 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul announced a $12 million initiative to support the development and demonstration of innovative, replicable solutions that advance electric vehicle adoption and the integration of electric vehicles with the electric grid. The initiative also seeks to support novel demonstrations of medium- and heavy-duty electric and hydrogen fuel cell technologies. In ...
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RWE Connects its First Utility-Scale Battery Storage Project to the California Grid
RWE continues to expand its renewables portfolio in the U.S., connecting its first utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) to the California Independent System Operator. The project, Fifth Standard, also includes a 150-megawatt (MWac) solar PV facility, expected to be complete in August. The BESS facility, at 137-MW (ac) and located in Fresno County, Calif., is the company's largest to ...
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Sunverge and Eaton Expand Strategic Collaboration on EV Charging Infrastructure
Sunverge, a provider of a distributed energy resource (DER) control, orchestration and aggregation platform, and intelligent power management company Eaton announced recently their expanded collaboration to enable dynamic utility management of home electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. Bringing together Eaton’s iEV charging solutions with Sunverge’s holistic home energy management and ...
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ChargePoint and Stem to Accelerate Deployment of EV Charging and Battery Storage Solutions
ChargePoint Holdings, a leading electric vehicle charging network, and Stem, a leader in AI-driven clean energy solutions and services, announced an agreement to accelerate the deployment of EV charging and battery storage solutions for highway corridor DC fast charging and other EV charging applications like fleet charging. By combining EV charging with battery storage and AI driven energy ...
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New Buildings Consortium to Focus on Benefits of Thermal and Electrochemical Energy Storage
Stor4Build is a new consortium on energy storage for buildings that will accelerate the growth, optimization, and deployment of storage technologies. The consortium will be co-led by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). "The need for energy storage continues to ...
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The Mobility House Manages Charging for Microgrid-Powered EV Bus Fleet in Maryland
The Mobility House, in collaboration with partners including AlphaStruxure and Schneider Electric, this week celebrated the completion and energizing of Brookville Smart Energy Bus Depot in Montgomery County, Maryland. This integrated 6.5 MW microgrid and electric bus charging infrastructure project uses onsite solar canopies, natural gas generators, battery storage, microgrid controls and ...
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Sunrun to Build and Operate Puerto Rico's First Virtual Power Plant
Sunrun, a leading home solar, battery storage, and energy services provider, this week (Nov 1) announced it has been exclusively selected by Puerto Rico's electric utility provider to help rebuild and transform the island's energy system through the development of a 17 megawatt virtual power plant (VPP), the first distributed large-scale storage program on the island. The VPP is intended to help ...
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U.S. Department Of Energy Finds Record Production And Job Growth In U.S. Wind Power Sector
The U.S. Department of Energy this week (Aug 16) released three reports showing that wind power remains one of America's fastest growing energy sources and a generator of high-quality jobs. Wind power accounted for 32% of U.S. energy capacity growth in 2021, employs 120,000 Americans, and now provides enough energy to power 40 million American homes. The 2021 wind market reports show that the ...
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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 to Connecticut businesses, including custom-priced energy service, Connected Microgrids, and other onsite solar projects that allow companies to reduce energy ...
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New York Announces New Framework to Achieve at Least 10 Gigawatts of Distributed Solar by 2030
Governor Kathy Hochul this week announced a framework for the State to achieve at least ten gigawatts of distributed solar by 2030, enough to annually power nearly 700,000 homes. The roadmap, submitted by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the New York State Department of Public Service (DPS) to the Public Service Commission for public comment and approval, ...
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Electrify America Reaches 30 Megawatts in Installed Battery Energy Storage
Electrify America recently announced that it has installed onsite, behind-the-meter battery energy storage systems (BESS) at over 140 DC fast charging stations around the U.S., including more than 90 installations in California. These systems in total have more than 30 megawatts of energy storage capacity, representing the largest roll-out of onsite behind-the-meter battery energy storage coupled ...
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Ameresco to Partner with the United States Coast Guard on Battery Energy Storage System Project
Ameresco, Inc., a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, this week announced it has entered into a $43 million Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) at the service's largest west coast training facility, Training Center (TRACEN) Petaluma. The project will be the USCG's first Battery Energy Storage System ...
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Major Green Energy Infrastructure Projects Announced to Power New York City
During Climate Week, Governor Kathy Hochul recently (Sept 20) announced two major green energy infrastructure projects to power New York City with wind, solar and hydropower projects from upstate New York and Canada. If approved, these infrastructure projects will create approximately 10,000 jobs statewide and bring $8.2 billion in economic development investments, including developer-committed ...
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GridPoint Launches Grid-Interactive Electric Vehicle Charging Solution for Small and Mid-Sized Commercial Buildings
Intelligent energy network provider GridPoint this week announced the launch of its new building-centric electric vehicle charging solution. GridPoint takes a whole building approach to managing customers' peak demand charges by analyzing and managing load across several controllable, grid-interactive assets from a single platform, including HVAC, lighting and now EV chargers. Customers can also ...
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AMPLY Power Supplies California EV Fleet Customers with 100 Percent Renewable Energy
As the energy transition to electric transportation such as electric buses and trucks gains market momentum and political support, AMPLY Power is now delivering 100 percent clean energy to its electric fleet customers. The Charging-as-a-Service innovator now ensures only California-sourced renewable power from wind and solar sources is used by its California fleet customers in order to reduce the ...
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Bloom Energy Successfully Deploys its First Fuel Cells Powered Solely by Hydrogen
Bloom Energy announced this week that, in collaboration with its Korean partner, SK Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd., an affiliate of SK Group, it has successfully deployed 100 kilowatts of solid-oxide fuel cells (SOFC) powered solely by hydrogen in Ulsan, South Korea, generating zero-carbon onsite electricity.Bloom Energy InstallationHydrogen fuel cells, which convert hydrogen into ...
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