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New Solar Array and Battery Storage Complex at CMC Spring Valley the Largest of Its Kind in the State
Colorado’s largest solar array and battery storage facility of its kind was the focus on Wednesday of a public ribbon-cutting celebration at Colorado Mountain College (CMC) Spring Valley at Glenwood Springs. The project is 95% complete and is scheduled to reach commercial operation this fall. Community members, renewable energy experts, government officials and CMC students, including ...
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Uk Electricity Generation To Be Fossil Fuel Free By 2035?
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, stated that removing gas as a power source will help protect against price surges (during Conservative conference).Johnson has also confirmed plans to eliminate fossil fuels from the UK’s electricity generation process by 2035.The UK generated 43% of its electricity from renewable sources in 2020 but gas-fired power plants still account for a significant ...
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NYISO Report Examines Pathways to Reach State Policy Objectives
The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) this week released its 2021-2040 System & Resource Outlook, a new report that identifies the unprecedented level of electrical system investment necessary to achieve New York State’s climate policy requirements. Developed in collaboration with stakeholders and state agencies, the Outlook uses several scenarios to identify potential pathways for ...
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Centrica Business Solutions starts work on 50MW battery storage plant at former gas power station
Working in partnership with GE, the company has started construction on a 50MW /100MWh battery storage project at Brigg, which will provide energy storage for the 43 onshore wind farms across Lincolnshire, maximising the potential of every megawatt of green electricity and providing vital resilience for the grid. Storing renewable energy in this way makes it possible to better control the ...
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SoCalGas Successfully Tests Microgrid Demonstration Project in Downey
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) this week announced that its [H2] Innovation Experience in Downey is now using renewable hydrogen that is produced onsite. The project will demonstrate the resiliency and reliability of a renewable hydrogen microgrid that can power neighborhoods. The [H2] Innovation Experience features a nearly 2,000 square-foot home that can use reliable and clean hydrogen ...
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Governor Hochul Announces Four Gigawatts of Distributed Solar Installed in New York
New York Governor Kathy Hochul this week announced four gigawatts of distributed solar—community, residential, small commercial and industrial projects—have been installed across the state, enough to power more than 710,000 homes, underscoring New York's leadership in growing one of the strongest solar markets in the nation. Since the launch of the NY-Sun initiative, the cost of solar in New York ...
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Biden Administration Announces $7 Billion Funding Opportunity to Jump-Start America's Clean Hydrogen
The U.S. Department of Energy this week (Sept 22) opened applications for the $7 billion program to create regional clean hydrogen hubs (H2Hubs) across the country, which will form a critical arm of America's future clean energy economy. As part of a larger $8 billion hydrogen hub program funded through President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the H2Hubs will be a central driver in ...
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Breakthrough ANL Software Platform Supports Grid Services, Empowers Utilities, Consumers
Our already complex power grid is getting even more intricate, thanks to distributed energy resources (DERs) -- devices that generate power and store energy locally - such as solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles chargers, HVAC systems, smart water heaters and highly efficient heat exchangers. With these devices growing in popularity, more technologies are interconnecting with the grid, ...
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sonnenConnect Launches in California, Providing a First-of-Its-Kind Alternative to Net Metering
sonnen, a global market leader in smart energy storage and virtual power plant (VPP) technology, this week announced the launch of sonnenConnect, California’s most advanced consumer battery program to date. The grid-interactive model combines smart sonnen batteries with sonnenVPP software to progress the California energy transition by encouraging customers to use their energy storage systems for ...
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World's First "GridOptimal" Building is Sonoma Clean Power's Headquarters
Sonoma Clean Power (SCP) recently unveiled its new all-electric headquarters which features an innovative microgrid, and goes far beyond "net zero energy" standards by reducing greenhouse gas emissions on the State's electric grid. Located at 431 E Street in Santa Rosa, California, the two-year renovation transformed a 1979 structure into the world's first GridOptimal® building that enables and ...
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ESS Inc. and SMUD Announce Agreement to Deploy up to 200 MW / 2 GWh of Long-Duration Energy Storage
ESS Inc., a leading manufacturer of long-duration iron flow batteries for commercial and utility-scale energy storage applications, and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), the nation’s sixth-largest, community-owned, not-for-profit electric service provider, this wek announced an agreement to provide up to 200 megawatts / 2 gigawatt-hours of ESS’ environmentally safe and sustainable ...
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Nexamp Provides Non-Wires Alternative Solution for National Grid Substation in New York
Nexamp, together with National Grid, is addressing increased energy demand at the Coffeen substation in Watertown, New York with the construction of a new solar + storage facility that will eliminate the need for additional transmission lines or substation upgrades through a Non-Wires Alternative (NWA) approach. NWA projects are designed to reduce cost and complexity by using distributed energy ...
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ENGIE Has Reached an Important Milestone in the Australian Renewable Hydrogen Project with Yara
ENGIE has taken the Final Investment Decision in the development of one of the world's first industrial-scale renewable hydrogen projects, to be located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Scheduled for completion in 2024, the first phase of the Yuri project will produce up to 640 tonnes of renewable hydrogen per year as a zero carbon feedstock for Yara Australia's ammonia production ...
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Nissan Approves First Bi-directional Charger for Use with Nissan LEAF in the U.S.
Working with Fermata Energy, a vehicle-to-grid services provider, Nissan has approved the first ever bi-directional charger for use with the Nissan LEAF in the U.S. With Nissan's approval, along with its UL 9741 certification for bi-directional charging systems, the Fermata Energy FE-15 charger has passed key requirements from Nissan, and has been verified to be compatible with the Nissan LEAF. ...
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StoreDot Ships EV Cell Samples of Its ‘100in5’ Battery Technology
StoreDot, a pioneer of extreme fast charging batteries for electric vehicles, has commenced shipping EV cell samples of its ‘100in5’ battery technology to strategic electric vehicle OEM partners and potential customers. Following the successful completion of series D funding round, StoreDot commences shipping its production-ready battery cell samples to global electric vehicle OEMs. It represents ...
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New York Power Authority Recognized for Innovative Leadership for Battery Energy Storage System
The New York Power Authority announced this week (Sept 1) that it received an Innovation Icon award from Cloud for Utilities for a first-of-its-kind battery storage system expected to serve as a model for commercial buildings looking for safer, lower-cost energy storage solutions. The pilot program spotlights Cadenza Innovation's superCell lithium-ion battery technology to showcase the role that ...
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Enphase Energy and Home Connect Launch Integrated Clean Home Energy and Smart Appliances Platform
Enphase Energy, Inc., a global energy technology company that notes it is the world's leading supplier of microinverter-based solar and battery systems, announced this week a new agreement with Home Connect, an open digital platform that allows home appliances of various brands to be managed with a single app. Home Connect is available for nine well-known home appliance brands including Bosch, ...
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NREL Study Identifies the Opportunities and Challenges of Achieving the U.S. Transformational Goal of 100% Clean Electricity by 2035
What would it take to decarbonize the electric grid by 2035? A new report by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) examines the types of clean energy technologies and the scale and pace of deployment needed to achieve 100% clean electricity, or a net-zero power grid, in the United States by 2035. This would be a major stepping stone to economy-wide decarbonization by 2050.The study, ...
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Biden Administration Launches $10.5 Billion Investment to Strengthen America's Electric Grid
The U.S. Department of Energy this week (Aug 30) issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input on the $10.5 billion Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership Program to enhance the resilience and reliability of America's electric grid. The RFI seeks information from states, Tribes, communities, utilities, project developers, and other key stakeholders to help refine the funding ...
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Amp Energy Secures Financing for $155M Community Solar Plus Storage Portfolio
Amp Energy, a global Energy Transition Platform and renewable energy developer, this week announced it has closed financing on its 61 MW | 6.5 MWh solar plus storage portfolio in Massachusetts and New York, valued at $155M. KeyBank led the construction and term debt, with U.S. Bank investing the tax equity for the portfolio, in the fourth transaction amongst the three parties since 2017. Of the ...
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