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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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DTE Energy Customers Experienced 21% Fewer Power Interruptions in 2022
DTE Energy's investment of more than $1 billion in its electric grid last year helped improve reliability for more customers in 2022, the company reports. Across DTE's electric service territory, customers experienced 21% fewer power interruptions in 2022 than in 2021 and the average outage duration time was down more than 40%. In communities where DTE completed focused work on the grid's most ...
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Sunrun and PG&E Collaborate on Residential Battery-Powered Virtual Power Plant
Following a year of record-high summer temperatures in California, Sunrun and Pacific Gas and Electric Company this week (Feb 6) launched an innovative energy reliability program to provide meaningful and flexible support from residential solar and battery systems during the state's hottest months, when demand for energy is highest and energy supplies are tighter. Through the Energy Efficiency ...
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WEC Energy Group Announces Project to Demonstrate Long-Duration Organic Flow Battery Storage
WEC Energy Group this week (Feb 2) announced that the company will lead a pilot project at its Valley Power Plant in Milwaukee to test a new form of long-duration energy storage. WEC Energy Group is collaborating with EPRI, an independent, nonprofit energy research and development institute, and CMBlu Energy, the developer and manufacturer of the long-duration battery based in California and ...
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Clarke Energy and East Coast Generators power up the Australian Open
Clarke Energy’s Channel Partner, East Coast Generators, have provided critical support for the Australian Open, utilising a Kohler KD1500 generator as a back-up power source for their national and international television broadcast. Clarke Energy and East Coast Generators have been working together for over 4 years, with Clarke Energy providing a large fleet of high-quality Kohler diesel ...
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Duke Energy Places Advanced Microgrid into Service in Hot Springs, NC
Duke Energy has placed into service one of the nation’s most advanced green microgrids in the Madison County town of Hot Springs. The Hot Springs microgrid consists of a 2-megawatt (AC) solar facility and a 4.4-megawatt lithium-based battery storage facility. The microgrid is designed to provide a safe, cost-effective and reliable grid solution for serving the Hot Springs area, and also provide ...
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Duke Energy unveils community-inspired public art at new corporate headquarters
Duke Energy today announced that three public art installations will be constructed at the company’s new headquarters in uptown Charlotte – the Duke Energy Plaza – to celebrate the city and company’s mission. The works of art will be freely accessible to the public and emphasize the company’s commitment to powering the vitality of its communities. “Our new ...
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CPUC Program Launches To Innovate Energy Efficiency Through Market Transformation
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Jan 31 announced the state's first-ever Market Transformation Administrator (CalMTA) to advance groundbreaking energy efficiency transformation initiatives that will bring sustainable, cost-effective market changes to California. Resource Innovations, a clean energy services provider led by women, has been awarded the contract and will partner ...
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Western Energy Imbalance Market tops $3B in benefits
With fourth-quarter results in for 2022, the Western Energy Imbalance Market (WEIM) has achieved a new milestone, reaching $3.4 billion in cumulative benefits since the market launched in 2014 and accumulating more than $1 billion in benefits in a single year for the first time.The $485.29 million in fourth-quarter benefits for 2022 is also the second largest quarterly total for the WEIM due to ...
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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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Duke Energy to Help Customers Go 100% Renewable
Duke Energy has proposed a major expansion to its Green Source Advantage (GSA) program, giving customers the option to supplement their power usage with 100% renewable power – and the ability to pair renewable projects with energy storage. Details for the GSA Choice program were outlined in a filing with the North Carolina Utilities Commission. “Many of our large business customers seek ...
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Geothermal 'Battery' Repurposes Abandoned Oil and Gas Well in Illinois, Rresearchers Report
By Lois Yoksoulian, Physical Sciences Editor, University of Illinois News Bureau Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have successfully demonstrated efficient geothermal heat storage while simultaneously repurposing an abandoned oil and gas well.A new study, led by civil and environmental engineering professor Tugce Baser, is the first field investigation of a geothermal ...
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Northern Illinois Families and Businesses Experienced Record Electric Reliability in 2022
Investments in the power grid continued to pay reliability dividends for ComEd customers as the electric company delivered record reliability in 2022. Since grid improvements began in 2011, overall reliability has improved more than 80 percent. In that time, ComEd has avoided more than 19 million power outages for customers, saving more than $3.3 billion in outage-related costs. In 2022, 85 ...
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Form Energy Partners with Xcel Energy on Two Multi-day Energy Storage Projects
Form Energy, Inc., an American technology company developing and commercializing a new class of multi-day energy storage systems, announced this week (Jan 26) that it has entered into definitive agreements with Xcel Energy to deploy its iron-air battery systems at two of Xcel Energy's retiring coal plant sites. The storage technology will allow Xcel Energy to integrate more low-cost, renewable ...
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DOE Releases New National Requirements for Zero Energy Ready Single-Family Homes
DOE's Zero Energy Ready Home (ZERH) program in EERE's Building Technologies Office (BTO) has released Version 2 of its national program requirements for single-family homes (ZERH V2), the most significant overhaul of DOE's energy and environmental performance benchmarks in history. Since 2013, the DOE Zero Energy Ready Homes program has consistently set the federal government's highest standards ...
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DOE Analysis Highlights Opportunities to Expand Clean, Affordable Geothermal Power
The U.S. Department of Energy this week released a new analysis quantifying the potential of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) as a widespread renewable energy option in the United States. Prepared by DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Enhanced Geothermal Shot Analysis for the Geothermal Technologies Office finds that the goal of significantly expanding EGS deployment by ...
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CPower Signs United Nations-Led 24/7 Carbon-free Energy Compact
CPower Energy, a national leader in unlocking the power of customer Distributed Energy Resources, this week (Jan 24) announced it has joined the 24/7 Carbon-free Energy Compact. The 24/7 Carbon-free Energy Compact is an ambitious effort coordinated by the United Nations, Sustainable Energy for All, and a growing list of signatories from companies, organizations, and governments around the world ...
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First-of-its-kind Cross-Collaborative Study Highlights Momentum for Geothermal Energy in Texas
After a multi-year, multi-disciplinary, cross-collaborative effort, researchers at five Texas universities, the University Lands Office, and the International Energy Agency published a landmark study, "The Future of Geothermal in Texas: The Coming Century of Growth & Prosperity in the Lone Star State." Collaborators include researchers from multiple research institutions across the State, ...
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CPower Signs United Nations-Led 24/7 Carbon-free Energy Compact
Company Commits to Helping Decarbonize the Grid by Maximizing the Value of its Customers Distributed Energy Resources Through a Customer-Powered Grid™ CPower Energy (“CPower”), the national leader in unlocking the power of customer Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), today announced it has joined the 24/7 Carbon-free Energy Compact. The 24/7 Carbon-free Energy Compact is an ...
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Volta Inc. to be Acquired by Shell USA
Volta Inc. this week (Jan 18) announced the execution of a definitive merger agreement under which Shell USA Inc., a subsidiary of Shell plc, will acquire Volta in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $169 million. The transaction brings Volta's powerful dual charging and media network to Shell's established brand and seeks to unlock robust, long-term growth opportunities in electric ...
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