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Youngstown, Ohio, Council Halts Pyrolysis Plant
The city council has put a one-year moratorium to give the city council time to conduct research on the waste-to-energy project. The one-year pause on the proposed SOBE Thermal Energy Solutions plant has been touted as a win for local environmental advocacy groups, according to coverage by Ideastream Public Media. Local environmentalists had raised concerns about plans by Youngstown company SOBE, ...
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PG&E Identifies More than 20 Climate-Tech Solutions Aimed at Achieving a Clean Energy Future
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced it is exploring more than 20 additional solutions resulting from its 2023 Accelerating Innovation effort which included its first-ever R&D Strategy Report, Innovation Summit and Pitch Fest. PG&E's R&D Strategy Report details 67 challenges that the Company has identified in building a clean energy future for Northern and ...
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CPower and EnergyHub Partner on Residential Virtual Power Plant for Ameren Customers
CPower Energy, a national Distributed Energy Resource (DER) monetization and Virtual Power Plant (VPP) provider, and EnergyHub, a grid-edge flexibility and VPP provider to utilities and markets, this week launched a new residential VPP partnership available to 1.2 million Ameren Illinois customers in more than 1,200 communities across Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), the U.S. ...
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Report: Aggregated Capacity of Energy Storage in the C&I Sector to Reach 124 GWh by 2030
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are fast becoming essential components of overall smart energy approaches, not only inside public grids and at consumers’ premises, but they are now also adopted by Commercial and Industrial (C&I) enterprises as key building blocks of their smart energy strategies. According to a new report from ABI Research, the worldwide aggregated battery storage ...
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Siemens Energy Addresses the Shortage of U.S. Power Transformers and Invests in New Factory
Today, only 20% of U.S. large power transformer demand is met by domestic supply with lead times of up to five years. Power transformers provide the link between generation and distribution and are a crucial part of any electricity distribution network where they convert high-voltage electricity into lower voltages. Custom built and around the size of a standard school bus, power transformers are ...
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ENVIRIA - Germany’s leading commercial and industrial (C&I) solar company - secures capital commitment of over USD 200 million from BlackRock
ENVIRIA, Germany’s leading commercial and industrial (C&I) decentralized energy solutions provider, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement on an equity investment of over USD 200 million from BlackRock, through its Global Renewable Power IV (GRP IV) fund. The additional capital will support the expansion of the already existing 500 C&I solar projects across Germany as ...
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IEA: A Strong Focus on Oil Security Will be Critical Throughout the Clean Energy Transition
Oil security and emergency preparedness remain key priorities for the IEA half a century after its founding amid the oil shock of the early 1970sMuch has changed in the global energy landscape since the IEA was founded 50 years ago, but the security of oil supply remains a pressing concern for governments across the globe.An enduring focus on oil security is a consequence of the continued need ...
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DOE Announces Up to $70 Million to Strengthen Energy Sector Against Physical and Cyber Hazards
The U.S. Department of Energy this week (Jan 4) announced up to $70 million in funding to support research into technologies designed to increase resilience and reduce risks to energy delivery infrastructure from a variety of hazards, including cyber and physical threats, natural disasters, and climate-change fueled extreme weather events. This new competitive funding opportunity will be ...
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Benefits of Heat Pumps Detailed in New NREL Report
Millions of U.S. households would benefit from heat pumps, but the cost of installing the technology needs to come down to make their use a more attractive proposition, according to researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The findings, detailed in the journal Joule, quantify the costs and benefits of air-source heat pumps across the United ...
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DOE Announces $34 Million to Improve Grid Reliability, Resiliency, and Security
The U.S. Department of Energy this week announced $34 million for 12 projects across 11 states to strengthen and modernize America’s aging power grid through the development of cost-effective, high-speed, and safe undergrounding technologies. Through the Grid Overhaul with Proactive, High-speed Undergrounding for Reliability, Resilience, and Security (GOPHURRS) program, the selected projects will ...
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U.S. Announces First Projects Receiving Clean Energy Manufacturing Investments
The U.S. Department of Energy this week (April 19) released details for 35 projects across 20 states that voluntarily shared with DOE they received a total of $1.93 billion in allocations of the Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit (48C). 48C is an allocated tax credit funded by President Biden's Investing in America agenda through the Inflation Reduction Act, aimed at accelerating clean ...
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DOE Challenges Solar Industry to Triple Community Solar by the End of 2025
At the U.S. Department of Energy's National Community Solar Partnership (NCSP) Annual Summit this week, Jeff Marootian, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, challenged the community solar industry to commit to meeting the NCSP target of 20 gigawatts of community solar by 2025 up from seven GW today. DOE also launched several new initiatives aimed at ...
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U.S. Announces $623 Million in Grants to Continue Building Out Electric Vehicle Charging Network
The Biden-Harris Administration this week (Jan 11) announced $623 million in grants to help build out an electric vehicle charging network across the U.S., which will create American jobs and ensure more drivers can charge their electric vehicles where they live, work, and shop. This is a critical part of the Administration's goal of building out a convenient, affordable, reliable and ...
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Major Growth of Clean Energy Limited the Rise in Global Emissions in 2023
Global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions rose less strongly in 2023 than the year before even as total energy demand growth accelerated, new IEA analysis shows, with continued expansion of solar PV, wind, nuclear power and electric cars helping the world avoid greater use of fossil fuels. Without clean energy technologies, the global increase in CO2 emissions in the last five years ...
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New Steps Forward to Support New York’s Clean Energy Industry
NY Governor Kathy Hochul this week announced definitive steps in support of the growing clean energy industry in New York and the State’s 10-Point Action Plan. As part of the next phase of the State’s $500 million commitment to offshore wind supply chain activities, a $200 million Supportive Manufacturing and Logistics Request for Proposals is now open to support investments in infrastructure and ...
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