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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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Materials availability and supply chain considerations for vanadium in grid-scale redox flow batteries
A new publication by Volta technical analyst Kara Rodby explores the precarious supply chain that has led to historically high and volatile #vanadium prices and its implications on VRFB deployment at scale in 2030 and beyond. ...
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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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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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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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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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Rivian and Clearloop Celebrate New EV Charging Site Powered by 100% Renewable Energy in Tennessee
Rivian, an American builder of all-electric trucks, SUVs and commercial vehicles, and Clearloop, a carbon solutions platform helping to expand access to clean energy in the American communities that can benefit the most, held a "first charge" event this week (Jan 20) to unveil Rivian's new Waypoints electric vehicle charging site in Paris, Tennessee. This event follows Clearloop and Rivian's ...
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DOE and FEMA Release One-Year Progress Report on Joint Effort to Modernize Puerto Rico's Grid
The U.S. Department of Energy and the Federal Emergency Management Agency this week (Jan 23) released a one-year progress report for the Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and Transition to 100% Renewable (PR100) Study. PR100, which launched in February 2022 with funding from FEMA, is a two-year study designed to help inform infrastructure investments that will provide Puerto Rico with clean, reliable, ...
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U.S. Department of Energy Launches $50 Million Program to Help Communities Meet Clean Energy Goals
The U.S. Department of Energy this week (Jan 18) launched a new up to $50 million program to help communities across the country transition to clean energy systems that are reliable, affordable, equitable, and reflective of local priorities. The Clean Energy to Communities program (C2C) will connect local governments, electric utilities, community-based groups, and others with the innovative ...
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Portland General Electric Partners with Expeto to Accelerate Grid Modernization
Expeto, Inc., which enables enterprise networking over private and public mobile networks, this week (Jan 11) announced a partnership with Portland General Electric (PGE) to accelerate grid modernization and renewable energy outcomes. The fully integrated energy company with operations across Oregon has chosen Expeto's NeXtworking platform for its commercial private wireless network deployment. ...
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Powering the Future: NREL Research Finds Opportunities for Breakthrough Battery Designs
In the 200 years after its invention, the extraordinary battery has undergone significant evolutions to meet modern applications. These self-contained energy sources are key to our increasingly connected society, powering our communication and transportation networks. With the shift to renewable energy, a new era of electrification is on the horizon, supported in large part by the breakthrough ...
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ComEd Issues Multi-Year Plans to Advance Region's Economic, Climate and Equity Goals
ComEd this week (Jan 17) filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) multi-year grid and rate plans that are designed to strengthen the region's infrastructure and economy and increase access to the benefits of clean energy and decarbonization under the state's Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA). The plans also are intended to ensure that the electric grid remains reliable and resilient ...
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Clean Power Alliance Launches Power Ready Program for Power Resiliency Across Southern California
Clean Power Alliance (CPA) has released a Request for Offers (RFO) for its Power Ready program and seeks developers that are uniquely qualified to build power resiliency in numerous Southern California communities. The need for backup power systems is growing as power outages become more likely with increased wildfires, public safety power shutoffs, aging infrastructure, and increased grid ...
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Con Edison's SVP of Central Operations Names Electrification the Top Energy Trend for 2023
Citing seven years left to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent, Con Edison's Steve Parisi, senior vice president of Central Operations, has named electrification the top energy trend for 2023 in the first Plugged In podcast of the year. "Electrification is about climate change and reducing carbon emissions to the environment," said Parisi. "Con Edison has already gotten started building ...
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16 Jan, 2023 Historic String of Storms Causes Significant Damage to SMUD Grid
The Sacramento region has been hit by a historic string of storms since New Year's Eve bringing with it heavy rains, 70-mph winds and lightning, causing devastating destruction and unprecedented storm-related outages to the Sacramento area. Last night's storm was the fourth in a row to hammer Northern California. More than 599,000 customers have experienced power outages since New Year's and SMUD ...
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Net Zero Review: UK Could Do More to Reap Economic Benefits of Green Growth
The UK's leadership on tackling climate change has delivered real change at home and led to a global transformation - but more should be done to reap the economic benefits that presents, Chris Skidmore says today. Mission Zero, his Net Zero Review, makes 129 recommendations covering areas including the greater role that business can be supported to play, making better use of infrastructure and ...
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Enhanced Geothermal Systems Pilot May Provide Infinite Eenergy Source for JBSA
Enhanced Geothermal Systems, or EGS, are promising technologies which, by tapping into heat stranded in rocks below the Earth’s surface, may enable reliable electric power production across the nation, according to the Department of Defense. Overall, EGS technologies are in the early demonstration project phase, but that may change once they are tested through a new DOD pilot program for ...
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New Study Projects Clean Energy Transition Could Create 150,000+ New Jobs in Illinois by 2050
National economic and workforce applied research firm BW Research today released a first-of-its-kind study in Illinois that found that the transition to clean energy could create a net increase of more than 150,000 jobs for the state by 2050. The study was commissioned by ComEd to better understand the economic and workforce development challenges and opportunities communities will face in the ...
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Major Order for Siemens Energy Enables Transmission of Wind Power for 4 Million People
In future, a single grid connection will transport up to two gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power to the onshore power grid. This is made possible by converter systems provided by Siemens Energy and Spanish company Dragados Offshore. The German transmission system operator Amprion has awarded the world's first order for two of these systems to the consortium. In total, up to four gigawatts of ...
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