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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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All Fifty States Plus D.C. and Puerto Rico Greenlit to Move EV Charging Networks Forward
The Biden Administration this week (Sept 27) announced it has approved Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plans for all 50 States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico ahead of schedule under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program, established and funded by President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. With this approval, all states now have access to ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Ameresco to Participate at Upcoming Conference
Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC), a leading clean technology integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, today announced that members of its management team will attend the following investor conference: On September 29, 2022, Ameresco’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Doran Hole will participate in the Oppenheimer’s Virtual ESG Summit: ...
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Terbine to Seamlessly Link EV Chargers with Drivers Across the U.S.
Terbine this week announced an open initiative to digitally bring electric vehicles and EV chargers from all manufacturers as well as power utilities into a unified system. Called TerbineLink, the system is designed to synchronize the core elements involved with charging to maximize efficiency and provide a consistent and reliable experience for all EV drivers and fleet operators across America. ...
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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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Xcel Energy and Bloom Energy to Produce Zero-Carbon Hydrogen at Nuclear Facility
Bloom Energy this week announced plans to install an electrolyzer at Xcel Energy’s Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant in Welch, Minnesota. The installation is designed to augment existing nuclear infrastructure to create immediate and scalable pathways to produce cost-efficient, clean hydrogen, supporting the growing hydrogen economy while enhancing value for operators of zero-carbon nuclear ...
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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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City of Boston - Mayor Wu Announces Next Steps for Municipal Energy Efficiency Upgrades
Thursday, September 15, 2022 – Today, Mayor Michelle Wu announced that the City of Boston will begin an inventory of all its exterior lights as a part of Renew Boston Trust (RBT), a self-funding finance mechanism that uses the cost savings from efficiency projects to pay for themselves. The City of Boston plans to convert all electric lighting to efficient LED fixtures in alignment with its ...
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The Pyrolysis Machine 2022
With the world currently facing an international waste problem, there has been an increased need for more effective waste management technologies. Many of the global waste eventually ends up accumulated in landfills, incinerated, or perhaps in our water ways and oceans. As you are aware, all these methods have shown to be ineffective in dealing with the trouble and get even triggered more ...
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ASEAN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY WEEK
ASEAN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY WEEK 2022 (ASEW) is ASEAN's Most Comprehensive International Exhibition and Conference on Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environmental and Electric Vehicle Technology. The show presents unbeatable regional business platforms and meeting points for trade visitors, entrepreneurs, buyers, investors, policy-makers and professionals from both the public and private ...
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Tidy Planet commissioned for first full-size RDF Small Waste Incineration Plant
Organic waste and Energy-from-Waste (EfW) solutions specialist, Tidy Planet, has sold a new plant to Brooke Energy, in Exeter. The Small Waste Incineration Plant (SWIP) is replacing a redundant biomass facility that Brooke Energy recently acquired. The new combined heat and power system will process three tonnes per hour – 24,000 tonnes per annum – of refuse derived fuel (RDF) from ...
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