Renewable Energy Power News
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U.S. Department of Energy Invests Nearly $8.4 Million to Advance Grid-Enhancing Technologies (GETs)
The U.S. Department of Energy this week (Nov 13) selected four organizations to receive nearly $8.4 million to develop technologies that will improve grid reliability, optimize electricity infrastructure, and facilitate grid connection with renewable resources. DOE's Office of Electricity and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) are jointly funding these projects from DOE's ...
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Clarke Energy Offer Global Battery Energy Storage System Solutions, Enhancing Renewable Energy Utilisation
Clarke Energy prides itself on offering global energy solutions; including Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). For BESS requirements, partnering with Clarke Energy allows customers to enhance their utilisation of renewable energy, establish a reliable backup power source, decrease their environmental impact, and realise significant cost ...
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New Report: Optimizing Connections Between U.S. Grid Operators Will Reduce Customer Costs
U.S. power market monitors in the Eastern Interconnection have recommended that grid operators optimize existing interregional transmission for more than a decade, yet inefficient usage of interties continues to raise system costs and reduce reliability, according to a new report from The Brattle Group and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. Optimizing the use of existing or new interregional ...
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Electric Utility Companies and Co-Ops Can Unleash the Grid Edge With This Unique NREL Asset
By Connor O'Neil, NREL Ever wonder how surplus power from rooftop solar panels could be shared with homes nearby? Or how dozens of electric vehicles charging from a building at the same time might stress the grid? These are the same questions that preoccupy utilities as they weigh their options for modernizing distribution systems. But as some operators already know, there is a secret weapon for ...
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Bayer and Cat Creek Energy Sign Landmark Renewable Energy Deal
Bayer, a global enterprise with core competencies in the life science fields of health care and nutrition, and Cat Creek Energy (CCE), a renewable energy Independent Power Producer, today announced a long-term Structured Renewable Energy Credit (REC) Purchase Agreement that will satisfy Bayer´s renewable electricity needs and lead to the construction by CCE of multiple variable renewable ...
By Bayer AG
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New York Announces Completion Of Eight New Large-Scale Renewable Energy Infrastructure Projects
During Earth Week, Governor Kathy Hochul announced eight new large-scale renewable energy infrastructure projects have been completed in the last six months to deliver clean energy to New York's power grid. During development and construction, the projects supported the creation of nearly 1,800 jobs and spurred nearly $800 million in private investment across the state while contributing nearly ...
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Xcel Energy Pursues Clean Energy Hydrogen Hub for Colorado
Xcel Energy announced this week (April 10) its proposal to build a clean energy hydrogen hub on the eastern plains as it advances in bringing new, clean and reliable energy to the region. The company submitted a plan to the U.S Department of Energy to build a clean hydrogen energy hub in Colorado as part of the Western Interstate Hydrogen Hub, LLC (WISHH). WISHH is an interconnected, multi-state ...
By Xcel Energy
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Statkraft: Solar Power is Fastest Way to Reduce Europe's Dependency on Russian Gas
For the seventh year in a row, Statkraft's analysts have made a comprehensive analysis of the global energy market towards 2050. Along with wind power, solar power is asserted as the crucial renewable technology to reduce the European Union’s dependence on Russian gas and cut emissions. Statkraft’s new analysis estimates an average yearly increase of solar capacity in the EU of between 45 and ...
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Solar Power World - Ameresco, Bright Canyon Energy break ground on solar + storage project for Hawaiian naval base
Ameresco and Bright Canyon Energy hosted a groundbreaking and blessing ceremony for the Kupono Solar Project on October 7, 2022. This combined solar and battery storage system will be built at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam West Loch Annex in Hawaii. Once operational, the project is designed to deliver 42 MW of clean energy to Hawaiian Electric’s (HECO) grid on the island of Oahu. ...
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Ameresco and Bright Canyon Energy Host Groundbreaking Ceremony for Kupono Solar at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
131-Acre Solar and Battery Storage Project in ‘Ewa designed to Power 10,000 Homes with Clean, Renewable Energy Speakers included U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono, Lt. Governor Josh Green and Meredith Berger, Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Navy Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading clean technology integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, and Bright Canyon Energy, ...
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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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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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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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As Texas Energy Demand Increases, Enel Green Power Installs More Renewable & Storage Capacity
Enel Green Power this week announced the completion of its first large-scale hybrid wind project, Azure Sky Wind + Storage, as well as the addition of battery storage facilities at the operating Roadrunner and High Lonesome renewable project sites, helping ensure energy availability for Texans amid high demand periods. “We’re committed to connecting Texans with clean and cost-effective ...
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Georgia Power Seeks to Invest Nearly $7 billion in Transmission, Distribution Over Next Three Years
Georgia Power this week filed a request with the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) that would enable the company to continue making investments in strengthening and further securing the electric grid, transforming its power generation to include cleaner and more economical energy resources and continue improving the customer experience. "We take our responsibility to plan, prepare and make ...
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Simulating the Role of Grid-Forming Inverters in the Future Electric Grid
by Courtney Stenson, PNNLA Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) research team recently developed a new model of an important device that acts as a kind of translator, allowing renewable power sources like wind and solar to better add their power to the electrical grid. The device, called a grid-forming inverter, plays a critical role in converting direct current (DC) electricity produced ...
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Ameresco to Build 42 MW Photovoltaic Solar Array and 42 MW/168 MWh of Batteries on O'ahu
Ameresco, Inc., a clean technology integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, and Bright Canyon Energy, a developer of energy infrastructure, this week announced the proposed Kūpono Solar Project, a combined solar and battery system to be built at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam West Loch Annex in Hawai i. The proposed project is designed to deliver 42 megawatts of ...
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Ameresco and Bright Canyon Energy Partner to Build Large Scale Solar and Battery Project Promoting Clean Energy and Resiliency in Hawai‘i
FRAMINGHAM, MASS, PHOENIX, AZ and HONOLULU, HI – June 1, 2022 – Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading clean technology integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, and Bright Canyon Energy, a leading developer of energy infrastructure, today announced the proposed Kupono Solar Project, a combined solar and battery system to be built at the Joint Base Pearl ...
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EVgo Selected by California Energy Commission to Support CA Rideshare Electrification
EVgo Inc., which notes that it is a first mover in fleet electrification and owner and operator of first electric vehicle (EV) network powered by 100% renewable electricity, this week announced that the company was selected for proposed awards for two California Energy Commission (CEC) Charging Access for Reliable On-Demand Transportation Services (CARTS) grants to directly support its ...
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BluWave-ai and Summerside Launch Canadian Smart Grid AI Center of Excellence
BluWave‐ai has launched the Canadian Smart Grid AI Center of Excellence at the City of Summerside, Prince Edward Island in partnership with Summerside Electric. The Center consists of wind farm, solar array, battery storage, grid connection, smart metering assets, and a cloud-based AI optimization platform with networking to users internationally. The Center will serve as a real-world AI test ...
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