Solar Energy News
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Alliant Energy Supercharges Battery Deployment
With major advances in the transition to creating safe, clean renewable energy generation, Alliant Energy recently announced plans to add 175 megawatts of battery storage in Wisconsin. The plan, filed this week (Sept. 30, 2022) with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, calls for battery storage facilities to be developed in Grant and Wood counties, alongside two previously approved Alliant ...
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New Analysis Demonstrates Need for Long-Duration Energy Storage for Renewables
ESS Inc., a manufacturer of long-duration iron flow batteries for commercial and utility-scale energy storage applications, in partnership with Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) Forum and the United States Energy Association (USEA), this week released an issue brief detailing the critical need for long-duration energy storage (LDES) to create an efficient, low-carbon energy system ...
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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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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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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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Solar Builder - Ameresco nears completion of Colorado’s largest solar + storage site for local cooperative
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. The Solar Array and Battery Storage Complex at Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley is the ...
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Breakthrough ANL Software Platform Supports Grid Services, Empowers Utilities, Consumers
Our already complex power grid is getting even more intricate, thanks to distributed energy resources (DERs) -- devices that generate power and store energy locally - such as solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles chargers, HVAC systems, smart water heaters and highly efficient heat exchangers. With these devices growing in popularity, more technologies are interconnecting with the grid, ...
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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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Microgrid Knowledge - Major North American Food Producer to Exit the California Grid With A Microgrid
More of our food is about to come from microgrid power. California’s Taylor Farms, a major North American fresh food producer, is building a microgrid in partnership with Bloom Energy, Ameresco and Concept Clean Energy. The microgrid will be designed to power an entire 450,000 square facility, so that it eventually can operate with no tie to the grid. It will use 6 MW of Bloom fuel ...
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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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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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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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IRENA Report: Renewable Power Remains Cost-Competitive amid Fossil Fuel Crisis
Costs for renewables continued to fall in 2021 as supply chain challenges and rising commodity prices have yet to show their full impact on project costs. The cost of electricity from onshore wind fell by 15%, offshore wind by 13% and solar PV by 13% compared to 2020. Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2021, published in July by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), shows that ...
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Enphase Energy and Home Connect Launch Integrated Clean Home Energy and Smart Appliances Platform
Enphase Energy, Inc., a global energy technology company that notes it is the world's leading supplier of microinverter-based solar and battery systems, announced this week a new agreement with Home Connect, an open digital platform that allows home appliances of various brands to be managed with a single app. Home Connect is available for nine well-known home appliance brands including Bosch, ...
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Bosch Industrial Boilers at the Drinktec trade fair, Munich
At the Drinktec trade fair in Munich, Bosch Industrial Boilers is presenting its heating and process heat solutions for drinks manufacturers, breweries and dairies from 12th to 16th September 2022. Faced with very high energy prices, unreliable fuel supplies and ambitious climate targets, a future-proof supply with steam and heat is an important factor for the sector. The experts at Bosch ...
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NREL Study Identifies the Opportunities and Challenges of Achieving the U.S. Transformational Goal of 100% Clean Electricity by 2035
What would it take to decarbonize the electric grid by 2035? A new report by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) examines the types of clean energy technologies and the scale and pace of deployment needed to achieve 100% clean electricity, or a net-zero power grid, in the United States by 2035. This would be a major stepping stone to economy-wide decarbonization by 2050.The study, ...
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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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