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Alfa Chemistry Launches Testing Services on Toys, Semiconductor Materials, and Plastic Films
Material testing is a way to examine the exact chemical composition of samples, which has become increasingly important and often serves as a strategy for failure identification while in use. Alfa Chemistry, a chemical product and service provider, has been conducting analytical testing for various materials utilizing its advanced research laboratory. Earlier this month, the company finally ...
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Sunrun and PG&E Collaborate on Residential Battery-Powered Virtual Power Plant
Following a year of record-high summer temperatures in California, Sunrun and Pacific Gas and Electric Company this week (Feb 6) launched an innovative energy reliability program to provide meaningful and flexible support from residential solar and battery systems during the state's hottest months, when demand for energy is highest and energy supplies are tighter. Through the Energy Efficiency ...
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Duke Energy Places Advanced Microgrid into Service in Hot Springs, NC
Duke Energy has placed into service one of the nation’s most advanced green microgrids in the Madison County town of Hot Springs. The Hot Springs microgrid consists of a 2-megawatt (AC) solar facility and a 4.4-megawatt lithium-based battery storage facility. The microgrid is designed to provide a safe, cost-effective and reliable grid solution for serving the Hot Springs area, and also provide ...
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ChargePoint and Stem to Accelerate Deployment of EV Charging and Battery Storage Solutions
ChargePoint Holdings, a leading electric vehicle charging network, and Stem, a leader in AI-driven clean energy solutions and services, announced an agreement to accelerate the deployment of EV charging and battery storage solutions for highway corridor DC fast charging and other EV charging applications like fleet charging. By combining EV charging with battery storage and AI driven energy ...
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Duke Energy to Help Customers Go 100% Renewable
Duke Energy has proposed a major expansion to its Green Source Advantage (GSA) program, giving customers the option to supplement their power usage with 100% renewable power – and the ability to pair renewable projects with energy storage. Details for the GSA Choice program were outlined in a filing with the North Carolina Utilities Commission. “Many of our large business customers seek ...
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Geothermal 'Battery' Repurposes Abandoned Oil and Gas Well in Illinois, Rresearchers Report
By Lois Yoksoulian, Physical Sciences Editor, University of Illinois News Bureau Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have successfully demonstrated efficient geothermal heat storage while simultaneously repurposing an abandoned oil and gas well.A new study, led by civil and environmental engineering professor Tugce Baser, is the first field investigation of a geothermal ...
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Northern Illinois Families and Businesses Experienced Record Electric Reliability in 2022
Investments in the power grid continued to pay reliability dividends for ComEd customers as the electric company delivered record reliability in 2022. Since grid improvements began in 2011, overall reliability has improved more than 80 percent. In that time, ComEd has avoided more than 19 million power outages for customers, saving more than $3.3 billion in outage-related costs. In 2022, 85 ...
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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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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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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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Lithium Battery Fire Hazards in Puerto Rico and EHS Resources to Mitigate Risks
After Hurricane Maria caused widespread destruction to Puerto Rico’s electrical grid back in 2017, solar panels and lithium ion battery energy storage systems were installed at many businesses, institutions and residential properties. These solar systems and energy storage batteries not only cut down on monthly electrical bills, they also gave residents and business owners some peace of ...
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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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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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EIA Expects Record Global Petroleum Consumption in 2024, with Lower Crude Oil Prices
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects global consumption of liquid fuels such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel, to set new record highs in 2024. According to EIA’s January Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), global liquid fuel consumption will exceed 100 million barrels per day, on average, in 2023 for the first time since 2019, then average more than 102 million barrels per day ...
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15% Discount on Pyranometer Calibrations until January 31st!
Calibration Months – Pyranometers Inaccurate measurement of solar radiation and its components may lead to incorrect information about the performance of a solar project or might lead to penalties or financial damages. It might also result in misleading forecasts, inaccurate climate models or even wrong predictions of environmental disasters. Accuracy of the measurements is critical and ...
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World’s Largest Green Hydrogen Project to Launch in California
The global energy company SGH2 is bringing the world’s biggest green hydrogen production facility to Lancaster. The plant will feature SGH2’s pioneering technology, which uses recycled mixed paper waste to produce “greener than green” hydrogen that reduces carbon emissions by two to three times more than green hydrogen produced using electrolysis and renewable energy, and ...
By SGH2 Energy
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Greener than Green Hydrogen Company SGH2 Signs Largest Green H2 Offtake Deals in History to Help Decarbonize the California Transportation Sector
Today, the global energy company SGH2 Energy announced the execution of contracts between its subsidiary SGH2 Lancaster Project Company, LLC and two of California’s largest owners and operators of hydrogen refueling stations (HRS). The companies will use SGH2’s greener than green hydrogen to supply both existing and 90 new refueling stations, which are being rolled out across the ...
By SGH2 Energy
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