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Columbia Law School Report: Rebutting 33 False Claims about Solar, Wind, and Electric Vehicles
By Jacob Elkin, Matthew EisensonAchieving the United States’ ambitious emissions reduction goals depends in large part on the rapid adoption of wind and solar energy and the electrification of consumer vehicles. However, misinformation and coordinated disinformation about renewable energy is widespread and threatens to undermine public support for the transition. In a new report, the Sabin Center ...
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Harnessing the Sun: Hiden Analytical’s Leap Towards Sustainability
In an era where the clarion call for environmental stewardship and sustainability grows louder with each passing day, companies across the globe are stepping up to integrate green initiatives into their core business strategies. Hiden Analytical, a leading name in the field of advanced scientific instrumentation, has taken a significant leap forward in this direction. The company is thrilled to ...
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Scientists Put Forth a Smarter Way to Protect a Smarter Grid
by Tom Rickey, PNNL There’s a down side to “smart” devices: They can be hacked.That makes the electric grid, increasingly chock full of devices that interact with one another and make critical decisions, vulnerable to bad actors who might try to turn off the power, damage the system or worse. But smart devices are a big part of our future as the world moves more toward renewable energy and the ...
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FEMA Study Finds Puerto Rico Can Achieve 100% Renewable Energy Future By 2050
The U.S. Department of Energy and the Federal Emergency Management Agency this week (Feb 7) released a summary report for the Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and Transitions to 100% Renewable Energy Study (PR100). The two-year study concludes that Puerto Rico can successfully meet its projected electricity needs with 100% renewable energy by 2050.PR100 outlines pathways to achieving clean energy ...
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Optimizing Energy Efficiency in Healthcare: The Role of CHP and local Power Solutions
Did you know that healthcare facilities are among the top consumers of energy in the commercial sector? Implementing Combined Heat and Power (CHP) systems can significantly reduce energy costs, allowing more resources to be allocated to patient care. This article explores how hospitals and medical manufacturers can benefit from these energy solutions. CHP Benefits for Hospitals: Hospitals ...
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26.3 MW solar farm constructed by Ameresco in Illinois village
Ameresco Inc., a US renewable energy business (NYSE:AMRC), announced on Wednesday that it has finished a 26.3 MWdc solar project in the US state of Illinois hamlet of DePue, resulting in the creation of the largest solar farm in Bureau County. In its first year of operation, the 65,832 solar photovoltaic panels that make up the DePue facility are anticipated to generate 37 GWh of electricity. ...
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Nofar chooses LONGi panels for 576 MW of solar in Romania
Israeli renewables developer Nofar Energy Ltd has inked a EUR-76.6-million (USD 84.4m) agreement to buy solar panels from China’s LONGi Solar for projects in Romania. The contract is for a power generating capacity of 576 MW. Longi will be responsible for the entire delivery process from the manufacturing to the arrival of the panels on-site, the Israeli firm said in a LinkedIn post ...
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New 46-MW Pennsylvania solar array will support utility grants for LMI residents
Four Twelve Renewables is unveiling its inaugural utility-scale solar facility in Greene Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The 46-MWDC facility, known as BE Pine, is made up of approximately 98,000 bifacial solar panels. BE Pine is the first project in Four Twelve Renewables’ portfolio. Four Twelve is an energy developer seeking to use clean, abundant natural resources to generate ...
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NSG Group will increase Ohio solar glass capacity to supply First Solar with American product
Glass and glazing system supplier Nippon Sheet Glass Co. (NSG Group) recently announced it would invest in additional transparent conductive oxide (TCO) glass production capacity at its plant in Rossford, Ohio, to support the solar market. The float line at Pilkington North America, a member of NSG Group, will begin shipping TCO glass for solar panels by Q1 2025. Pilkington will supply glass to ...
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NYC relaxes zoning restrictions, opens 8,500 acres of parking lots to solar canopy development
This week, New York City passed landmark legislation that relaxes restrictions on solar developments through a carbon neutrality zoning amendment. This “City of Yes for Carbon Neutrality” zoning initiative will move the city toward more equitable and sustainable living. ...
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Gov. Pritzker celebrates northern Illinois’s 100th community solar project
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker joined Reactivate and ComEd in Chicago Heights to announce the 100th community solar site in northern Illinois, which will serve low-to-moderate income ComEd customers, and is one of the first community solar sites located in a Cook County environmental justice community. The solar farm, Verduin, is planned to be placed in service by the end of December. ...
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More Than Two Gigawatts of Community Solar Has Been Installed in New York
Governor Kathy Hochul this week (Nov 28) announced more than two gigawatts of community solar has been installed in New York - enough to serve 393,000 homes, reaffirming the state's position as the top community solar market in the United States. This community solar milestone contributes to five gigawatts of distributed solar operating across the state, with 3.3 gigawatts in development. The ...
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U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Geological Survey Release Online Database of Large-Scale Solar
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) released the largest and most comprehensive database to date on large-scale solar energy projects in the United States. The U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database (USPVDB) includes the location, size, and other characteristics of large-scale solar projects. This new public ...
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The Energy World is Set to Change Significantly by 2030, Based on Today's Policy Settings Alone
Major shifts underway today are set to result in a considerably different global energy system by the end of this decade, according to the IEA's new World Energy Outlook 2023. The phenomenal rise of clean energy technologies such as solar, wind, electric cars and heat pumps is reshaping how we power everything from factories and vehicles to home appliances and heating systems. The latest edition ...
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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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Ideal Energy Designs Groundbreaking 'Agrivoltaics' Solar Array
In a pioneering initiative, Iowa State University (ISU) is embarking on a research project to explore the combination of crops and solar power. The Alliant Solar Farm at Iowa State University is a groundbreaking agrivoltaics research project merging solar power generation and agriculture to study how best to optimize land use while providing local community benefits. A new 1.75-megawatt ...
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First Solar Breaks Ground on $1.1 Billion, 3.5 GW Louisiana Manufacturing Facility
First Solar, Inc. this week (Sept 21) broke ground on a previously announced manufacturing facility in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, its fifth fully vertically integrated factory in the United States. The ceremony was attended by the Governor of Louisiana, John Bel Edwards, and other dignitaries from the state. The facility, believed to be the largest capital investment in the area's history, ...
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100% Clean Electricity: Transition Assistance for Utilities and Regulators
Electric utilities and the regulators who oversee them face new challenges in building our clean energy future. New technologies, emerging roles in grid operations and planning, and considerations about climate change, equity, affordability, and security raise questions. The answers vary based on geography, population density, local regulatory conditions, and other factors. DOE’s State Technical ...
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Hydro Bioscience Introduces A New Power Generating, Cost Effective, Energy Storage System: Sunsonix™
Hydro Bioscience announced on the 21st of August 2023, the release of SunSonix™, a much anticipated, land based solar solution to an already impressive catalogue of power supply options for chemical free algae remediation systems. SunSonix™ is rugged, environmentally safe and designed to run on clean solar power, to power your algae remediation applications, such as the industry ...
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ORNL Demonstrates Power of New Modeling Approach to Understand Faults in the Electric Grid
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are leading the way in understanding the effects of electrical faults in the modern U.S. power grid.Faults are abnormal conditions in an electrical circuit that interrupt the flow of power, with the potential to cause blackouts that affect thousands of customers. Faults can be caused by equipment failure, human error, weather ...
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