$1.66 Billion Turbo-Boost For US Green Hydrogen Industry

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:15:56 +0000

The US green hydrogen firm Plug Power has just nailed a $1.66 federal loan guarantee towards the goal of building up to six hydrogen hubs around the country.

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NM Supreme Court Rejects Utilities’ Challenge to Community Solar Rules

Credit to Author: Derek Markham| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:34:34 +0000

In a resounding victory for community solar advocates, the New Mexico Supreme Court definitively rejected electric utilities’ efforts to reshape the state’s community solar program. The court released a comprehensive 58-page opinion yesterday, which affirmed its March 2024 verbal decision upholding the implementation rules from the Public Regulation Commission. New … [continued]

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U.S. DOE Announces $289.7 Million Loan Guarantee to Sunwealth to Deploy Solar PV & Battery Energy Storage, Creating Wide-Scale Virtual Power Plant

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 04:57:39 +0000

Project Polo will deploy commercial-scale PV and storage to create integrated virtual power plants across 27 states. As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) today announced the closing of a $289.7 million loan guarantee to Sunwealth Holdco … [continued]

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U.S. Department of Energy To Announce Funding Opportunity for Energy Technology Deployment on Tribal Lands

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 04:56:00 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy issued a notice of intent to release a $25 million funding opportunity this spring to support energy technology deployment on Tribal lands. Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs (Office of Indian Energy) issued a notice of intent … [continued]

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U.S. DOE West Coast Offshore Wind Transmission Action Plan Charts Path to Increase Domestic Energy Production, Provide Cost Savings, Improve Grid Reliability & Local Energy Resilience, and Create Jobs

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 04:55:10 +0000

Roadmap shows phased and flexible coastal and offshore transmission build out will maximize economic benefits, enhance grid reliability, and minimize environmental impact. Today the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Grid Deployment Office (GDO), in partnership with the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), released … [continued]

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Korean Hydrogen Explosions, Leaks, Auction Failure & Impeachment May Cause Pivot

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 04:14:09 +0000

The hydrogen atom is tiny. Getting enough of it in one place requires pressures found at three to seven kilometers under the surface of the ocean. Unsurprisingly, it leaks. As it’s an indirect greenhouse gas and an explosion risk, that’s a big problem. South Korea has been learning exactly what … [continued]

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U.S. Department of Energy Funds the Efforts of 7 Non-Profit Educational Organizations to Build the Pipeline for Tomorrow’s Energy Workforce

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 04:10:35 +0000

The Clean Energy Careers for All program supports workforce development programs that promote STEM education and exposure to clean energy career options. Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected seven non-profit educational organizations to receive up to $300,000 each in funding, as part of its Clean Energy Careers for … [continued]

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U.S. DOE Announces Roadmap and $18 Million Investment to Improve Clean Energy Interconnection Processes

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 22:30:08 +0000

More than 1,000 stakeholders over two years contributed to developing solutions and targets The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Interconnection Innovation e-Xchange (i2X) released a new roadmap that can lead to shorter timelines and better outcomes for connecting clean energy resources to the distribution and sub-transmission grids. The Distributed Energy Resource … [continued]

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Floating Solar On Federal Reservoirs Could Power 100 Million Homes In The US

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 21:45:53 +0000

A new study finds that floating solar on reservoirs controlled by the US government could power up to 100 million homes.

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Decarbonization Requires Robust Decision Making Frameworks

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 19:09:46 +0000

An accidental advantage I have with my somewhat ADHD career and interests is that I’ve established patterns and filters for how I view the world that have been tested in multiple domains, often to destruction. I’ve published on the set a few times, but it’s worth returning to them. Looking … [continued]

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