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Large Solar Projects Come Online in Hawaii, Florida

January 10, 2019 admin battery storage, bess, Business, distributed energy, distributed power, duke energy, duke energy florida, Energy Storage, Florida, Hawaii, kauai, kiuc, lawai, news, Plant Design, Renewables, Solar, Technology

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 17:55:58 +0000

Two large solar power projects—located more than 4,600 miles apart—recently came online in the U.S., providing service in Florida and Hawaii. Duke Energy on Jan. 8 announced its 74.9-MW Hamilton Solar Power Plant was online. The installation in Jasper, Fla., is part of the company’s plan to build or acquire at least 700 MW of […]

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Energy Storage Resources: A Year in Review

January 1, 2019 admin distributed energy, distributed power, Energy Storage, energy storage resources, esrs, ferc, grid, iso, Legal, Legal & Regulatory, news, order no. 841, regulatory, rto

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2019 04:59:00 +0000

From both a regulatory and development perspective, 2018 was a significant year for the expansion of energy storage resources (ESRs). From a significant ruling of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

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Xcel’s Latest Plan: Carbon-Free by 2050

December 6, 2018 admin carbon, climate change, Coal, distributed energy, distributed power, emissions, Energy Storage, Environmental, environmental defense fund, Gas, independence institute, lazard, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, Nuclear, Renewables, Solar, storage, tri-state generation and transmission, wec energy group, Wind, xcel

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2018 23:51:03 +0000

Xcel Energy has announced its plan to move to 100% carbon-free power generation by 2050, with the utility also saying it will reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2030, from 2005 levels. Xcel, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, serves customers in eight states and over the past two years has announced a significant number of renewable […]

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Distributed Energy: A Burgeoning Market

December 4, 2018 admin capstone turbine corp., distributed energy, distributed energy conference, distributed power, Energy Storage, fuel cells, Gas, microturbine, news, Renewables, Smart Grid, Solar, Technology, Wind

It’s not particularly easy to find reliable and detailed statistics on the deployment of distributed energy systems. One reason is that a lot of distributed energy is installed behind-the-meter. As a result

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Australia’s Victoria State Ramps Up Renewables

December 4, 2018 admin Australia, ballarat, Battery, Business, carlton & united, distributed power, Energy Storage, energyaustralia, gfg alliance, International, news, Plant Design, Renewables, Solar, storage, Technology, total eren

Victoria state in Australia continues to see dramatic growth in solar and wind power, as well as battery storage systems, as the region rapidly expands its power generation capacity, in large part to serve the

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Distributed Energy Is Disrupting the Power Industry: Is the Sky Falling?

October 19, 2018 admin Business, climate change, distributed energy, distributed energy conference, Distributed Generation, distributed power, Energy Storage, Environmental, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, news, Power Demand, Renewables, roy palk, Solar, Technology, Wind

Utilities are faced with many disruptive changes in the power market. Customers are demanding cleaner energy and turning to distributed generation as a solution. One expert suggested power companies must react and evolve their business models to change with the times. During a keynote presentation at the Distributed Energy Conference in Golden, Colorado, on October […]

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U.S. Biomass Power, Dampened by Market Forces, Fights to Stay Ablaze

October 1, 2018 admin anaerobic digestion, and pyrolysis, biomass, biomass power association, Business, cbea, climate change, co-firing, combustion, Connecticut, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, distributed power, Dominion, EIA, Electric vehicles, Environmental, evs, finance, Fuel, Legal & Regulatory, news, Renewables, supply chains, Technology, waste to energy

Though experts say biomass should continue to play a key role in the U.S. renewable power portfolio for its baseload properties, contributions to forest management, and other reasons, a swathe of uneconomic

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GE to Sell Distributed Power Business to Private-Equity Firm

June 25, 2018 admin advent international, Business, Distributed Generation, distributed power, Gas, ge, International, jenbacher, news, waukesha

GE will sell its Distributed Power business, which includes the company’s Jenbacher and Waukesha engines, to Advent International, a global private equity investment company, in a deal worth $3.25 billion. “In Advent, we have a partner that shares our team’s passion for delivering outstanding customer outcomes,” Carlos Lange, president of Distributed Power, said in a […]

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