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New Hampshire’s Low-Income Community Solar Program Is Finally Hearing The Starting Line

October 15, 2024 admin clean power, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, new hampshire, policy & politics, research, Solar energy, solar panels, solar power plants

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 00:44:42 +0000

More than seven years after New Hampshire regulators first approved the idea of using community solar to create savings for low-income households, electric bill discounts are finally on the horizon for the first batch of participants. “There has been this rhetoric that we want solar to benefit low-income people, but … [continued]

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Cutting Edge Environmental Initiatives at Arkansas Hazardous Waste Facility Launched

October 14, 2024 admin clean power, green economy, green jobs, investment, press releases, Solar energy, solar power plants, veolia

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 04:26:49 +0000

Veolia North America has unveiled—at a celebration yesterday that took place at its hazardous waste treatment center in Gum Springs—a series of unprecedented initiatives to make the plant the most sustainable operation of its kind in the U.S. With the newly announced initiatives, the facility has set an industry standard … [continued]

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Funding Notice: Nearly $2 Million Available to Support U.S. Offshore Wind Workforce Readiness Programs

October 13, 2024 admin clean power, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, us offshore wind, us offshore wind energy, us offshore wind farms, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 19:05:44 +0000

Offices: Office of Technology Transitions, Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) Funding Amount: $1.9 million Link to apply: PPO-CWX-006-WETO: Offshore Wind Workforce Readiness – Connectwerx The offshore wind industry is growing. According to the 2024 Offshore Wind Market Report, the U.S. industry’s project pipeline grew by 53% from the previous year—enough to power more than 26 … [continued]

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New Brownfield Solar Project In New Jersey Just Completed

October 12, 2024 admin brownfields, brownfields renewable energy, clean power, energy efficiency, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, solar brownfields, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 23:12:14 +0000

CEP Renewables’ latest announcement that it has completed the 19 MW Foul Rift brownfield project in New Jersey. The project was built on a site that had been the home to a composting facility for nearly thirty years, & which had a history of over 90 distinct notices of environmental … [continued]

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The American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee Commends ITA on Solar Countervailing Duty Preliminary Determinations

October 9, 2024 admin anti-dumping duties, Cambodia, china tariffs, clean power, green economy, green jobs, investment, Malaysia, Manufacturing, policy & politics, press releases, solar duties, Solar energy, solar panels, solar tariffs, Thailand, Vietnam

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2024 13:55:17 +0000

Department of Commerce finds Preliminary Affirmative Determinations in the Countervailing Duty Investigations into surges of solar imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam ITA Fact Sheet with Rates found here Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) last week issued its preliminary determination of countervailing … [continued]

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Runergy Alabama Begins Production at State-of-the-Art Solar Module Manufacturing Facility

October 7, 2024 admin ALABAMA, clean power, green economy, green jobs, Manufacturing, press releases, runergy, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 02:25:15 +0000

Runergy Alabama Inc. proudly announces that its state-of-the-art solar module manufacturing facility has officially commenced production. The factory, located in Huntsville, will begin producing its first customer order in October. The team at Runergy celebrated this important milestone with an event that featured the signing of the first module off … [continued]

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Growing Markets for Grid-Connected Battery Storage in India

October 5, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, green economy, green jobs, grid, India, investment, lithium-ion batteries

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 03:50:27 +0000

Power sector regulators hold the keys to unlock the trillions of rupees of battery storage investment necessary to ensure the growth of a flexible, affordable, and reliable grid. Although the summer of 2024 is now behind us, it stands as the hottest summer on record. During the last week of … [continued]

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Hydrogen for Energy Serves Fossil Fuel Interests, Not Climate Change or Economy

October 5, 2024 admin batteries, blue hydrogen, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev batteries, green economy, green hydrogen, green jobs, grid, grid storage, heat pumps, hydrogen, India, investment, Manufacturing, marine energy, mass transit / public transit, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy, Shipping, trains / rail

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:13:29 +0000

The long-running seminar series for India’s utility professionals through the India Smart Grid Forum closed with hydrogen. The hype glitter is starting to tarnish, but there is still a lot of substance-less shiny noise around the molecule. To that end, I stepped through the challenges and why hydrogen is virtually … [continued]

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California Climate & Energy Update

October 3, 2024 admin building codes, buildings, California, california air resources board, california air resources board (carb), california energy commission, california energy commission (cec), carb, clean power, clean transport, climate change, co2 emissions, consumer technology, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, nrdc, policy & politics, Solar energy

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 02:02:10 +0000

California is making strides in reducing emissions while the economy continues to grow. Check out some of the state’s recent wins! California continues to charge forward with significant climate wins: The California Air Resources Board (CARB) just released a report showing that California’s emissions continue to fall — a 20% reduction … [continued]

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China Likely To Have Lower GHG Emissions Than USA By 2035

October 3, 2024 admin buildings, carbon pricing, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, ghg emissions, green economy, green jobs, greenhouse gases (ghgs), grid, hydroelectric, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics, Shipping, Solar energy, trains / rail, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 22:37:08 +0000

China’s electrification, renewables, and infrastructure trajectories mean coal demand is going to plummet, and emissions with it. The USA? Not so much.

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