Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 18:03:58 +0000
A new titanium facility in West Virginia will be powered by an on-site solar and battery storage installation, a first for the industry.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 16:25:22 +0000
So much electricity! Solar industry stakeholders are prepping for the next wave of community solar development spurred by an assist from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act along with lower costs, agrivoltaic opportunities, and financial benefits for property owners.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:05:34 +0000
In a huge step forward for marine energy, a massive 1.25-megawatt, 826-ton buoy-type wave energy converter will be hooked up to the grid in Hawaii this year.
The post Wave Energy: Today 1.25 Megawatts, Tomorrow 2300 Terawatt-Hours Per Year appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2024 23:23:33 +0000
New Testbed Could Advance Novel Grid Technologies To Build a Resilient Renewable Energy-Based Power System The grid needs to change. To electrify everything from vehicles to heating systems to stovetops, the U.S. grid must expand by about 57% and get more flexible, too. Solar and wind energy are the renewables most likely … [continued]
The post The Grid Can Handle More Renewable Energy, But It Needs Some Help appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:55:13 +0000
Prices at PJM Interconnection’s 2025/2026 base residual auction (BRA) spiked to $269.92/MW-day for most resources in the wholesale power market, pointing to a tightening supply-demand balance that could have significant […]
The post PJM Capacity Auction Prices Surge Over Nine-Fold, Signal Urgent Need for New Power Generation appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:35:12 +0000
Sunrun and Ford are running a potentially game-changing first of its kind vehicle-to-home energy storage experiment this summer, leveraging the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck.
The post Ford F-150 Lightning Is A Rolling Energy Storage Beast, & Sunrun Is Here For It appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 22:40:59 +0000
Projects Funded by President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Support the Expansion of a Modernized Electric Grid, Accelerate State and Local Permitting, Create Good-Paying Jobs and Build Up Community Infrastructure WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a continued effort to expedite the build out of a resilient and reliable electric grid, the … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:44:09 +0000
Recently I sat down virtually with energy policy expert Jan Rosenow of RAP on my podcast “Redefining Energy — Tech” to discuss how residential and commercial building heat solutions. In the theme of providing transcripts of presentations I’m giving in various places for people who prefer the written word, this … [continued]
The post Decarbonizing Building Heat — RAP EU Lead Jan Rosenow On Heat Pumps, Hydrogen, Insulation, & Gas Networks appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Read moreCredit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 01:16:20 +0000
So much cleantech news, so little time. Here are more cleantech stories from the past week you might want to read. The Volkswagen ID.4 is a popular vehicle among American and European families. However, Volkswagen has introduced the avant-garde E-SUV coupé, the ID. UNYX, to China, targeting a younger demographic … [continued]
The post VW ID. UNYX , Super Stable High-Rate Discharge Batteries, & More Cleantech News appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Read moreCredit to Author: NRDC| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 22:03:34 +0000
New Report Shows Coal Plants Earned $1 Billion for Running While Wind Was Available, Cheaper in MISO Territory Adding to a growing field of research, the new report, The Consumer and Environmental Costs from Uneconomically Dispatching Coal Plants in MISO, reveals new details about the impact of aging, uncompetitive coal plants … [continued]
The post New Report: Coal Plants Earned $1 Billion For Knocking Cheaper Midwest Wind Offline appeared first on CleanTechnica.
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