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Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Gets Legislative Approval for Operation to 2030

September 2, 2022 admin Business, california legislature, climate change, cooling, diablo canyon, Environmental, full coverage, gov. newsom, Legislative, news, Nuclear, otc, PG&E

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 17:32:02 +0000

California’s lawmakers have passed Senate Bill 846, effectively offering Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) a pathway to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant open until at least 2030. The bill, authored by Assemblymember Jordan Cunningham, a Republican from San Luis Obispo, and Democratic state Sen. Bill Dodd of Napa, passed the California Assembly by 69–3 […]

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A Fine Balance: Building One of Europe’s Largest Hybrid Facilities

September 1, 2022 admin Business, Energy Storage, engineering, full coverage, haringvliet, hybrid power, International, Legislative, news, Renewables, Solar, Technology, The Netherlands, top plant, vattenfall, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:19:00 +0000

When Swedish company Vattenfall in 2018 set out to combine wind, solar, and battery storage resources at this pioneering energy park in the Netherlands, its foremost focus was to demonstrate a clean energy

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Rapid Progress for Japan’s Offshore Wind Ambitions

September 1, 2022 admin auction, Business, climate change, Coal, Environmental, floating wind, full coverage, Gas, gwec, International, Japan, Legislative, news, ocean/marine, offshore wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:15:00 +0000

Japan’s ambitions to install up to 10 GW of offshore wind power by 2030 have made rapid progress over the past month, driven partly by accelerated action to address a supply and demand mismatch. Weeks after

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Germany Mulls Postponing Nuclear Exit

August 17, 2022 admin Business, coal exit, Fuel, full coverage, gas power, gas supply, GERMANY, International, Legislative, news, nord stream 1, Nuclear, nuclear phaseout, Russia, Ukraine

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 22:24:32 +0000

Germany’s government is weighing how the closure of the country’s last three nuclear power plants in December 2022 will affect its grid this upcoming winter as the country scrambles to secure sufficient energy supplies amid a decline in Russian gas deliveries. A formal decision on whether or not to keep Isar 2, Emsland, and Neckarwestheim […]

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Biden Signs Bill to Transform U.S. Energy, Combat Climate Change

August 16, 2022 admin biden, biomass, climate change, Coal, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, Energy Storage, Environmental, Gas, geothermal, Hydro, inflation reduction act, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, natural gas, Nuclear, offshore wind, renewable energy, Solar, waste to energy, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 20:08:48 +0000

President Biden’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) should provide further impetus for growth of U.S. renewable energy, coming on the heels of a report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that installations of solar and wind power accounted for more than two-thirds of new domestic utility-scale generation in the first six months […]

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Renewable Energy, Electrification Big Winners in Inflation Reduction Act

August 12, 2022 admin biden, Carbon Capture, climate change, Coal, cooperatives, Democrats, Electric vehicles, electrification, evs, House, inflation reduction act, Legislative, natural gas, news, Nuclear, Renewables, Republicans, Senate

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 22:28:12 +0000

The U.S. House on Aug. 12 passed a bill with major implications for the power generation industry, joining the U.S. Senate in supporting the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The bill, which now heads to President Joe Biden for his signature, includes major provisions to combat climate change, including support for a variety of clean energy […]

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How a Solar and Storage Portfolio Ramped Up a City’s Sustainability and Financial Outlook

July 1, 2022 admin Business, c&i, city of white plains, climate change, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, distributed power, dsd renewables, Environmental, full coverage, Legislative, New York, news, portfolio distributed generation, Renewables, Solar, top plant

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 04:14:00 +0000

The City of White Plains, New York, enlisted DSD Renewables to design, engineer, develop, construct, and finance a nine-site, 6.8-MW community solar and 1.7-MW/8-MWh energy storage portfolio. The

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Biden Pausing Solar Tariffs, Pushes for U.S. Production

June 6, 2022 admin auxin solar, biden, commerce, DOE, granholm, Legislative, Solar, Southeast Asia, tariffs

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 17:12:13 +0000

The White House is moving to support the solar power industry, including U.S. manufacturing of solar panels and other equipment, by pausing tariffs on imported solar panels from four Southeast Asian countries. The 24-month moratorium announced June 6 will exist while U.S. officials continue to look at the practices of Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, […]

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SRP Warns Arizona Regulator Reliability at Risk by 2024 without Gas Plant Expansion

May 19, 2022 admin aeroderivative gas turbines, Arizona, arizona corporation commission, Business, climate change, coolidge generating station, Environmental, environmental justice, full coverage, Gas, gas power, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, lm6000, Markets, news, PHOENIX, Salt River Project

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 14:25:04 +0000

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) is seeking a rehearing and reconsideration of the Arizona Corporation Commission’s (ACC’s) denial of a major gas power plant expansion, which the public power utility has stressed will be crucial for near-term system reliability and long-term renewable integration. In a filing on May 16, SRP urged […]

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DOE’s Decision to Build Versatile Test Reactor Coming Soon

May 18, 2022 admin advanced nuclear, Business, DOE, fast neutron, full coverage, inl, Legislative, microreactor, news, Nuclear, ornl, Research and Development, Technology, vtr

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 17:53:50 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) is poised to decide whether it will build the 300-MWth Versatile Test Reactor (VTR), a fast neutron national user facility that could provide the nuclear industry with a much-needed high-performance testing capability for advanced reactors and existing commercial reactors. The DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) on May 13 released […]

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