Legions Of Robots To Build Solar Farms All Over USA

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 16:40:29 +0000

Another headache for rural solar opponents: the new Maximo AI-enabled robot is designed to slice half the cost and half the time from solar farm construction.

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Want Your City Or Town To Get Federal Funding? Make A Goal To Invest In Sustainability

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 16:40:24 +0000

Does federal funding for climate action seem too difficult or diffuse for your city or town? The Biden-Harris administration has incorporated tax credits, incentives, and grants to implement its robust climate agenda, which includes an economy-wide goal for the US to be carbon neutral by 2050 as well as to … [continued]

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Peak Performance: APS’s Virtual Power Plant Saves Big During Brutal Heatwave

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:48:12 +0000

Through its innovative virtual power plant (VPP), Arizona Public Service (APS) harnessed smart home devices to save 138 MW during a historic heatwave, shifting peak demand and proving critical for grid

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A Refined Approach to Onsite Power Generation

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:47:49 +0000

The Pine Bend refinery in Minnesota added a 45-MW solar power array to support the facility’s supply of electricity, reaping the benefits of reduced costs, lower emissions, and more. Owners of commercial and

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Viking Link: The Epic Build of the World’s Longest Onshore and Subsea HVDC Interconnector

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:45:11 +0000

A marvel of modern engineering, Viking Link—the world’s longest onshore and subsea interconnector—began commercial operations in December 2023. The project garners POWER’s inaugural Transmission and

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Green Hydrogen Could Make Texas Offshore Wind Happen, Finally

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 17:08:08 +0000

Like a bolt out of the blue, the US firm Hecate Energy reached out and tapped the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management last week, requesting the right to develop two federal offshore wind energy areas assigned to Texas. The surprise move was, well, surprising. BOEM has been trying, and failing, … [continued]

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Ford F-150 Lightning Is A Rolling Energy Storage Beast, & Sunrun Is Here For It

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.

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Landrieu: Natural Gas Is ‘Not the Enemy, It Is Part of the Solution’ to Achieving Climate Goals

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 18:52:44 +0000

Former U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), who is now a senior policy advisor for the law firm Van Ness Feldman and co-chair of the Natural Allies Leadership Council, is keen […]

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Follow The Money: Kitemill Aims For Wind Energy With 90% Less Infrastructure

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 18:49:22 +0000

Despite skeptics, the airborne wind energy field is gathering momentum and attracting more investor dollars, both public and private.

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Colorado Power Provider Will Add 760 MW of Renewable Energy

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 18:51:31 +0000

Platte River Power Authority’s board of directors approved the utility’s 2024 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) on July 25, including the recommended “optimal new carbon” portfolio that adds 760 MW of […]

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