Renewable Energy-On-Rails Scheme To Cure Transmission Line Blues

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2024 01:57:33 +0000

SunTrain is planning a new mobile energy storage system that collects  renewable energy where available and ships it where needed, using existing railways instead of transmission lines.

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Wisconsin School Project Gives Kids A Solar Plus Storage Microgrid Learning Environment

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 15:08:32 +0000

A Wisconsin school is getting a solar plus storage microgrid project that will save the district significant money on energy. Intelligent power management company Eaton will provide the solar plus storage microgrid to support affordable, resilient, and sustainable power in the Wisconsin school district. The system will be the largest … [continued]

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Floating Solar Array Launches in Ohio. Yes, Ohio!

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 03:07:01 +0000

When you think of leaders in the deployment of floating solar PV power, I’m sure you think of Ohio. Okay, no, that’s unlikely. You’re more likely to think of the myth that people in Springfield, Ohio, are eating their neighbors’ cats and dogs. However, it’s true. Not the eating cats … [continued]

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USA’s Largest Solar & Storage Project Approved — Emission-Free Electricity for 800,000 Homes

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:55:56 +0000

In an effort to meet strong renewable energy requirements, Oregon just authorized the largest solar farm in the state, and seemingly the nation. It is situated on around 10,000 acres of active farming in Morrow County. In order to counteract the detrimental effects on the local agricultural sector, the huge … [continued]

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Self Driving Cars And Solar Panel Installing Robots — Our Relationship To Machines Is Complicated

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:01:59 +0000

AI enabled robots are everywhere, from self driving cars from Waymo to machines that install solar panels quickly and cheaply.

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Clean Energy Cybersecurity, Clean Energy Tech Startups, and Clean Energy & Manufacturing Innovation in Underserved Communities

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 04:59:50 +0000

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is out with another round of cleantech announcements today. Clean Energy Cybersecurity First of all, the Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator (CECA) program, working with the US DOE’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) as well as some utilities, is moving forward … [continued]

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Superconducting Transmission CEO Talks Grids In Brussels

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 03:02:15 +0000

When I was in Brussels recently speaking at the launch of the second edition of Supergrid Super Solution, Eddie O’Connor and Kevin O’Sullivan’s handbook for Europe’s renewable power grid of the future, I had the opportunity to sit down with John Fitzgerald, CEO of Supernode, a startup developing superconducting transmission. … [continued]

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10 US Solar Stats for Your Christmas Parties

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 01:14:47 +0000

Have some holiday parties coming up and need some fun and interesting stats to share when the conversation gets dull or turns in a wrong direction? We’re here to help. Well, the US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is here to help. It just released its US Solar Market Insight … [continued]

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USA Adds Record Amount of Solar Manufacturing in 4th Quarter — Thanks, IRA

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 04:59:52 +0000

Last week, I wrote about the enormous growth in US manufacturing construction investment that has come from Joe Biden’s strong reshoring and new manufacturing policies (see graph above). Solar technology manufacturing is a part of that and the US Solar Market Insight Q4 2024 report released today by the US … [continued]

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A Flow Battery Stealth Attack Is Coming For Your Fossil Fuels

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 04:53:52 +0000

Five electric cooperatives in the US will each host a new vanadium flow battery from the UK firm Invinity, in a long duration energy storage demonstration project overseen by the US Department of Energy

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