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After A Long Wait, Zimbabwe’s Utility-Scale Solar PV Sector Is Starting To Grow

November 26, 2024 admin 0 Comments africa, centragrid, clean power, Solar energy, solar power plants, Zimbabwe

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 15:38:13 +0000

Zimbabwe has an installed electricity generation capacity of close to 3,000 MW, but there is a huge problem. The Zimbabwe Power Company’s (ZPC) main thermal plants are very old and keep breaking down. There were also three small coal power plants in Harare, Munyati, and Bulawayo that have installed capacities … [continued]

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Record Levels of Solar & Storage Installed for Tech, Retail, & Manufacturing Giants in USA

November 24, 2024 admin 0 Comments apple, batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, Facebook, google, green economy, Home Depot, kohl's, lithium-ion batteries, market research, meta, research, seia, Solar energy, solar energy industries association (seia), solar power plants, target, WALMART

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 02:07:48 +0000

Despite current circumstances, corporations in the US are spending heavily on solar and energy storage to power their operations. On that topic, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) just released its annual Solar Means Business report. Joe Biden’s efforts as president of the United States to create green policies will … [continued]

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If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join ‘Em: Coal Producer To Produce 5.5 Gigawatts Of Solar Power

November 24, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean power, Solar energy, solar power plants

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:30:27 +0000

The leading US coal producer Peabody takes a 5.5-gigawatt dive into solar power, with an assist from the global energy company RWE.

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A 30-Megawatt Space Solar Power Plant Is Scheduled For 2030

November 12, 2024 admin clean power, Energy, renewable energy, Solar energy, solar power plants, space based solar, space based solar energy, space solar, space solar energy, startups, uk, united kingdom (uk), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 17:00:05 +0000

Innovators in the field of space solar power are outperforming expectations for commercial application, motivated by the potential for harvesting solar energy on a 24/7 basis, unimpeded by weather or climate.

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New York Reaches 6 Gigawatts of Solar Power One Year Early!

October 28, 2024 admin clean power, New York, new york solar, policy & politics, Solar energy, solar power plants

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 14:55:36 +0000

New York has been on a cleantech blitz. The latest news in that regard is that the state has reached 6 gigawatts (GW) of installed solar power capacity. Even better, it achieved that milestone a year earlier than it had targeted, as enshrined in its Climate Leadership and Community Protection … [continued]

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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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Utility-Scale U.S. Solar Electricity Generation Skyrocketing in 2024

October 7, 2024 admin California, california solar, california solar energy, clean power, Florida, florida solar energy, market research, research, Solar energy, solar power plants, texas solar, texas solar energy, us solar, us solar energy

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 03:59:39 +0000

In August 2024, utility-scale generation of solar electricity averaged 63.1 gigawatthours between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. each day in the Lower 48 states, 36% more than for the same hours in August 2023. Additions of solar generating capacity outpaced other resources in the U.S. electric power sector in 2023, and … [continued]

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2023 Was Another Big Year for Newly Installed & Proposed Hybrid Power Plants, Even with PPA Price Increases

September 23, 2024 admin batteries, berkeley lab, clean power, Energy Storage, green economy, green jobs, investment, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, market research, research, Solar energy, solar power plants, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 01:57:57 +0000

Newly released data compilation from Berkeley Lab tracks operational and proposed plants Improving battery technology and the growth of variable renewable generation are driving a surge of interest in “hybrid” power plants that combine, for example, utility-scale wind and/or solar generating capacity with co-located batteries. A newly released briefing from … [continued]

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Enormous Solar Projects in India, UAE, & Australia

September 21, 2024 admin clean power, let's see how long behore, Solar energy, solar power plants, UAE

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 03:00:35 +0000

Solar projects are an order of magnitude larger than they were a decade ago. I remember when projects started getting bigger and bigger and we set a minimum level that they had to be 100 MW (megawatts) or larger to cover them. It was time to stop covering projects below … [continued]

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