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Report Notes Continued Growth of Hybrid Power Plants

August 11, 2022 admin Battery, DOE, Energy Storage, hybrid power, hybrid power plants, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, news, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 16:29:23 +0000

Hybrid power plants continue to be deployed across the U.S., with almost 300 such facilities (all with 1 MW or more of generation capacity) operating at the end of last year. An August 2022 report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, based on research funded by the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) and […]

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Chicago Announces Plan to Power City with 100% Renewable Energy

August 8, 2022 admin Chicago, constellation, double black diamond, Illinois, news, renewable energy, Renewables, Solar, swift current energy

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 23:19:48 +0000

Chicago’s public buildings could all be powered by renewable energy under a plan announced by Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Aug. 8. The mayor, along with Illinois Gov JB Pritzker, on Monday said the city has an agreement with Chicago utility Constellation Energy, along with Massachusetts-based Swift Current Energy, a renewable energy developer. The two spoke […]

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Solar Net Metering Is Under Threat All Over The US

August 5, 2022 admin clean power, net metering, policy & politics, rooftop solar, Solar, Solar energy, US

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2022 17:50:02 +0000

There is a threat to clean energy that’s proliferating around the United States. In articles like this one, we’ve covered the story of several states messing with net metering, and how it would harm the adoption of rooftop solar. Net metering helps solar customers by crediting them for the extra electricity their panels produce, and […]

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Southern Company: A History of a Prolific Power Technology Pioneer

July 31, 2022 admin alabama power, Business, carbon emissions, Coal, combined cycle, decarbonization, Energy, Environmental, Fuel, full coverage, Gas, gas power, Georgia Power, History, Hydro, mississippi power, natural gas, net-zero, news, Nuclear, Renewables, Research and Development, Solar, Southern Company, southern power, Technology, tom fanning, Vogtle, Water, Wind, workforce

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 04:18:32 +0000

Atlanta-based energy giant Southern Co. has rapidly evolved to keep in step with the evolution of power. As part of its corporate growth, the company has notably pioneered technologies that have reshaped

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A Global Look at Residential Solar Adoption Rates

July 29, 2022 admin adoption rates, Commentary, global, Solar, tigo energy

Credit to Author: JD Dillon| Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:50:13 +0000

Solar technology is advancing at a rapid rate, making solar easier to adopt. However, there is still a large potential of growth when it comes to the solar market. Looking at global data, solar photovoltaic (PV) generation has steadily increased for the past several years, and showed the second-largest absolute generation growth of all renewable technologies […]

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Energy Security, Climate Change Initiatives Endure with Surprise U.S. Senate Deal

July 28, 2022 admin build back better, Business, climate change, Coal, Congress, energy security, Gas, Hydro, hydrogen, inflation reduction act of 2022., infrastructure act, Legal & Regulatory, Legislation, news, Nuclear, offshore wind, Senate, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:55:54 +0000

The inclusion of an estimated $369 billion in energy security and climate change investments in a July 27–unveiled U.S. Senate budget reconciliation proposal has prompted jubilation from a range of energy sectors. Less than two weeks after negotiations on clean energy and climate provisions within the reconciliation package hit an impasse and suggested their demise, […]

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Community Choice Aggregation Provides Renewable Energy at Reduced Costs

July 21, 2022 admin Business, CCA, clean energy, community choice aggregation, east bay community energy, ebce, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, full coverage, news, renewable energy, Renewables, Solar, the power podcast, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 15:25:07 +0000

Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) programs have become quite prominent in communities across California, and have begun to spring up in other states including Illinois, Massachusetts, and Ohio. Through CCA, communities can purchase electricity on behalf of residents and businesses, in place of investor-owned utilities such as Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), San Diego Gas & […]

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Clearway, Wartsila Partner on Five Large Solar-Plus-Storage Projects

July 11, 2022 admin California, clearway energy group, coolwater generating station, daggett, Energy Storage, gridsolv quantum, Hawaii, renewable energy, Solar, wartsila

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 15:02:08 +0000

A series of large solar-plus-storage installations is set for deployment in California and Hawaii, with Clearway Energy Group and Wärtsilä announcing five sites where the companies will install solar photovoltaic (PV) resources along with battery systems. The projects announced July 11 include 500 MWac/2-GWh of power in total, installed at solar power sites operated by […]

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IEA Calls for More Diverse Solar PV Supply Chains

July 7, 2022 admin Business, China, full coverage, iea, International, Markets, news, polysilicon, Solar, solar pv, supply chains, Technology, wafers

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2022 18:25:17 +0000

The International Energy Agency (IEA) is urging the development of more diverse solar PV supply chains, suggesting the sector’s heavy reliance on China has led to imbalances that pose risks to its future growth. A dedicated study of the world’s solar PV supply chain issued by the Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organization on July 7 acknowledges that government […]

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We Can Have (Just About) Everything We Want For Energy & The Climate

July 4, 2022 admin air quality, batteries, clean power, climate change, climate crisis, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, energy transition, Fossil Fuels, geothermal energy, green economy, green jobs, grid, grid storage, HEALTH, hydroelectric, mark z. jacobson, Nuclear, nuclear energy, research, Solar, Solar energy, Water, Wind, wind energy, wws

Credit to Author: George Harvey| Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2022 21:05:31 +0000

The only things we have to give up are killing people and wrecking the environment. Okay, let’s start with a list of the things we would really like to have for energy and the climate in the year 2050. For many CleanTechnica readers, the list of things we want to replace the business-as-usual (BAU) approach […]