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Utilities’ Carbon-Reduction Goals Will Have Little Impact On U.S. CO2 Emissions

February 5, 2022 admin annual energy outlook, annual energy outlook 2021, climate change, grid, policy research, research, SCIENCE, utilities

Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2022 23:27:45 +0000

Executing several plans announced by U.S. power utilities to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions would have a minor effect on U.S. energy-related CO2 reductions, according to the analysis we published earlier this week. As part of the Annual Energy Outlook 2021 (AEO2021), we created a Corporate Goal case that incorporates assumptions based on carbon-reduction goals outlined in […]

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Humongous Tesla Battery Plant Approved In California Is 10× Bigger Than World’s Biggest Battery Plant

February 27, 2020 admin batteries, California, clean power, Energy Storage, grid, grid storage, lithium-ion batteries, monterey county, monterey county planning commission, moss landing, PG&E, policy & politics, Silicon Valley, Solar energy, tesla, tesla batteries, tesla energy, tesla megapack, utilities, wind energy

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 18:45:02 +0000

Tesla has been approved to reinvent the Moss Landing power plant in California as a battery power plant. In fact, it will be approximately 10× bigger than Tesla’s Hornsdale, which was 3× bigger than any other battery storage facility at the time it was built

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Electrify America Invests In Sacramento-Area Energy Storage Program

February 5, 2020 admin batteries, California, carsharing, clean transport, consumer technology, diesel emissions scandal, Electric vehicles, electrify america, electrify america green city initiative, Energy Storage, envoy, envoy car sharing, envoy technologies, ev charging, ev charging station energy storage, ev charging stations, ev superfast charging, free float car sharing, gig car share, grid, grid storage, lithium-ion batteries, Sacramento, sacramento municipal utility district, smud, superfast charging, tesla, tesla powerpacks, ultra-fast charging stations, utilities, Volkswagen, volkswagen diesel emissions scandal

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 16:03:36 +0000

In Sacramento — as part of a deal with the local utility, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) — Electrify America is putting $1.3 million into SMUD’s Energy StorageShares program

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Cleantech at the Urban Future Lab — Cleantech Talk with Pat Sapinsley

November 14, 2019 admin acre, batteries, clean power, clean start program, clean transport, cleantech talk, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, consumer technology, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, ev charging stations, geothermal energy, green economy, grid, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, INTERVIEWS, investment, lithium-ion batteries, New York, new york university, nyu, nyu tandon school of engineering, pat sapinsley, podcasts, policy & politics, powerbridgeny, research, SCIENCE, Solar energy, urban future lab, utilities

Credit to Author: Winter Wilson| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 06:50:48 +0000

In this episode of our Cleantech Talk podcast interview series, Zach Shahan sits down with Pat Sapinsley, Managing Director of Cleantech Initiatives at the Urban Future Lab / ACRE at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, to talk about her work

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Utilities & Transit Poorly Positioned For Low-Carbon Transformation – Part 3

November 8, 2019 admin air quality, bc translink, Canada, clean power, clean transport, climate change, duke energy, Electric vehicles, ev charging, green economy, green jobs, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics, Solar energy, transit, United States, utilities, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 17:00:54 +0000

Utilities and transit are expected to transform at accelerated rates over the next 10 and 20 years to achieve the carbon-emission reduction goals necessary for minimizing global impacts of climate change. They need help to do so

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Exelon Utilities’ CEO Retires as Federal Investigation Continues

October 15, 2019 admin anne pramaggiore, baltimore gas & electric, Business, calvin butler, Coal, Exelon, Gas, Illinois, investigation, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Lobbying, news, Nuclear, Renewables, utilities

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 23:35:34 +0000

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The CEO of major U.S. energy company Exelon Utilities retired on Oct. 15, leaving the company as federal officials investigate Exelon’s lobbying activities the Illinois State Capitol. The retirement of Anne Pramaggiore, 61, who became CEO of Exelon Utilities in 2018, comes less than a week after Exelon subsidiary Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), Illinois’ largest utility, […]

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Big Oil Faces A Formidable Foe In Fight Against Electric Vehicles

October 2, 2019 admin american petroleum institute, americans for prosperity, Arizona, big-oil, California, cars, chargepoint, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, exxon, exxonmobil, Florida, florida municipal power agency, Fossil Fuels, gina coplon-newfield, grid, MARYLAND, Oil, pacific gas & electric, policy & politics, Sierra Club, tesla, union of concerned scientists, utilities, western states petroleum association

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 14:52:08 +0000

Electric utilities are keen on electric vehicles these days — they see them as a future revenue source. Utilities from California to Florida to Michigan are sponsoring the installation of public charging stations, and some are offering rebates to customers for installing home chargers. To date, at least 50 utilities in 25 states have launched or proposed programs to encourage the buildout of charging infrastructure

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$24 Million For EV Charging Stations In San Mateo County — The Eggs Are Coming!

August 19, 2019 admin calevip, California, california electric vehicle infrastructure project, california energy commission, clean transport, consumer technology, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, menlo park, palo alto, Peninsula Clean Energy, policy & politics, redwood city, San Mateo, san mateo county, Santa Clara, santa clara county, subsidies, utilities

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 03:22:47 +0000

Once upon a time, I worked for San Mateo County. So, it is especially exciting for me to see that the Silicon Valley county is about to throw a ton of eggs into its electric vehicle ecosystem

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Energy Insiders Say Tech, Collaboration Key to Utility Storm Prep

June 12, 2019 admin California, climate change, Coal, distributed energy, Energy Storage, Florida, Gas, hurricanes, news, Nuclear, Renewables, risk mitigation, storm preparation, Technology, u.s. forest service, utilities

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 00:37:14 +0000

Hurricane season is underway and summer heat already has arrived in many areas, which again puts the spotlight on utilities, the power grid, and disaster response plans after a series of major weather events and wildfires caused outages and other disruptions in the U.S. and Caribbean in recent years. “We’re seeing these events occur, and […]

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Deloitte Survey: Businesses Back Sustainability, Decarbonization

June 11, 2019 admin Business, Coal, deloitte, distributed energy, Energy Storage, evs, Gas, news, Nuclear, Renewables, sustainability, utilities

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 10:40:24 +0000

Utilities need to adapt as businesses continue to focus on sustainability, looking for cleaner energy sources and viewing such measures as an opportunity to create value, according to a Deloitte study released June 11. What’s less-focused is residential consumers willingness to adopt sustainability improvements, with cost and convenience playing a large role in their choices, […]

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