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Siemens Gamesa in Deal with SSE Renewables for European Assets

September 1, 2022 admin Business, Europe, news, Renewables, siemens gamesa, Solar, sse renewables, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 14:11:34 +0000

Siemens Gamesa said it has sold its renewable energy assets in southern Europe to SSE Renewables, a division of Scottish multinational energy company SSE. The deal announced Sept. 1 is for a 3.8-GW portfolio of projects, including onshore wind facilities in Spain, Italy, Greece, and France. The agreement also includes potential opportunities for Siemens Gamesa […]

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A Fine Balance: Building One of Europe’s Largest Hybrid Facilities

September 1, 2022 admin Business, Energy Storage, engineering, full coverage, haringvliet, hybrid power, International, Legislative, news, Renewables, Solar, Technology, The Netherlands, top plant, vattenfall, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:19:00 +0000

When Swedish company Vattenfall in 2018 set out to combine wind, solar, and battery storage resources at this pioneering energy park in the Netherlands, its foremost focus was to demonstrate a clean energy

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Western Spirit Sets the Standard for Large-Scale Wind Power Projects

September 1, 2022 admin full coverage, ge renewable energy, NEW MEXICO, news, pattern energy, Renewables, top plant, Wind, wind energy

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:17:00 +0000

With a capacity of more than 1,050 MW, Western Spirit Wind farm is the largest wind power project ever constructed as a single phase in the Americas. The project, which was completed in roughly a year in spite

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‘Superhybrid’ Projects Support Hydrogen Production in Australia

September 1, 2022 admin Australia, flavian, fuel cell, fuel cells, hybrid power, hydrogen, microgrid, power, Solar, superhybrid, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:13:00 +0000

An Australia-based company is designing a project that combines multiple power generation technologies into a system that not only creates electricity but also can result in production of hydrogen. Sunshine

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Biden Signs Bill to Transform U.S. Energy, Combat Climate Change

August 16, 2022 admin biden, biomass, climate change, Coal, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, Energy Storage, Environmental, Gas, geothermal, Hydro, inflation reduction act, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, natural gas, Nuclear, offshore wind, renewable energy, Solar, waste to energy, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 20:08:48 +0000

President Biden’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) should provide further impetus for growth of U.S. renewable energy, coming on the heels of a report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that installations of solar and wind power accounted for more than two-thirds of new domestic utility-scale generation in the first six months […]

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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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How to Overcome Challenges to the U.S.’s Offshore Wind Energy Goals

August 11, 2022 admin floating offshore wind, full coverage, International, Markets, net zero goals, offshore wind, power podcasts, supply chain, supply chains, Wind, wind energy, worley

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 14:42:42 +0000

Lofty goals have been established in the U.S. for the offshore wind industry. The U.S. Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, and Department of Commerce announced a national goal in March 2021 to deploy 30 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030. That would mark a significant increase from the 42 MW of offshore […]

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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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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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