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‘GREEN Act of 2019’ Extends Tax Credits for Renewables

November 19, 2019 admin americans for prosperity, americans for tax reform, awea, California, climate change, Coal, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Environmental, freedomworks, Gas, heritage action, House Ways and Means committee, Hydro, Legislative, national taxpayers union, New Jersey, New York, news, Nuclear, Renewables, seia, Solar, tesla, the center for a free economy, union of concerned scientists, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 18:41:57 +0000

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The Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 19 released a draft tax package for clean energy projects that includes a five-year extension of the 30% solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC), along with new incentives for energy storage. The legislation also supports incentives for electric vehicles (EVs), offshore and onshore […]

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IEA World Energy Outlook: Solar Capacity Surges Past Coal and Gas by 2040

November 14, 2019 admin Business, climate change, Coal, Energy Storage, flexibility, Gas, iea, International, news, Nuclear, Renewables, Solar, Technology, Wind, world energy outlook

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 15:31:33 +0000

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Solar photovoltaic (PV) could surge ahead of coal and gas and become the largest source of installed power capacity in the world by 2035 if countries pursue stated policies and targets, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its newly released World Energy Outlook 2019 (WEO2019). The agency’s annual publication, which it issued Nov. 13, […]

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Dominion Plans 500-MW Gas Plant, Also Adding Solar and Wind

November 4, 2019 admin Business, dominion energy, Gas, megasite, natural gas, news, offshore wind, Ørsted, Renewables, Solar, Virginia, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 15:55:23 +0000

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Dominion Energy announced plans for a new 500-MW natural gas-fired power plant and also has taken over a solar farm project in Pittsylvania County in Virginia, with the company saying it would invest about $330 million in the two projects. The Nov. 1 announcement came one day after Dominion said it would it would add […]

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Ritter’s Message: Market Forces Drive Growth in Distributed Generation

October 31, 2019 admin bill ritter, biomass, Business, Carbon Capture, climate change, Coal, Cybersecurity, distributed energy, distributed energy conference, Distributed Generation, distributed power, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, firm generation, fuel cells, Gas, geothermal, Hydro, hydrogen, keynote, Legislative, Markets, Nuclear, Renewables, Solar, waste to energy, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 16:26:07 +0000

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Market forces are playing as much if not more of a role than regulatory policy in the transition from fossil-fueled power generation to renewables, as utilities in the U.S. and worldwide establish decarbonization goals. That was the message from Bill Ritter Jr., former governor of Colorado, during his keynote address at POWER’s Distributed Energy Conference […]

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First Floating Offshore Wind Farm to Power Oil and Gas Platforms Kicks Off

October 31, 2019 admin Business, Environmental, equinor, floating platforms, floating wind, hywind, hywind tampen, International, mhi vestas, news, Norway, offshore wind, oil and gas, Renewables, siemens gamesa, Technology, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 14:52:16 +0000

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Siemens Gamesa has bagged a lucrative contract to supply 11 8-MW offshore wind turbines to Equinor’s 88-MW Hywind Tampen floating wind farm, a first-of-its-kind project that will power oil and gas platforms 140 kilometers offshore Norway. Equinor—as Statoil, Norway’s state-owned oil company, is now named—announced a final investment decision to build Hywind Tampen on Oct. […]

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Oil and Gas Heavyweights Seek Lifeline in Clean Energy and Tech Sectors

October 30, 2019 admin baker hughes, Business, clean energy, Gas, geothermal, hydrogen, iiot, iiot oil & gas, iiot power, International, lux research, news, ocean energy, ocean/marine, oil and gas, Penguin, Renewables, rystad energy, saipem, Solar, technipfmc, Technology, wave energy convertor, wec, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 13:21:02 +0000

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Oilfield service providers are increasingly moving beyond oil and gas development work, and into renewable energy projects, according to a study conducted by Rystad Energy, an independent research and business intelligence company that provides data, tools, analytics, and consultancy services to the global energy industry. In findings released on Oct. 29, Rystad said that oil […]

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Dominion Solar, Wind Projects Will Power Virginia Government Buildings

October 22, 2019 admin Business, dominion energy, government, news, northam, Renewables, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 17:59:48 +0000

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Dominion Energy has entered a partnership with the commonwealth of Virginia in which government-owned buildings and facilities in the state will get power from Dominion’s solar and wind energy projects. The agreement, signed by Dominion and Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Oct. 18, is the largest procurement of renewable energy to date by the state […]

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Golden Age Of Renewables Will Happen During Next Five Years, Says IEA

October 21, 2019 admin clean power, fatih birol, international energy agency, renewable energy, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 01:03:44 +0000

The IEA predicts renewable energy worldwide will surge between now and 2025. But more must be done to address a warming planet effectively.

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Buffett Still Banking on Energy—BHE Announces Canadian Wind Farm

October 16, 2019 admin Alberta, berkshire hathaway energy, bev, bezos, breakthrough energy ventures, buffett, Business, Canada, gates, International, news, Renewables, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 18:25:06 +0000

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The evolving landscape of power includes not only new types of generation, but also involves new investors, including some of the most well-known names in global business. Bill Gates, who co-founded Microsoft with the late Paul Allen, formed Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) in 2016, a group that supports battery energy storage, nuclear power innovation, geothermal, […]

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Uptake of GE’s Biggest Wind Turbines Gain Traction

October 10, 2019 admin block island, Business, cypress, dogger bank, enercon, ge renewable, haliade-x, International, New Jersey, news, nordex, ocean wind, ocean/marine, offshore turbines, Ørsted, Renewables, Research and Development, siemens gamesa, supply chains, Technology, vestas, Wind, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:33:55 +0000

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GE Renewable Energy has made major gains in orders for its 5.3-MW Cypress onshore wind turbine and the 12-MW Haliade-X offshore wind turbine. Prototypes of both are still being tested in the Netherlands. Key Contracts for Innovative 5-MW Onshore Machine The GE business division introduced the first turbine in the Cypress platform, a 4.8-MW machine, […]

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