By [email protected] U.S. President Joe Biden hit the ground running Wednesday, signing a raft of executive orders meant to start the process of reversing Trump administration environmental and energy regulations and set the groundwork of what will be the federal government’s most aggressive effort to date to combat climate change. On the day of his…
By [email protected] U.S. President Joe Biden hit the ground running Wednesday, signing a raft of executive orders meant to start the process of reversing Trump administration environmental and energy regulations and set the groundwork of what will be the federal government’s most aggressive effort to date to combat climate change. On the day of his…
By [email protected] U.S. President Joe Biden hit the ground running Wednesday, signing a raft of executive orders meant to start the process of reversing Trump administration environmental and energy regulations and set the groundwork of what will be the federal government’s most aggressive effort to date to combat climate change. On the day of his…
By [email protected] The Affordable Clean Energy rule, a cornerstone of President Trump’s environmental deregulatory efforts, has been deemed “legally flawed” by a federal appeals court. A Tuesday ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Washington, D.C. circuit vacated the regulation targeting power plant emissions, wiping away the administration’s replacement for the Obama-era Clean…
Up to 6,000 individual systems to combine in virtual power plant providing 25MW of solar PV and 80MW of battery storage Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
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By [email protected] Hawaii’s largest utility enlisted a new tool in its quest for a carbon-free electricity system: thousands of batteries installed in people’s homes. Hawaiian Electric won regulator approval for a $25 million plan to harness solar and batteries at 6,000 homes across the islands of Hawaii, Maui and Oahu. Venice Beach, Calif.-based startup Swell…
By [email protected] After losing out on an early opportunity to build New York state’s biggest battery, the owner of New York City’s biggest power plant is taking steps to import renewable electricity generated upstate. The Ravenswood Generating Station is undergoing a strategic shift to carry out the transition to clean energy called for by Gov….
By [email protected] Wind and solar make up a small share of U.S. electricity production today, but they’re poised to supply 70 percent of new power plant capacity built this year. That’s not according to pro-solar activists or industry trade groups. It’s the calculation of the federal government. Solar will deliver the most new capacity, with…
By [email protected] California is facing a major decision under a tight deadline — whether it should push for large-scale power plants and batteries to prevent a repeat of its August 2020 rolling blackouts this coming summer or turn to behind-the-meter resources such as batteries and demand response. Right now, the California Public Utilities Commission is…
By [email protected] It’s been a remarkably business-as-usual year for renewables, despite the societal upheaval wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. Most of our headlines this year have still been about conventional renewable segments such as solar and energy storage. On the margins, virtual power plants have gone mainstream and green hydrogen has emerged as the energy…
By [email protected] 2020 forced most people into a more distributed and virtual way of life. But a segment of the grid edge industry has been trying to achieve that for years, installing controllable devices at homes and businesses that can work together to help the grid. This concept goes by various names — virtual power…
A key project was the 460MW Western Downs Green Power Hub, financed by NEOEN. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
By [email protected] New York utility Con Edison has signed its biggest energy storage contract to date, a 100-megawatt/400-megawatt-hour lithium-ion battery project that will help balance a grid facing rising levels of offshore wind and other renewable power in the years to come. Under the contract announced Wednesday, developer 174 Power Global will build the battery…
By [email protected] Swell Energy has lined up $450 million in financing to give homeowners and business owners batteries and solar systems at no upfront cost, and then earn the money back by turning them into virtual power plants serving utilities’ grid needs. Ares Management Corp. and Aligned Climate Capital will provide up to $450 million…