Also on the rise: A new EV battery factory in South Carolina, lithium-ion battery recycling company expands, solar module manufacturer Silfab and national installer Titan Solar strengthen partnership, more funding for solar on tribal lands, Apex Clean Energy inks deal with Wyerhaeuser, Shell buys storage and energy company Savion.
Voluntary CECs are certificates that each represent 1 megawatt-hour (MWh) of clean electricity that has been generated from a non-emitting source. Businesses will be able to to voluntarily purchase and retire these CECs to meet their corporate sustainability goals. January 27, 2022 The Ontario government is developing a voluntary clean energy credit (CEC) registry, announced …
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A U.S. district court must rule on federal antitrust claims made by four plaintiffs against Arizona utility SRP’s anti-solar rate, and must consider “injunctive relief” that could immediately halt the anti-solar rate. February 2, 2022 Four customers suing Arizona utility Salt River Project (SRP) over its anti-solar rate “adequately allege antitrust injury,” said the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of …
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A high-stakes battle is under way over the future of rooftop solar energy in California. On one side: Current and future rooftop solar consumers in the nation’s leading solar state. On the other, the state’s big three investor-owned utilities — PG&E, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric. The utilities have petitioned the …
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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is causing trouble for the proposed Jackson Sustainability Cooperative, claiming that the cooperative would weaken TVA’s business, and its operation would violate the law. Jackson Energy Authority said state law requires electricity in Jackson, Tennessee to be provided by the city-owned utility, which has an active agreement to purchase its power from TVA. Organizers …
SACRAMENTO — One surefire formula for making clean energy is lots of sun and less hay. Or fewer tomatoes and — heaven forbid — a reduction in almonds. Plow over some San Joaquin Valley croplands and plant solar panels. Turn alfalfa fields and nut orchards into solar farms. That would have a double benefit. Besides producing …
Racking and tracker specialist, GameChange Solar Holdings Corp., received an investment of $150 million from Koch Strategic Platforms (KSP), a subsidiary of Koch Investments Group. KSP has focused on energy transformation investments with strategic investments in companies that it believes are market disruptors. Recently, for example, KSP announced investments in the battery value chain and …
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Also on the rise: The world’s largest energy storage facility to expand. Duke to add 70MW to its portfolio. Clean energy credit registry announced in Ontario. Salt caverns in Kansas studied for energy storage. California bus company will install EV chargers, solar panels, and a microgrid. And more. Industry heavyweights look to solid-state battery cells, …
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A possible failed bearing and a software programming error in a heat suppression system caused a cascading incident that damaged 7% of Vistra Corp.’s Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility. February 2, 2022 The world’s largest lithium ion battery, the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility, was shut down due to a cascading series of unfortunate events, …
The nation is facing once in a generation choices about how energy ought to be delivered to homes, businesses and electric cars — decisions that could shape the course of climate change and determine how the United States copes with wildfires, heat waves and other extreme weather linked to global warming. On one side, large …
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