The 14 communities selected in the first round will receive technical support to better assess their energy challenges, evaluate solutions, and find partners to support the community in meeting its energy goals, with five members receiving their own storage system. March 22, 2022 The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity announced that its Energy …
At the Siemens Gamesa factory in Aalborg, Denmark, where the next generation of offshore wind turbines is being built, workers are on their hands and knees inside a shallow, canoe-shaped pod that stretches the length of a football field. It is a mold used to produce one half of a single propeller blade. Guided by …
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Michigan utility DTE Energy’s MIGreenPower has been so popular, the utility has “thousands of megawatts” of clean energy planned to meet demand. March 22, 2022 One of the nation’s largest voluntary renewable energy programs reached a milestone, as Michigan utility DTE Energy’s MIGreenPower achieved 50,000 subscribers. Each week, the program gains approximately 500 new customers, …
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The newly formed joint venture combines AGP’s experience in developing large-scale renewable power projects globally and Hartree’s expertise in power trading analytics and zero-carbon solutions in a plan to roll out 5GW of large-scale solar projects across the US. March 22, 2022 AGP Sustainable Real Assets and Hartree Partners announced the launch of Ampyr Energy …
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New U.S. solar panel maker SPI Energy/SolarJuice announced that it has begun production on 450-W and 550-W solar panels at its facility in Sacramento, California. The solar panels for the commercial market are being produced under the brand name Solar4America in the former Sunergy manufacturing plant. “We are seeing increasing demand for solar solutions for …
New Energy Equity announced the completion of a 2-MW system with EmPower Solar. With an annual production of 2,456 MWh, the roof-mounted system boasts more than 5,000 solar panels and sits atop the warehouse of a local business, Four Seasons Sunrooms of Long Island. “EmPower’s robust experience and expertise in the New York Community Solar …
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While the significant cost reductions seen across the solar industry in the last decade-plus have allowed the resource to expand exponentially in a relatively short period of time, this same growth has led to an issue that is only set to grow as each new project is built: flat, even land, the kind most optimal …
Nextracker is launching NX Horizon-XTR, a terrain-following, single-axis tracker designed to expand solar power deployment on sites with sloped, uneven and challenging terrain. Nextracker began deployment and testing of NX Horizon-XTR at utility-scale three years ago, working closely with customers that faced capital expense and construction challenges on projects sites with hilly terrain. Credit: Nextracker …
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Along a dirt-covered road deep in Texas farm country, the cryptocurrency company Argo Blockchain is building a power plant for the internet age: a crypto “mining” site stocked with computers that generate new Bitcoins. But unlike other Bitcoin mining operations, which consume large quantities of fossil fuels and produce carbon emissions, Argo claims it’s trying …
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Also on the rise: Invasion of Ukraine an inadvertent boost for green hydrogen. 175MW Pike Solar and Storage Project cleared for construction in Colorado. Joint development agreement for light-optimizing, energy-producing modules designed to top agrivoltaic greenhouses. Barrio Solar wants to help Brooklyn homeowners go solar. While interconnection seen as a bottleneck to solar, three grid …
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