April 2022 | Page 15 of 28 | San Diego's Top Solar Company

Energy Dome wins BNEF Pioneers 2022 competition for CO2 battery long-duration energy storage technology

Energy Dome is a winner in the Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) Pioneers 2022 technology competition for its development and commercialization of the CO2 Battery long-duration energy storage technology, under the category “providing round-the-clock zero-emissions power.” Energy Dome is the first Italian company to win the prestigious competition. Energy Dome’s emission-free energy storage method uses …

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Urban Electric Power installs 1,000-kWh alkaline battery backup system for San Diego Supercomputer Center

Industry / By Staff

Urban Electric Power has installed its rechargeable alkaline battery technology at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), replacing 1,000 kWh of lead-acid batteries. The center, located at the University of California San Diego, has been an international leader in high-performance and data-intensive computing since its founding in 1985 with support from the National Science Foundation. …

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Burns & McDonnell builds 65-MW solar project and substation in southern Texas

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Burns & McDonnell completed construction of a 65-MWDC/50-MWAC solar project at electric retailer Vistra‘s Brightside facility in Live Oak County, Texas. Credit: Burns & McDonnell Brightside uses 440-W First Solar thin-film modules installed on a single-axis tracking system. Burns & McDonnell also sourced and built the project substation, which is a 34.5-kV to 69-kV interconnection. …

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Pivot Energy closes financing on 90MW solar portfolio

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Pivot will build, own, and operate the 40 distributed generation solar plants in six different states. April 18, 2022 Pivot Energy announced the closing of a $190 million financing facility to support a multi-state portfolio of distributed generation solar projects. The 90MW portfolio comprises over 40 solar projects, approximately 80% community solar, and 20% commercial …

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¿La criptominería puede ser amigable con el medioambiente?

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A lo largo de un camino cubierto de polvo en una zona rural de Texas, la empresa de criptomonedas Argo Blockchain está construyendo una planta eléctrica para la era del internet: una instalación de “minería” de criptomonedas lleno de computadoras que generan nuevos bitcoines. Sin embargo, según Argo, a diferencia de otras operaciones de minado …

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Sunrise brief: New York Governor lays out plan to achieve 10GW of distributed solar by 2030

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Duke Energy Florida launches utility-owned “community” solar program Participants will subscribe to a share of the utility’s solar production without having to install panels on their roof. Batteries help solar connect, pricing still strong NREL modeled solar-plus-storage as a mitigation tool to limit grid upgrade costs, and finds that for now, it’s still a better …

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Three year commercial solar project payback period expected through roof mount cost reductions

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Installed on S-5! metal roofing mounts, Solar Atmospheres’ 772kW PV solar array and a 1,561kW/3,122kWh Tesla battery storage system, is expected to help the company to meet its varying energy demands. April 15, 2022 Solar Atmospheres, a California-based provider of state-of-the-art vacuum thermal processing services, now hosts among the largest commercial solar + energy storage …

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50 states of solar incentives: New Hampshire

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The state of New Hampshire has no stated clean energy goals, despite being surrounded by two states with serious commitments. Massachusetts Climate Action Law calls for net-zero by 2050. Maine recently increased its renewable portfolio standard to 80% by 2030 and set a goal of 100% clean energy by 2050. This sharp contrast with its …

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New England nonprofit loan agency now offering low-income solar financing

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Capital Good Fund is teaming up with New England-based solar installers including Cotuit Solar and Got Sun Go Solar to create the DoubleGreen Solar Loan program aimed at helping low-income people in Massachusetts and Rhode Island who want to put solar panels on their rooftops but may not qualify for a loan through traditional means. …

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Senator Markey blasts “minimizing our potential for renewables” or MOPR rule in New England

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“It’s time for ISO-New England to get out of the way” of renewables, said Senator Markey. He and Senators Warren and Sanders have asked federal energy regulators to end an anti-renewables rule in New England formally known as the “minimum offer price rule.” April 15, 2022 “We cannot simply accept the promise of a future …

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