Day: May 10, 2022

DEPCOM Power was contracted to build a 45-MW solar installation for Flint Hills Resources to power the company’s Pine Bend Refinery in Rosemount, Minnesota. The refinery supplies Minnesota and the Upper Midwest with gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, heating fuels, asphalt, fertilizer and the chemical-building blocks used in thousands of everyday products. An artist rendering …

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HSGS-Ameresco, a joint venture certified as a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) by the Small Business Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), today announced that it has been awarded a $7.9 million contract to design and construct a 1.5-MW ground-mount solar system for the U.S. Army at its Tooele Army Depot located …

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UL announced the release of HOMER Front, a licensable web-based software platform for designing and optimizing complex utility-scale energy storage systems — whether standalone or in combination with solar or wind energy. By providing accurate, detailed results for different system configurations, UL’s HOMER Front allows developers and financiers to evaluate an energy system’s performance and …

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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) announced on May 9 it is “reopening the record” on its NEM 3.0 proceeding in order to gather information on some specific elements of the decision. The record reopening delays a proposed decision from the CPUC on NEM 3.0 until July at the earliest. For over a year the …

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For the first time, the United States generated 20% of its electricity from solar power and wind in April, according to a study conducted by climate think tank Ember. The record is being driven by a wind boom in the Great Plains and Midwest, across states like Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and North and South …

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Firetrace International, a fire suppression technology provider operating in 35 countries and across five continents, is launching into the solar market. Drawing on its experience in the wind industry, Firetrace is adapting its direct-delivery XD Fire Detection Tubing with cylinder and cleaning agent system out to solar farms. The technology has already been installed more …

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