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Month: June 2022

Real-time pricing that balances renewables could save $33 billion per year, study finds

A Pacific Northwest National Laboratory study found that allowing customers to opt for real-time power rates, and shift some consumption to lower-priced periods, would lower customer bills 10% to 17%. A pilot study has shown that real-time pricing works, and more pilots are underway. June 15, 2022 If consumers could vary their electricity consumption up …

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Lumin partners with Leap on automated participation in demand response markets for homeowners

Smart circuit company Lumin is partnering with energy market access provider Leap to offer Lumin Response, a program providing homeowners automated participation in the wholesale demand response market, with financial incentives for energy reduction during times when the local grid is stressed. Launching for select customers in California in July, Lumin Response is the integration …

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Lockhead Martin to install 10-hour redox flow battery at Fort Carson

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract to build the first megawatt-scale, long-duration energy storage system for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). GridStar Flow will be installed at Fort Carson, Colorado, for the U.S. Army under the management of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL). GridStar …

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Biden halts solar tariffs for two years. What’s next?

On June 5, the Biden administration announced a 24-month tariff exemption on solar modules manufactured in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.  The move comes as a direct response to the industry-wide uncertainty that has unfolded since the Department of Commerce (DOC) March 28 announcement that it would act on a petition filed by California-based solar module manufacturer Auxin Solar …

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Borrego, Nexamp begin construction on 7.5-MW project in Maine

Construction has begun on a 7.58-MWDC solar project in Winthrop, Maine, that will provide electricity to the Central Maine Power (CMP) grid and energy savings to MaineHealth. Borrego is developing the project, and it will be built and owned by Nexamp. MaineHealth will realize these savings through Nexamp’s proven solar program. The solar project will be …

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Intersolar North America now accepting presentation abstracts for 2023

Intersolar North America (ISNA) and Energy Storage North America (ESNA) are now accepting abstracts for presentation opportunities at the co-located conference to be held February 14 to 16, 2023 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. “Our mission is to accelerate the energy transition — and the education provided by our event …

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CPUC Invites Consumers to Diamond Bar Voting Meeting

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in ongoing actions to engage with communities statewide, will hold its July 14, 2022 Voting Meeting in Diamond Bar, Calif. WHERE: 21865 Copley Dr, Diamond Bar, CA, 91765 (the South Coast Air Quality Management District building); also available via webcast at www.adminmonitor.com/ca/cpuc or toll-free by phone at: 1-800-857-1917, passcode: …

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Vermont expected to delay long-term changes to solar net metering

The state’s Public Utilities Commission was considering lowering payments to customers for their excess solar generation on a long-term plan. It is now expected to delay the decision, citing complexities of the issue; however, it is expected to reduce payments by roughly 6% this year. June 14, 2022 Net metering is a policy that has …

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Asbury Park schools to save $120,000 annually via Solar Landscape PPA

Solar Landscape has energized more than 3,300 solar panels on four schools across the Asbury Park School District. All in, that’s more than 1.3 MWdc of electricity that will supply more than half of the schools’ power needs and save the school district more than $120,000 annually. Sales and Marketing Month sponsor Get Aurora AI …

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