Highland Electric Fleets launches a seven-episode podcast to help school districts and towns gain a better understanding of EV school buses. October 19, 2022 ‘Bus Talk’, inspired by Click & Clack’s Car Talk, intends to be entertaining, informative and educational. The series was launched by Highland Electric Fleets, a provider of school bus fleet electrification-as-a-service …
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Zinc-ion battery maker Salient Energy announced that it has completed thermal runaway testing and is one step closer to getting UL listing for its stationary energy storage system. UL 9540A tests battery safety by first determining whether the energy storage system uses batteries that introduce a risk of fire or explosion. If so, the test …
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Nova Scotia-based Salient Energy’s non-flammable battery is one step closer to commercialization. October 19, 2022 Salient Energy successfully completed UL9540A safety testing with Underwriters Laboratories (UL) for its proprietary zinc-ion energy storage battery. The battery is designed as a safer alternative to lithium-ion systems in residential and commercial energy storage applications. Developed by Canadian …
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The Byron Highway Solar project. Renewable Properties, a developer and investor in small-scale utility and community solar projects, is adding two new projects to its growing portfolio with MCE, California’s first community choice aggregator (CCA). The two new Renewable Properties projects are the first major solar projects in the Byron area, located in unincorporated Contra …
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Castillo Engineering announced today that the company has been selected by Solar Generation to provide electrical design and engineering for a 75-MW portfolio of 11 community solar projects in New York. Castillo Engineering’s site optimization expertise resulted in significant cost savings for each of these projects, all of which use fixed tilt mounting technology and …
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The Universal 6-kW System from Humless has received UL 9540 certification. The system includes the Humless AC/DC-coupled, hybrid inverter in combination with Humless 5-kWh LFP batteries (rackmount or flat wall mount). The Humless inverter may be uniquely installed as a solar inverter with the option of adding batteries later. Outdoor IP65 rated waterproof batteries are available. …
Penn Power, West Penn, Met-Ed, and Penelec released a request for proposals for up to 20 MW of power purchase agreements ranging from four to ten years. October 18, 2022 A group of First Energy affiliated utilities have released a request for proposals (RFP), aiming to procure 20 MW of solar and associated credits via …
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $14 million in funding to researchers to study how solar energy infrastructure interacts with wildlife and ecosystems. These projects are part of DOE’s nearly $100 million renewable power research portfolio that invests in innovative, cost-effective solutions to minimize wildlife impacts — and maximize the environmental benefits — of …
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The power generated by the two ground-mount projects will be subscribed through the state’s virtual net metering program. October 18, 2022 With the second highest electric rate in New England, and among the highest in the country, Rhode Island has strong policy support for clean energy. In fact, the Ocean State was the first to …
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California’s 350 MW / 1400 MWh energy storage system was developed by Axium Infrastructure and Canadian Solar. October 18, 2022 Axium Infrastructure and Canadian Solar’s subsidiaries of Recurrent Energy and CSI Energy Storage announced the two have installed and activated what they are calling the world’s largest single-phase energy storage facility. Named Crimson Storage, the …
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