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Month: November 2023

New database maps large-scale solar projects across the country

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) released the largest and most comprehensive database to date on large-scale solar energy projects in the United States. The U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database (USPVDB) includes the location, size and other characteristics of large-scale solar projects. This new …

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Solar-plus-storage outperforms diesel in military survivability analysis

The NREL evaluation of solar plus Antorra Energy storage system meets the U.S. Military’s exacting standards, revealing that these systems significantly outperform emergency diesel generators in survivability probabilities. November 8, 2023 Analysis by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) demonstrated that solar energy systems, when paired with fourteen-day long duration energy …

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Electriq Power expands into New England with solar-plus-battery storage system program

The program will help homeowners in Derby, Connecticut access solar-plus-battery solutions regardless of their socioeconomic status. November 8, 2023 Electriq Power Holdings, a provider of energy storage and management solutions, has launched a program in the city of Derby, Connecticut to help homeowners access solar-plus-battery solutions regardless of their socioeconomic status. The program, dubbed PoweredUp …

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Arevon uses IRA tax credit transferability provision to finance solar peaker plant

Arevon Energy has announced it has closed financing on the Vikings solar + storage project with a combination of debt financing and tax credit transfer. Arevon secured a commitment with J.P. Morgan to purchase $191 million of investment tax credits and production tax credits, among the nation’s first transactions announced to date that leverage the Inflation …

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Sunrise brief: Maine residents vote against creating new utility

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Her Retirement Home Said ‘No’ to Solar Panels. She Got It to Buy 1,344.

Susan Auslander, at 89, is an energetic, convent-educated, white-haired Prius driver, and when her retirement community told her it was not feasible to convert to solar power, Ms. Auslander decided to push back. That push turned into a a five-year campaign. “It became my hobby — not my obsession,” she said, as people do sometimes …

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PowerMarket tapped to manage Kingston NY’s LMI community solar program

Brad Tito, Director of Community Energy, PowerMarket; Julie Noble, Environmental Education and Sustainability Coordinator, City of Kingston; Mayor Steven T. Noble, Mayor of the City of Kingston; Jasmine Graham, Executive Director, Mid-Hudson Energy Transition. City of Kingston Community solar customer acquisition and management service provider PowerMarket announced a partnership with the City of Kingston, New …

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PowerMarket to manage 3.7 MW of community solar for LMI households in Kingston, N.Y.

From left: Brad Tito, director of community energy, PowerMarket; Julie Noble, environmental education and sustainability coordinator, Kingston, N.Y.; Kingston Mayor Steven T. Noble; Jasmine Graham, executive director, Mid-Hudson Energy Transition. (Photo credit: city of Kingston) The city of Kingston, New York, has partnered with Mid-Hudson Energy Transition, PowerMarket and Lodestar Energy to deliver clean energy …

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Swell and Shifted Energy join forces to help utilities manage virtual power plants

Grid solutions providers Swell Energy and Shifted Energy have announced a strategic alliance and digital partnership designed to deliver greater value to the expanding base of energy consumers and utilities they serve. Across key energy markets, VPPs are rapidly becoming the most efficient solution to maintaining a cost-effective power supply in the face of a …

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