Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources offered a 420-acre parcel of “less than pristine” land to a solar developer to expand a nearby project. This sparked backlash from local politicians, who called the land management department “rotten to its core,” and prompted the developer to back away from the expansion. January 14, 2025 As solar power …
Renaissance Arts and Education (RAE), Tampa Bay Solar and Regenerative Shift will collaborate on a 2-MW rooftop solar project at ¡HOLA! Elementary, a bilingual elementary school in Palmetto, Florida, within RAE’s Manatee School for the Arts. The project is scheduled to be placed into service by summer 2025. The project intends to pursue the domestic …
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Virtual power plant capacity must double to meet demand, the Department of Energy said in its latest report on virtual power plants. January 14, 2025 Peak electricity demand is expected to grow to to almost 900 GW by the end of the decade, up from nearly 800 GW in 2024, the Department of Energy said …
After liftoff, DOE looks to accelerate virtual power plants Read More »
Energy Toolbase and Sol-Ark have partnered to provide an all-encompassing commercial energy storage system. This collaboration offers small C&I solar and storage projects with Sol-Ark’s energy storage solutions paired with the ETB Controller energy management system. The initiative integrates ETB Developer’s project economics modeling and proposal-building capabilities with ETB Controller’s energy storage control software and …
Sol-Ark now integrating Energy Toolbase hardware in batteries, inverters Read More »
Industry thought leaders indicate that the changes in the final rules for the 45V tax credits are positive, but they will not reduce dependence on polluting fossil fuels. January 14, 2025 The U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final rules for the section 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit established by the …
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ABB has acquired Lumin, a U.S.-based responsive energy management systems company, to expand ABB’s home energy management capabilities in the North American residential sector. The acquisition follows a strategic minority investment by ABB into the company in 2023. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “We’re excited to welcome Lumin into the ABB family …
The latest edition of Projects Weekly highlights several commercial and community solar projects, battery energy storage … and what’s this about solar benches? Read on, solar builders! Commercial and community solar developer UGE has reached commercial operation on six new solar projects totaling 16 MW. The projects include the company’s first two community solar projects …
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Doubling the capacity of the U.S. electric grid is not just an energy challenge, but also an economic and national security imperative. The rapid rise of data centers to support cloud services and generative AI, combined with a historic-level resurgence of domestic manufacturing, is creating an unprecedented demand for electricity in the U.S. Echoing the …
The U.S. economy needs VPP 2.0, utilities could deliver Read More »
Global clean energy supply investments will reach $670 billion this year, said a report from S&P Global Commodity Insights. January 13, 2025 The tide continues to turn in favor of emissions-free sources of power, said a report from S&P Global Commodity Insights. S&P said investment in renewable power generation, green hydrogen, and carbon capture and …
Global cleantech investment expected to surpass fossil fuels for the first time in 2025 Read More »
Maintaining a solar farm that spans acres can require an entire fleet of personnel deployed to remove weeds and clean the panels. Hylio has created a drone that can help automate solar panel maintenance. The Hylio AG-210 is a small and nimble drone produced by the Texas-based company. All of Hylio’s UAS, including the AG-210, …
Hylio’s new drone can clean solar panels, treat weeds on project sites Read More »
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