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| | A developer wants a tax abatement for a Texas battery project. Locals seem to have other ideas. | |
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| | Utilities are often cast as energy transition laggards. But one company sees them as the key vehicle to scaling DERs. And it's working. | |
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| | The reused panels come from decommissioned utility-scale solar farms and residential installations across the United States. SOLARCYCLE says the project serves as a model on how to power an industrial facility through renewable energy as the US ramps up domestic manufacturing capacity. | |
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| Hecate Energy is seeking a lease on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the Gulf of Mexico; BOEM is gauging competitive interest. | |
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| Cyber attacks against residential solar systems have been historically rare, the FBI said, but attackers could target microgrids or inverters at solar farms to create disruptions. | |
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| Nearly 3,000 Houston-area Sunnova customers kept the lights on after Hurricane Beryl, generating more than 485,000 kWh of energy. | |
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| The robot has already installed nearly 10 MW of solar and will begin working on the massive Bellefield solar + storage project in August. | |
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| The project will account for a sizeable chunk of New Mexico's mandate of 2 GW/7 GWh of utility battery energy storage capacity by 2034. | |
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| The managing director of technology consulting firm Slalom grapples with AI ethics and underscores the importance of sustainable design. | |
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| This partnership will allow SolarEdge customers to charge their batteries when it energy is most abundant and sell excess back to the grid to support supply at peak times – all automated by Kraken. | |
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| The lawsuit filed against Gov. Pedro Pierluisi aims to protect the independence of the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau so it “can continue to operate free from political influence,” the board said. | |
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| The draft code language was meant to address the recommendations from the Governor’s Interagency Fire Safety Working Group. | |
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| Vince Wong, co-founder and CEO of Electric Fish, joined John Engel, the editor-in-chief of POWERGRID International and DISTRIBUTECH International to discuss the Electric Fish's experience with the Initiate program, and how the company has grown since winning the startup competition. | |
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| The new U.S. facility will produce an annual aggregate capacity of 1 GW NTyp cells to supply both companies' requirements. | |
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| Overall, FERC sided largely with PJM. NEM resources co-located with non-NEM resources are now restricted to participating in the ancillary services market alone due to double-counting concerns. | |
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| This Week in Cleantech is a new, weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in cleantech and climate in 15 minutes or less. | |
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| Nexamp expands its community solar portfolio in Illinois, providing savings to more than 1,100 residents in ComEd and Ameren territories. | |
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