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| | The capacity auction produced a price of $269.92/MW-day for most of the PJM footprint, compared to $28.92/MW-day for the 2024/2025 auction. | |
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| | The decline can be largely attributed to a drop in battery infrastructure investments in mainland China, Rystad Energy said, as China grapples with policy change, increased electric vehicle (EV) adoption, supply shortages, rising raw material costs, and capacity expansion. | |
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| | The Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 shortens judicial review timelines, accelerates permitting on federal lands, and much more. | |
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| The tariffs, which were announced in May after direction from President Biden, target goods like steel and aluminum, semiconductors, electric vehicles, batteries, critical minerals, solar cells, and ship-to-shore cranes. | |
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| Excelsior Energy Capital and Fluence Energy have reached a multi-year agreeement to develop 2.2 Gwh of BESS infrastructure in the United States utilizing battery cells from Tennessee and modules manufactured in Utah. | |
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| Studies will explore whether multi-use farming mixes with utility-scale solar, focusing on both scientific and practical questions. | |
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| Tenet Energy is collaborating with Sunnova via exclusive promotions to accelerate the adoption of solar energy and electric vehicles. | |
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| Soltec and the Fraunhofer Institute are joining forces on a two-axis solar tracker that reaches 36.5% conversion efficiency. | |
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| A DOE project aims to repurpose an 8,000-acre area of DOE-owned land that was formerly used in the U.S. nuclear weapons program. | |
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| Renewable energy producers, utilities, and other companies that buy and sell electricity, can now view solar generation forecasts at the individual site-level or aggregate-level for portfolio management, and each hour's forecast accuracy is scored and calculated based on the asset's nameplate capacity. | |
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