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Post-COP21, Leaders Reaffirm Clean Energy Funding Commitment
In San Francisco on Thursday, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz hosted energy leaders from around the world for the inaugural Mission Innovation (MI) Ministerial and the seventh...
View ArticleRegional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Unveils CO2 Auction Results
The nine Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a market-based regulatory program to reduce greenhouse-gas (GHG) pollution, have announced...
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Nissan Powers Car Factory With Solar And Wind
Nissan has flipped the switch on a new solar farm at its biggest manufacturing site in Europe, the Nissan Sunderland Plant in Sunderland, U.K. The factory is the company’s European center for...
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Vt. Governor Vetoes Renewables Bill After ‘Unintended Changes’
Gov. Peter Shumlin, D-Vt., has vetoed a Senate bill that aimed to improve renewable energy project siting in Vermont. Although he supports the core of the legislation, the governor says his veto comes...
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Solar Microgrid Project Receives Top Grade At New York College Campus
Last year, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced a clean energy standard that will radically change the state’s energy landscape in ways that would have been unimaginable just five years ago. When...
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Hawaiian Electric Readies Search For More Renewables
Hawaiian Electric Co. Inc. says it has begun the process of seeking more renewable energy projects that will help lower and stabilize energy costs for all electric customers on Oahu.In accordance with...
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Sierra Club Chimes In On Minnesota Power’s Latest Energy Plan
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has voted unanimously to approve Minnesota Power’s 15-year resource plan, which includes investments in wind and solar power and additional coal...
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BNEF: Renewables To Win The ‘Race On Costs’ Against Cheap Coal And Gas
Low prices for coal and natural gas are likely to persist, but they will fail to prevent a fundamental transformation of the world electricity system over coming decades toward renewable sources such...
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Following Veto, Vt. Governor Signs Revised Renewable Energy Siting Bill
Days after lawmakers worked to assuage his concerns, Gov. Peter Shumlin, D-Vt., has signed legislation designed to help improve renewable energy project siting in Vermont.Last week, legislators met to...
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White House Leads Major Energy Storage Push
On Thursday, the White House hosted a summit during which the Obama administration announced new executive actions and 33 state and private-sector commitments to accelerate the grid integration of...
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PG&E Plans To Shutter Nuclear Plant, Increase Renewables
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has announced a joint proposal with labor and environmental organizations to phase out California’s last remaining nuclear power plant and replace its energy...
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What A Recent IRS Update Means For The Renewable Energy Industry
On June 10, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2016-36, which updates and expands the existing safe harbor pursuant to which the transfer of an intertie (or reimbursement for the cost...
View ArticleNavy Partners With Hawaii To Advance Clean Energy
Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, and Dennis V. McGinn, assistant secretary of the Navy, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to advance clean energy opportunities, including working on...
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Solar To Provide Biggest Boost For U.S. Distributed Renewables
The U.S. is expected to deploy 77.3 GW of distributed renewables between this year and 2025, with the majority of the capacity driven by solar installations, according to a new report from Navigant...
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Montana Governor Releases Energy Blueprint With Solar Goals
Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Mont., has announced a new blueprint for Montana’s energy future. It calls for a “balanced and responsible energy future in Montana” incorporating various technologies and...
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SunEdison CEO Ahmad Chatila Resigns
SunEdison, which filed for bankruptcy in April, has announced the resignation of CEO Ahmad Chatila.The renewable energy company has replaced Chatila with John S. Dubel. SunEdison had named Dubel its...
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Calif. Regulator Calls New Interconnection Model A ‘Win-Win-Win’
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has adopted a new model and five-year pilot process meant to speed interconnection of renewable and distributed energy resources to the electric...
View ArticleU.S. Conference Of Mayors Crowns Climate Protection Leaders
The mayors of New Bedford, Mass., and Richmond, Va., have been named the U.S.’ top winners in the 2016 Mayors’ Climate Protection Awards, an initiative sponsored by The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM)...
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SunEdison CFO Designee Steps Down
As it continues moving through the Chapter 11 process, SunEdison Inc. has announced another leadership shakeup, this time on the bankrupt renewable energy company’s finance team.According to a press...
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D.C. Renewables Legislation Includes Solar Focus
Washington, D.C., has taken another major step toward climate action, as the District of Columbia City Council unanimously approved legislation to expand the city’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS)...
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