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SDG&E And AES Team Up On Pair Of Energy Storage Projects
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved a proposal by San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) to build two new energy storage projects in San Diego County. In May, the CPUC...
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IKEA To Install Washington’s Largest Rooftop Solar Array
Home furnishings retailer IKEA has announced plans to install solar panels atop its relocated Seattle-area store under construction in Renton, Wash. According to the company, the project will be the...
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Nationwide Collaboration Leads To New Solar Forecasting System
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) says it and a national team of scientists have developed a new system that could help save the solar energy industry hundreds of millions of dollars...
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Wanted: Renewable Energy Developers For New PG&E Program
As part of its new clean energy program in the state, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) has announced a call for proposals for local renewable energy developers across northern and central...
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Report: U.S. Renewables Set Records During First Half Of 2016
U.S. renewable energy sources set a series of records for domestic electrical generation during the first half of this year, according to nonprofit SUN DAY Campaign. Citing statistics from the U.S....
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Over 50 N.Y. Colleges And Universities Make Clean Energy Pledge
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the New York Power Authority have announced that 55 colleges and universities across the state signed the REV Campus...
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NREL Verifies The Eastern Grid Can Handle More Solar And Wind
In a new study, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) used high-performance computing capabilities and innovative visualization tools to model how the power...
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Boulder, Colo., Makes 100% Renewables Commitment
At an event earlier this week, Boulder, Colo., Mayor Suzanne Jones announced that the city would commit to being powered by 100% renewable energy by 2030. According to the Sierra Club, Boulder now...
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California Cements Climate Change Plans With New Legislation
Ten years after the state adopted the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, Gov. Jerry Brown, D-Calif., has now strengthened the legislation’s commitment by signing two new bills that...
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Clean Energy Groups: Feds’ New Desert Plan To Have Damaging Repercussions
After eight years of work, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) newly released Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) will effectively foreclose...
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Los Angeles To Chart Course Toward 100% Clean Energy
The Los Angeles City Council has unanimously approved a measure that instructs the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to come up with an equitable strategy to power the city with 100%...
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How Energy Storage Could Benefit Massachusetts
The Baker-Polito administration has released a new report, “State of Charge,” detailing the value of deploying energy storage in Massachusetts and a road map of policy recommendations for growing the...
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More Major Companies Commit To 100% Renewables
U.S.-based companies General Motors (GM), Bank of America and Apple have joined RE100, a global collaborative initiative of dozens of businesses committed to using 100% renewable electricity. Last...
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Grid Integration Study: World Sees ‘Explosive’ Growth Of Renewables
Renewables, including hydro, now account for over 30% of the total global installed power generation capacity and 23% of total global electricity production, according to a new report by the World...
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SunEdison’s TerraForm Yieldcos Seek Potential Buyers
Both of bankrupt renewables company SunEdison’s yieldcos, TerraForm Power and TerraForm Global, are considering mergers or sales of their entire businesses. Although the yieldcos were not part of their...
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Hawaii Turns To Energy Storage To Help Integrate Renewables
Hawaiian Electric Co. has placed into service its first utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS), a 1 MW battery located at the Campbell Industrial Park generating station on Oahu. The BESS...
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UL Acquires AWS Truepower To Boost Renewables Portfolio
Safety science company UL has acquired energy engineering services and advisory firm AWS Truepower – a move UL says will expand its global renewable energy portfolio by strengthening full lifecycle...
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Legal Battle Over Obama’s Clean Power Plan Advances
Today, a federal court is hearing long-awaited oral arguments for and against the Clean Power Plan (CPP), the Obama administration’s landmark climate change initiative that has been mired in...
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U.S. Solar Soars While Prices Fall: DOE Reports
New reports from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) show that the costs of solar keep declining as the renewable energy becomes an increasingly bigger part of the country’s power landscape. A study...
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Power Companies Join EIM To Save Money, Integrate Renewables
After months of intensive testing, Phoenix-based Arizona Public Service (APS) and Puget Sound Energy (PSE) of Washington state successfully began full participation in the western Energy Imbalance...
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