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Bitfarms acquires 24-MW hydro power plant in Washington State
Bitfarms Ltd., a Bitcoin self-mining company, has acquired a 24-MW hydro power plant in Washington State, U.S., and entered into a memorandum of understanding with the seller to co-develop additional farms in the area, increasing total mining capacity in Washington to 99 MW. Neither the name of the hydro plant nor the company from which…
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JPMorgan Chase partners with EDF to ensure zero carbon energy supply
Financial services firm, JPMorgan Chase and energy company, EDF, have announced a collaboration to help power JPMorgan Chase’s UK offices with 100% renewable electricity. EDF will provide JPMorgan Chase with approximately 120,000 MWh of renewable electricity each year to power more than 3 million square feet of offices across the UK, which is the equivalent…
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NextEra wants to build offshore wind transmission for New York and New Jersey
Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip A subsidiary of NextEra Energy has submitted transmission proposals to support the buildout of offshore wind projects in New York and New Jersey. NextEra Energy Transmission submitted the New York Renewable Connect and New Jersey Seawind Connector proposals with PJM and NYISO regulators, respectively. Regulators in New York and New Jersey are expected…
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Where are we on the path toward a carbon-free energy system?
Destination 2050 is focus of DISTRIBUTECH / POWERGEN conference and leadership summit By 2050, if all of the climate-change related pledges and regulations take effect as currently planned, we should be living in a clean-energy powered world with a fully carbon-free electricity system powering fully electrified transportation, industrial and building sectors. But we certainly have…
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Green goals for heavy industries in the energy transition
By David Stent — Climate Council Digital Producer & Content Manager Our emissions crisis is often defined in simplistic terms, often focusing on the more obvious carbon-intensive sectors of oil and gas production, shipping and aviation or the ‘carbon footprint’ of the individual. Intentional or not, this fails to provide a full picture of the…
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Texas adds battery storage to support grid ahead of winter
Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip Houston-based Broad Reach Power has added two new stand-alone battery storage projects to the Texas grid. The company announced this week that its North Fork and Bat Cave battery storage projects in Central Texas have been placed into service with ERCOT, each bringing online 100 MW/100 MWh. Broad Reach Power now has 300…
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‘We are uniting’: Long-duration energy storage competitors join forces at COP26
Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip Normally competitors in the quest to deploy long-duration energy storage, and replace fossil fuels with dispatchable clean energy at all hours of the day, 24 companies joined forces at the COP26 United Nations climate summit to form the Long Duration Energy Storage Council. ESS, Form Energy, and Ambri are among the founding members…
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U.S. rejects antidumping tariff petition from domestic solar manufacturers
Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip The U.S. Dept. of Commerce has rejected an antidumping tariff petition brought by a group of anonymous domestic solar manufacturers against solar modules imported from three Southeast Asian countries. Members of the American Solar Manufacturers Against Chinese Circumvention (A-SMACC) claimed that Chinese crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and modules were being completed in Malaysia,…
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Low-carbon hydrogen accelerator launches to support industry start-ups
A new initiative has been established to help support start-ups within the low-carbon hydrogen value chain with the aim to accelerate the decarbonization of hard-to-abate sectors and the energy transition. The Low-Carbon Hydrogen Accelerator has been launched by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Shell, the City of Houston, Greentown Labs, the Urban Future Lab,…
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First U.S. subsea HVDC cable facility opens to support burgeoning offshore wind market
French fiber optic cable manufacturing company Nexans has opened a new facility to manufacture high-voltage direct current subsea cables in Charleston, South Carolina. The facility is claimed to be the first US-based subsea HVDC cable facility. Nexans will use the plant to meet the growing demand for HVDC subsea cables as utilities in the US…
