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Poland will build new pumped storage power plants and thoroughly modernize the existing ones, which will significantly improve the country’s energy balance. Joint actions for the development of fully ecological energy storage will be undertaken by the Ministry of Climate and the Environment, National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management and PGE Polska Grupa…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip Renewable energy asset developer Ameresco will supply Southern California Edison with three battery energy storage systems totaling 537 MW/2 GWh to provide resiliency to the grid. The grid-scale battery energy storage systems will be deployed at existing substation parcels throughout SCE’s service territory in California, reaching commercial operation by August 2022. “SCE sees…

Texas-based utility El Paso Electric has signed an agreement with Mitsubishi Power to develop renewable energy and storage projects that can contribute to the utility’s target of carbon neutrality by 2045. The deal will enable El Paso Electric to achieve its goal of producing 80% of total electricity from clean resources by 2035 first. El…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip Days before the United Nations COP26 climate summit is expected to, among other things, pressure world leaders to boost clean energy financing for developing countries, a multinational effort has brought the first-ever solar farm online in Burundi. The 7.5 megawatt solar farm increases Burundi’s generating capacity by 10%, representing the first substantial energy…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip U.S. Dept. of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Dominion Energy CEO Robert Blue, and Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam will participate in a “special announcement on offshore wind” Monday in Portsmouth, Va., according to a press release. Renewable Energy World’s John Engel will be in attendance for the press event at the Portsmouth Marine Terminal…

New study from Brattle Group and Oracle shows utility customer action can be twice as impactful as current clean energy supply policies in reducing greenhouse gas emissions In the race to meet aggressive decarbonization and net-zero carbon goals and regulations, a new study shows that utilities cannot afford to just focus on clean energy supply investments. The…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip More than 12 million people around the world worked in renewable energy in 2020, an increase of 500,000 from the year before, even after the significant impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.  The joint report from the International Renewable Energy Agency and International Labour Organization found that solar PV employs a third of the…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip A new study by PJM estimates that up to $3.2 billion in grid upgrades could be needed to support offshore wind and states’ renewable energy targets in the region by 2035. The grid operator’s Offshore Wind Transmission Study did not analyze sea-to-shore infrastructure costs, or any offshore transmission networks. Projections are based on…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip Developed in response to the 2014 Ebola crisis, 32 solar microgrids will provide first-time access to electricity to 80,000 people in West Africa. Developed in response to the 2014 Ebola crisis, 32 solar microgrids will provide first-time access to electricity to 80,000 people in West Africa. (Courtesy: Energicity) The Movamba project — which…

Lightsource bp has announced its first renewable energy projects in Poland. Lightsource bp has reached an agreement with a local energy company to develop 757MWp of solar energy capacity in Poland. The nine projects will be developed in the regions of Zachodnio-pomorskie, Lubuskie, Dolnośląskie and Wielkopolskie. Approximately half of the capacity will begin to be…