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  • Microgrids missing from Biden’s solar plan

    To save humanity from the existential threats that confront it through climate change, which President Biden recognizes, the US needs leadership. The DOE acknowledges this, “There is no greater challenge facing our nation and our planet than the climate crisis.” Yet in the DOE’s Solar Futures Studies Report, which offers a blueprint for the zero-carbon…

  • ESS becomes first U.S. long-duration energy storage company to list on NYSE

    Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip Oregon-based ESS has had a pretty solid few weeks. On top of inking a massive 2 GWh deal with SB Energy, and reaching an agreement to supply Enel Green Power with 17 battery systems in Spain, ESS became the first U.S. long-duration energy storage system company to be listed on the New York…

  • FERC’s data request to NYISO on Order 2222 offers clues for MISO’s compliance filing

    Distributed solar stakeholders must take comfort in FERC’s data requests sent to NYISO and CAISO. There are seven instances where solar is mentioned in the FERC letter to NYISO. Most of the questions focused on how distributed solar would operate within the ISO market construct through an aggregator and how the ISO would coordinate with…

  • Will New York City’s largest buildings meet emissions reduction limits by 2024?

    Contributed by Saverio Grosso, Edison Energy New York City’s Climate Mobilization Act has been lauded as one of the most ambitious and innovative legislative initiatives by a major city to combat climate change.  Under the Act, passed in 2019, most buildings over 25,000 square feet—roughly 50,000 residential and commercial properties across the city—must meet new…

  • Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm installs first turbine foundation

    Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip The first turbine jacket foundation has been installed at the 1.1 gigawatt Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm project site offshore Scotland. The $4 billion Seagreen Offshore Wind Project, a joint venture between TotalEnergies and SSE Renewables, is Scotland’s largest and the world’s deepest, fixed-bottom offshore wind farm. The jacket foundation installation marks the first-ever…

  • Energy giants launch ‘world’s largest’ clean hydrogen infrastructure fund

    Global energy companies TotalEnergies and Air Liquide have partnered with French construction firm VINCI and a group of international companies to launch what they are calling the world’s largest clean hydrogen infrastructure fund. The aim is to help speed up the growth of the clean hydrogen market by investing in projects across the hydrogen value…

  • Solar’s ITC needs an update

    The opportunity to encourage clean energy adoption via roof replacements is enormous, and the potential positive impact on the climate crisis is significant. Congress created the solar investment tax credit (ITC) in 2006 to spur solar energy growth in America and drive economic gains through the creation of new, clean manufacturing and construction jobs. Fifteen…

  • Arizona nuclear to clean hydrogen project receives $20 million from Dept. of Energy

    Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip An Arizona project will receive $20 million in funding from the U.S. Dept. of Energy to demonstrate technology that produces clean hydrogen energy from nuclear power, as part of the agency’s goal of reducing the cost of clean hydrogen production by 80%. The project at Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station in Phoenix will…

  • Microgrid delivers energy security to children’s home in Puerto Rico

    A collaborative project to provide energy resiliency has been completed at a Puerto Rican home for neglected children. The three-year effort includes work and equipment from ASCO Power Technologies, Affiliated Engineers, Engineers without Borders, and Schneider Electric. The microgrid delivers energy security for the Hogar Albergue para Niños Jesús de Nazaret children’s home in Puerto…

  • Biden admin targets 700% community solar growth by 2025

    Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip The Biden administration has set a target of powering 5 million American homes with community solar projects by 2025– an ambition that would require 700% growth of current capacity. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates a total of 3,253 MW-AC community solar capacity was installed in the U.S. by the end of 2020…

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