Category / Industry News
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Advocates want next phase of ComEd microgrid powered by renewables
Stakeholders including clean energy and community groups are watching closely as ComEd begins the second phase of a microgrid pilot project in Chicago. Source: REALWIRE
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Enel Green Power starts construction of 90-MW Azov wind farm in Russia
Enel Green Power announces it has begun construction of the 90-MW Azov wind farm, located in the Rostov region of Southern Russia. Source: REALWIRE
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Turbine collapses at Oklahoma wind farm
No cause has been announced, but Enel Green Power North America is investigating why its turbine, made by GE, failed at the Chisholm View II project. Source: REALWIRE
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UPS bets on renewable gas from landfills in largest deal ever
United Parcel Service Inc. has agreed to buy the equivalent of 170 million gallons of renewable natural gas from Clean Energy Fuels Corp. over the next seven years in what the company described as the biggest-ever deal involving the alternative fuel. Source: REALWIRE
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Report: Global electricity access up but sustainable development goals are not being met
A new report produced by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO) and released this week says that despite significant progress in recent years, the world is falling short of meeting the global energy targets set…
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U.S. DOE announces $6.6 million available through Hydroelectric Production Incentive Program
The Water Power Technologies Office of the U.S. Department of Energy is now accepting applications for $6.6 million in the latest round of funding under section 242 of Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT). Source: REALWIRE
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U.S. set to overtake South Korea in 2019 as world’s largest grid-connected battery energy-storage market
The United States in 2019 will become the world’s largest market for grid-connected battery energy storage, as solar-plus-storage and peaking capacity requirements drive increased procurement, according to IHS Markit. Source: REALWIRE
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Geothermal industry gets boost with discoveries of ‘blind’ systems
This week the University of Nevada, Reno announced two discoveries in the Great Basin by the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology using a previously untried method for finding unknown, hidden geothermal resources. Source: REALWIRE
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Oil companies join corporate lobbying push for U.S. carbon tax
Oil companies, automakers and consumer products manufacturers will unleash a campaign for a U.S. tax on carbon dioxide emissions even though it may lead to higher prices for their products. Source: REALWIRE
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Xcel Energy sets course for coal-free, renewable-heavy future
This week, Xcel Energy announced plans to retire its last two coal plants in the Upper Midwest a decade earlier than scheduled. The acceleration of the coal closures is part of the company’s clean energy transition that includes expanding wind and solar, using natural gas and operating its Monticello nuclear plant until at least 2040.…