Category / Industry News
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Duke Energy gets approval for solar + battery microgrid and standalone battery system
This week, Duke Energy announced that regulators have approved two projects involving energy storage worth about $30 million. Source: REALWIRE
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Flow battery company joins Power Africa to help power renewable microgrids
On Monday, Portland-Oregon-based flow battery manufacturer ESS announced that it has joined Power Africa, a U.S. government-led partnership coordinated by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), as a private sector partner. ESS is the program’s first flow battery partner. Source: REALWIRE
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Australia's climate wars set to heat up after coal champion wins
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s surprise victory in Australia’s election was a win for the coal industry and ensures the debate about tackling climate change will continue to polarize the nation. Source: REALWIRE
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Associated Electric Cooperative signs 20-year PPA for 265 MW of wind power
Enel Green Power North America announced on Thursday that it has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) between its subsidiary White Cloud Wind Project, LLC and Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. (AECI), a power utility based in Springfield, Missouri. In line with the agreement, AECI will purchase the entire output generated by the 236.5 MW White…
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20 MW of community solar available for purchase by Xcel customers in Minnesota
CleanChoice Energy on Thursday said it was opening an additional 20.51 MW of community solar capacity for residential customers of Xcel. The new capacity is being supplied by fifteen solar farms owned and operated by AltusPower America in various locations in Minnesota. CleanChoice Energy is the largest community solar provider in Minnesota with more than…
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Southern California Edison starts community solar program for customers
This week, Southern California Edison announced that it has signed on the first developer, SharedSolarCA, to its Community Renewables Program that will allow residential and business customers to take advantage of solar energy without having to install it directly on their roofs or facilities. Source: REALWIRE
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More US offshore wind development as Germany’s EnBW sets up New Jersey office
On Thursday this week, Mayor Steven Fulop welcomed EnBW North America to Jersey City in a ribbon-cutting ceremony. New Jersey Economic Development Authority Senior Vice President Brian Sabina and others gathered to officially open the German subsidiary’s first U.S. office and marking its entrance into the competitive New Jersey/New York offshore wind market. Source: REALWIRE
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CellCube to bring grid scale vanadium battery to South Australia
Renewables firm Pangea Energy and vanadium battery producer CellCube have signed on to build a 50MW storage system alongside a solar farm in South Australia. Source: REALWIRE
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Tesla completes acquisition of Maxwell
Tesla announced the successful completion of its previously announced offer to exchange all outstanding shares of common stock of Maxwell Technologies for 0.0193 of a share of Tesla common stock, together with cash in lieu of any fractional shares of Tesla common stock, without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes. Source: REALWIRE
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Ameren tests software that could unlock future ‘transactive energy marketplace’
Ameren is preparing to test a Canadian company’s software that could someday help usher in a radically different business model for the utility. Source: REALWIRE