Green Technology
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Mainspring Energy Lands $150M Deal To Deploy Its Linear Generators With NextEraOver the past decade, Mainspring Energy has been at work on a novel "linear generator" that it says can provide on-site electricity with lower...
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Highland Electric Raises $235M, Lands Biggest Electric School Bus Contract in the USElectric school buses don’t just eliminate the carbon and pollution emissions of their diesel-fueled counterparts; they also cost less to fuel...
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SoCal Edison Will Deploy 38,000 EV Chargers in Largest Utility Program of Its KindCalifornia grid regulators approved the largest utility-led electric vehicle charging deployment in the country on Thursday. The new program...
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The Wild World of ESG InvestingBefore the pandemic, one of the biggest news stories of the year was BlackRock’s decision to make climate risk a central part of its...
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Western Heat Wave Tests California’s Clean Grid TransitionA heat wave across the Western U.S. this weekend will push California’s grid to the limits, as the state charts a course to eliminating fossil...
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WoodMac: 54,000 Electric Trucks on US Roads by 2025There were just over 2,000 electric trucks on U.S. roads at the end of 2019. This stock is expected to grow to over 54,000 by 2025, according to...
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First Solar to Sell O&M Business to NovaSource, Still Seeking Sale of Project Development ArmFirst Solar has agreed to sell its North American operations and management business to NovaSource Power Services, the company formed from...
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Shell’s Carbon Offset Business Makes Its First AcquisitionShell’s new Nature-Based Solutions business has made its first acquisition, with the Anglo-Dutch oil major announcing Monday that it will buy...
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How Cleantech Venture Capital Is Faring in a PandemicThe world looked bleak for startups in the spring. According to figures from Crunchbase , venture capital deals were down 44 percent from...
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More Big Batteries for the West, as EDF Renewables Nabs Deal with NV EnergyEDF Renewables plans to build a 200-megawatt solar plant with a 180 megawatt/720 megawatt-hour battery for Nevada utility NV Energy, the...
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Biden’s Trillion-Dollar Climate AmbitionsJoe Biden recently released a plan to address climate change on a trillion-dollar scale. Along with focusing on rapid deployment of renewables,...
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NextEra Energy to Build Its First Green Hydrogen Plant in FloridaNextEra Energy is closing its last coal-fired power unit and investing in its first green hydrogen facility. Through its Florida Power &...
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Long-Term Value of Grid Storage Is All About Capacity, Study FindsThe grid is heading in the direction of more renewables, with or without overarching policies to guide it . There’s general agreement that the...
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ComEd Agrees to $200M Fine on Federal Bribery ChargeIllinois utility Commonwealth Edison has agreed to pay a $200 million fine in relation to a federal investigation over bribery charges that have...
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FERC’s New PURPA Rule Undermines Clean Energy Projects, Advocates SayThe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has changed the rules for a federal law that allows independent energy projects to secure utility...
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Germany’s Fallen ‘Solar Valley’ Sees New Life as Meyer Burger Buys Former SolarWorld FactoryOnce bustling with PV research and manufacturing, Germany's "Solar Valley" fell quiet in recent years as China gained control of the global PV...
