Green Technology
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National Grid Releases Latest Results on Distributed Solar Study
Utility National Grid on Friday released results of the second phase of an extended solar interconnection study that has entangled nearly 1...
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Renewables Toppled Coal in US Energy Consumption Last Year, EIA Says
The U.S. got more energy from renewables in 2019 than it did from coal, a year sooner than that same milestone is expected for the electricity...
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Wisconsin Has 150MW of Solar. Alliant Just Bought 675MW More
Wisconsin utility Alliant Energy will spend $900 million buying 675 megawatts of utility-scale solar projects as it moves to replace uneconomic...
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‘Final Nail in Coffin’ for Icebreaker Offshore Wind Project, Developer Says
Icebreaker, the only advanced offshore wind project in the Great Lakes, appears to be dead in the water. After years of permitting battles,...
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PG&E’s Plan to Mitigate Blackouts This Wildfire Season: Lots More Diesel Generators
Pacific Gas & Electric is turning to a decidedly low-tech solution to keep its customers’ lights on for this year’s coming fire season:...
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Arrested Development: Global Renewables Market to Fall for First Time in 20 Years, IEA Says
Global deployment of renewable energy in 2020 will fall short of last year's tally, the first interruption of year-on-year growth in nearly two...
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Coronavirus Wipes Out 5 Years of US Solar Job Growth
The U.S. solar sector has lost 65,000 jobs due to the COVID-19 crisis, erasing five years of job gains, according to the Solar Energy Industries...
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Onshore Wind Compromise Averts German Solar Market Crisis
Germany's coalition government has ended an internal dispute that had threatened to eliminate as many as 20,000 jobs in the country's solar...
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Sunnova Sticks to 2020 Guidance, Bolstered By Customer Growth
In contrast to other U.S. residential solar companies, Sunnova Energy kept its 2020 guidance in place and expressed a “high level of confidence”...
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Northvolt and Vattenfall Launch Mobile Battery System Capable of Patching Up Grids
Swedish battery maker Northvolt and state-owned utility Vattenfall launched a new modular and fully mobile energy storage system on Friday, one...
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Bolstered By Q1 Customer Growth, Sunnova Sticks to 2020 Guidance Despite Coronavirus
Unlike many of its peers, Sunnova Energy is keeping its 2020 guidance in place. The Houston-based residential solar company expressed a “high...
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Wind and Solar Profits: The Race Between Falling Costs and Declining Revenue
Dramatic reductions in the cost of wind and solar have led to optimism that they can be primary contributors to low-carbon electricity grids. But...
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‘Blowing Through Milestones’: Hawaiian Electric Picks Winners in Solar-Storage Bonanza
Hawaiian Electric this week selected 16 winning solar-storage and standalone battery projects totaling 460 megawatts of solar capacity and nearly...
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Strata Blazes Ahead With California Gas Peaker Replacement Battery, Taps Tesla
Another of the world’s largest battery projects is moving forward with construction in Southern California amid the coronavirus slowdown....
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How a Former McDonald’s Product Director Plans to Shake Up the EV Charging Sector
Whether you’ve ordered a Dosa Masala burger in India, a Date and Custard pie in the United Arab Emirates, or a Filet-O-Fish, well, anywhere,...