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Hawaiian Electric defends role in renewable energy project delays, as fossil fuel plants approach retirement
Project delays are not solely attributable to Hawaiian Electric, and depend also on developers and their consultants, the utility said in a filing.
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Sponsored by NextrackerIncreasingly complex solar projects require a mixture of partnership and technical know-how
By focusing on packaging, logistics, shipping and staging the site, companies can develop an innovative solution that provides short and long-term cost benefits for the project.
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Iulia Gheorghiu / Utility Dive
OpinionHow to unlock the potential of virtual power plants? Virtualize the grid.
We know from other sectors that tools exist to operate highly complex, distributed systems in an efficient and reliable manner. It’s time we applied those lessons to the grid, the authors write.
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Retrieved from Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
DOE will spend billions on electric vehicle R&D in jobs fight with China, Granholm says
The U.S. Department of Energy's loan program is "open for business," said Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm. China has largely cornered the global battery market and she said the United States must catch up.
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Texas PUC loses 2nd commissioner as Lt. Gov. presses ERCOT to correct $16B overcharge
Gov. Greg Abbott, R, also directed the state legislature to address billing errors, declaring it an emergency item.
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What's in your software? Federal initiative targets frequently overlooked electric utility vulnerabilities
Software supply chain issues are the subject of a new collaboration between the electric power sector and federal government.
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Federal bills creating standalone storage tax credit raise hopes for significant boost, akin to solar
The act would apply to residential battery systems, as well as commercial and utility-scale energy storage projects, including batteries and hydrogen.
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Kendall Davis, Dive Design
Offshore wind permitting bottleneck expected to ease as Interior completes review of first US large project
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has completed analysis on the proposed Vineyard Wind 1 project off the coast of Massachusetts.
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California looks to demand-side fixes as 'a layer of insurance' to prevent rolling blackouts
Regulators are contemplating a new emergency load reduction program, tweaking rate plans to encourage customers to save energy, and modifying current demand response programs to increase participation.
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Adeline Kon/Utility Dive
New tax credits are best option to spur clean hydrogen, Resources for the Future analysis finds
The potential for hydrogen to become cost competitive exists, panelists concluded during a Tuesday webinar, but the U.S. must increase investment to ensure opportunities don't move overseas.
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Danielle Ternes/Utility Dive
Analysts point to $500B investment gap in climate resilience for electric utilities
Investor owned utilities in the U.S. are seeing a gap in investment to adequately prepare energy systems for a changing environment, ICF said in a new report.
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Global climate models may vastly overstate energy savings from efficiency measures, analysis finds
Economy-wide rebound effects "may erode more than half of the expected energy savings from improved energy efficiency," the analysis concludes.
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Photo illustration by Brian Tucker/Utility Dive; photograph by jhorrocks via Getty Images
Deep Dive'A total mindshift': Utilities replace gas peakers, 'old school' demand response with flexible DERs
Utility-customer cooperation can balance renewables' variability with flexibility without using "blunt" demand response or natural gas.
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Green Mountain Power
OpinionA new program is making battery storage affordable for affordable housing (and everyone else)
ConnectedSolutions, available in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire, is beginning to transform the landscape for battery storage in homes, businesses and nonprofits, the author writes.
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Texas regulators decline to act after market monitor reports $16B of 'inappropriate' ERCOT charges
The two commissioners voted against directing the grid operator to retroactively reprice its real-time prices that were artificially inflated during the generation shortages and subsequent forced outages.
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Buttigieg says infrastructure faces a 'once-in-a-lifetime moment' as power grids, roads get C- grade
Speaking at the unveiling of the American Society of Civil Engineers' infrastructure report card last week, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said now is the time to fix America’s crumbling infrastructure.
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Fotolia
Opinion7 key trends from renewable energy's 2020 prices and some initial takeaways from Texas 2021
While detailed analysis of the Texas event crisis is still ongoing, the authors note, they examine some of the notable takeaways and trends in renewable energy markets from last year's performance.
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Courtesy of FedEx
FedEx to convert parcel fleet to EVs by 2040, eyeing a carbon neutral future
The announcement is part of a broader $2 billion investment focused on clean energy, carbon removal and electrification.
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Glick commits to avoid repeat of 'disturbing' lack of action in Texas after 2011 outages
“It is pretty clear” what the message was in the 2011 report, the chairman said, “and it's just disturbing that it didn't turn into action."
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Courtesy of Volvo Lights
A growing appetite for EVs tasks the supply chain to scale
Vehicle manufacturers are investing in redundant suppliers and regional networks to keep up with the demand for electric vehicles and boost resiliency.
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Valadi, Sam. (2012). "Empire State - New York City" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Flickr.
New York Senate advances environmental justice package, including energy efficiency jobs bill
Democrats advanced an effort to ensure low-income communities and communities of color reap the benefits of energy efficiency, among other bills focused on fossil fuel peakers, air toxins and lead standards.
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ERCOT fires CEO, following resignation of head utility regulator, board members
CEO Bill Magness' termination follows continued fallout from the power outages that plagued the state for days last month during extreme cold weather.
UPDATED: March 4, 2021 at 9:21 a.m. -
Catherine Morehouse, Utility Dive
Xcel proposes $1.7B transmission investment in Colorado to unlock nearly 5.5 GW new renewables
The proposal would allow the utility to reduce emissions in its Colorado territory by an estimated 85% below 2005 levels by 2030.
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Storage deployments shatter records — again — in Q4 2020
"We expect an uptick in home battery sales in Texas in the aftermath of February’s devastating outages,” Chloe Holden, energy storage analyst with Wood Mackenzie, said in a press release.
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Fotolia
New York issues final rules to speed development of large renewable energy projects
The regulations would accelerate the development of large-scale solar and wind projects, but the renewable industry is expected to take issue with some requirements.
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Photo illustration by Brian Tucker/Utility Dive; photograph by thinkreaction via Getty Images
OpinionHow the National Green Bank can help small businesses build back greener
With 30.7 million small businesses located in the U.S., any efforts toward reducing emissions are going to need to include this market, the author writes.
