Renewables: Page 3

  • President Joe Biden speaks during an event about lowering costs for American families at the Granite State YMCA Allard Center of Goffstown on March 11, 2024, in Goffstown, New Hampshire.
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    DOE’s ARPA-E faces budget cut, FERC to explore AI and other highlights from Biden’s budget

    DOE’s Grid Deployment Office, the Energy Information Administration and renewables research would see budget hikes, while nuclear energy research and development spending would be cut.

    By • March 12, 2024
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    Renewable energy M&A is entering a new paradigm, LevelTen Energy says

    The latter half of 2023 saw a significant slowdown in transactions, which LevelTen Energy believes signals a shift in strategy among renewable energy developers.

    By Emma Penrod • March 11, 2024
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    Sustainability

    Companies are pursuing increasingly ambitous sustainability goals around clean energy, but integrating rising amounts of renewables, minimizing environmental impacts, and achieving carbon reduction targets can be challenging.

    By Utility Dive staff
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    ASHRAE introduces renewable energy in latest building energy standard

    The Department of Energy has affirmed ASHRAE’s updated Standard 90.1, estimating that it will drive energy savings nationwide. States now have two years to certify that they have reviewed and, if needed, updated their codes. 

    By Nish Amarnath • March 11, 2024
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    Storage was solar’s co-star in 2023, a record-breaking year for both: American Clean Power

    Solar-plus-storage made up 95% of the 11 GW of new hybrid capacity brought online last year, and total hybrid installations rose 90% from 2022 to 2023.

    By • March 11, 2024
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    California PUC community solar plan prompts debate over incentives for developers, low-income customers

    The California Public Utilities Commission's proposal won't create adequate incentives for developers to build new solar projects, community solar advocates say.

    By Emma Penrod • March 7, 2024
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    Louisiana colleges aim to build state’s offshore economy into a nerve center for wind energy

    “We have a number of folks with the right skill sets, the right occupational profiles, who could be redeployed into the wind buildout,” said Lacy McManus of economic development agency Greater New Orleans.

    By • March 7, 2024
  • Engineers in helmets install a solar panel system on a roof.
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    US deployed a record 32 GW of solar generating capacity in 2023: SEIA

    Domestic solar module manufacturing capacity nearly doubled last year, from 8.5 GW to 16.1 GW, says a new report from the Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie.

    By • March 6, 2024
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    LA City Council plans to streamline solar, battery installation review process

    The move, which echoes a similar initiative in New York City, aims to help Los Angeles reach its goal of 100% carbon-free electricity by 2035.

    By Joe Burns • March 5, 2024
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    Today’s top 5 renewable energy site selection concerns

    Access to the right site information is key to help developers avoid unforeseen hurdles and costly project delays as the energy transition continues.

    March 4, 2024
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    New York awards new contracts for Equinor, Ørsted offshore wind projects

    Allowing Equinor and Ørsted to re-bid the projects likely prevented the cancelation of more offshore wind farms, an industry spokesman said.

    By Emma Penrod • March 1, 2024
  • Roger Garbey (top) and Andres Hernandez, from the Goldin Solar company, install a solar panel system on the roof of a home a day after the Trump administration announced it will impose duties of as mu
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    IRA implementation is still suffering from regulatory uncertainty, executives say

    “The volatility and uncertainty associated with [solar] tariff measures is crazy,” said Tom Starrs, vice president of government and public affairs at EDP Renewables North America.

    By • March 1, 2024
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    Slowing wind installations threaten emissions progress under the IRA: report

    More action on transmission may be needed for the Inflation Reduction Act to reach its full potential on climate, but the success of solar and batteries in particular could also hold policy lessons, an Energy Innovation report said.

    By Emma Penrod • Feb. 29, 2024
  • In this aerial view solar panels stand at the Klettwitz Nord solar energy park on May 04, 2023 near Klettwitz, Germany.
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    Local, tribal clean energy projects can tap into $18M from DOE

    Microgrids and downtown revitalization efforts that create energy-efficient buildings are potential projects the Department of Energy suggested could be eligible.

    By Ysabelle Kempe • Feb. 29, 2024
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    Ocean City ‘cannot be bought,’ mayor told US Wind in community benefit package rejection

    Mayor Rick Meehan of Ocean City, Maryland, said US Wind had offered community benefit packages in exchange for local officials refraining from negative comments about the project.

    By • Feb. 27, 2024
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    Congressional action on energy permitting remains stuck, but states, developers are finding solutions

    States are resolving local objections to projects through community engagement while transmission developers are making innovative use of existing rights-of-way to bypass permitting logjams.

    By • Feb. 27, 2024
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    Schneider Electric reaches tax credit transfer agreement with Engie to invest in clean energy projects

    The solar and storage projects, expected to come online this year, will get Schneider Electric closer to its 100% renewable energy goal in North America, the company said.

    By Nish Amarnath • Feb. 26, 2024
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    What solar plant operators need to know about panel disposal

    The complexities of proper solar panel disposal can feel intimidating at the best of times, but even more so if solar asset owners need to move quickly after a natural disaster.

    Feb. 26, 2024
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    Clean energy manufacturers invested $2.4B in new projects in January: E2

    The investments, which came from four companies, add to the now 234 manufacturing projects announced since the Inflation Reduction Act passed.

    By Sara Samora • Feb. 23, 2024
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    New England capacity prices rise almost 40% in most recent auction

    Clean energy resources made up 40% of the total capacity commitments, according to ISO New England, and no coal plant met the auction clearing price.

    By • Feb. 23, 2024
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    Dominion Energy sells 50% noncontrolling stake in 2.6-GW offshore wind farm

    Dominion said it will “retain full operational control of the construction and operations” of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project but seek expertise and input from investment firm Stonepeak.

    By • Feb. 22, 2024
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    Verizon allocates $1B green bond proceeds to renewable energy projects

    The company has issued five green bonds worth approximately $5 billion since 2019, the net proceeds of which have been invested primarily or completely in clean energy projects.

    By Zoya Mirza • Feb. 22, 2024
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    Repowering will represent nearly half of all new wind capacity in 2024: Enverus

    Repowering may offer the better return on investment amid rising capital costs and interconnection constraints, an Enverus Intelligence Research analyst said.

    By Emma Penrod • Feb. 22, 2024
  • Aerial view of blue photovoltaic solar panels mounted on industrial building roof for producing clean ecological electricity.
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    Massachusetts order expected to boost distributed solar, could be model for other states, official says

    The new rules expand net metering to government facilities, exempt certain users from program generation caps and enable net metering transfer credits between utility territories and ISO-New England load zones.

    By Brian Martucci • Feb. 21, 2024
  • Panoramic view of a solar farm in the Appalachian Mountains near Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania.
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    Solar, battery storage will be 81% of new generation capacity in 2024: EIA

    The Energy Information Administration expects a record amount of battery storage additions this year if developers follow through on their plans to add around 14.3 GW to an existing 15.5 GW of capacity.

    By • Feb. 21, 2024
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    Green hydrogen electrolyzer manufacturing capacity could exceed demand by 2030: report

    Inflation Reduction Act incentives have driven rapid growth in planned green hydrogen projects — and in the number of factories that plan to serve them, according to a report from Clean Energy Associates.

    By Emma Penrod • Feb. 20, 2024