GreenBiz

JUNE 10, 2021

The notion of power utilities and telecommunications companies combining or working together is not new. Too often, however, regulators stand in the way of a more meaningful, holistic strategy for bringing these clearly compatible, symbiotic industries together. Telco plus utility = Energy savings and modernized infrastructure.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 5, 2024

Construction is currently ongoing for new buildings that will be served by a planned geothermal heating project in Bochum, Germany that aims to utilize water from abandoned coal mine shafts for emissions-free heating and cooling. Two wells were drilled – a shallower well to a depth of 340 meters, and a deeper 820-meter well.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 26, 2022

Consulting firm Wood Mackenzie released analysis saying California’s newly proposed net metering tariffs would cut the state’s residential solar market in half by 2024. would reduce payments granted to rooftop solar customers for the excess power they generate, which is known as net metering. Gavin Newsom.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

California has more distributed energy resources than any other state, pressuring it to find ways to integrate them into the grid. That’s the big change enabled by a Rule 21 revision entitled “conditions that allow distributed energy resources to perform while avoiding upgrades.”

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 17, 2020

rooftop solar installer, finalized two utility partnerships to turn home batteries into miniature power plants. Customers will get Sunrun’s solar-battery Brightbox service at a discount; O&R will compensate Sunrun for easing stress on the distribution wires by discharging the distributed batteries.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

However, these events can get us thinking about where the industry goes from here. Energy Information Administration, for the 9-day stretch from February 9 through yesterday February 17, natural gas provided about 35 percent of the U.S. Lower 48 Power Generation Mix, with other fuels providing 65 percent. First, the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Distributed energy resources (DERs) is an expansive term, including everything from backup generators to microgrids. In some states with 100 percent clean energy mandates, like California and Hawaii, the focus is on solar — lots and lots of it — and the tools needed to integrate this massive new grid edge resource.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

California regulators are on the cusp of breaking open a long-awaited opportunity to enlist rooftop solar, behind-the-meter batteries and other distributed energy resources (DERs) to substitute for expensive grid upgrades. The leading U.S. California’s investor-owned utilities have argued against this approach.

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Massive Transformation of Japanese Electricity Market Calls for Flexible Energy Management. Partnerships with local market players will bring AutoGrid Flex to regulated and deregulated electricity companies in Japan. Since 2016, the Japanese electricity market has undergone a massive transformation through deregulation.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

After a decade of eking out a niche in the world of advanced distribution grid power controls, Silicon Valley startup Varentec has sold its key assets for an undisclosed sum. But Koch Industries is also a massive, if quiet, player in the U.S. But Koch Industries is also a massive, if quiet, player in the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Early this month, three community-choice aggregators and one municipal utility serving much of California’s San Francisco Bay Area launched a 30-megawatt distributed energy storage-plus-solar solicitation. Ross, East Bay Community Energy’s senior director of local development, electrification and innovation.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

It comes from Greece, where the local media mentioned that electricity for all might not be a given during peak hours, while small duration blackouts could become the new normal. Well, this romantic act of social, political and environmental awareness will take place the first 3 hours after the sun sets. The role of smart meters.

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Massive Transformation of Japanese Electricity Market Calls for Flexible Energy Management. Partnerships with local market players will bring AutoGrid Flex to regulated and deregulated electricity companies in Japan. Since 2016, the Japanese electricity market has undergone a massive transformation through deregulation.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The rapid growth of renewables is key to unlocking a secure and affordable energy transition, but while we have seen investment in renewables nearly double since 2014, for grid modernisation it has barely changed , writes Matthew Boulton, Director of Solar, Storage and Private Wire at EDF Renewables UK. Have you read?

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Business Green

APRIL 15, 2021

Corporate clean energy initiative now boasts 300 members after Heineken, Epson, Novartis and LG Energy Solution pledged to switch their operations to renewables. In a blog post, RE100 said its growth had been driven by the falling costs of renewable energy generation and soaring corporate awareness of the impacts of climate change.

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

China burns about half the coal used globally while at the same time it is the leading market for solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicles. This duality is evident in Shanxi, which is both China's coal mining region and the location of some of the country's largest solar and wind power projects.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Kowalski , Energy News Network. A bill for cutting carbon emissions calls for equity in job training and transition programs, an office of energy justice, increased oversight, and curbs on utility influence over regulators. The bill would also set an energy waste reduction goal of 22% by the end of 2030. By Kathiann M.

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Clean Energy Trust

JULY 10, 2019

Clean Energy Trust added four new cleantech startups to our portfolio over the past few months and unveiled them at Co_Invest Cleantech on May 22nd. This is the first edition of our 2019 New Investment Spotlight, and it’s shining bright on Nikola Power. Nikola Power co-founder & CEO J.W. I was bullish on batteries in 2014.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 20, 2019

New Frontiers in Renewable Energy and Resources will take place on November 25-26, 2019 in Rome, Italy. The theme is "Renewable Energy for a Better Future" and the it will include: Keynote talks, Plenary sessions, Discussion Panels, B2B Meetings, Poster symposia, Video Presentations, and Workshops.

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 20, 2021

Throughout the years, DEMO Day grew into an event that featured lab tours, dynamic speaking programs featuring industry leaders and elected officials, popcorn pitches from our members, and, most crucially, opportunities for the entire climatetech and cleantech ecosystem to connect with our startups. in Somerville, MA!

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 23, 2023

As a backdrop to the United Nations climate conference in Dubai, it’s a fitting venue for a planet-wide shift that scientists say needs to happen: The region has extensive deposits of oil and gas, but also immense, untapped potential for renewable energy. Our conversation has been condensed and edited for clarity.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Key technologies include electrification, on-board batteries, solar panels, synthetic fuels, carbon capture and storage and possibly hydrogen. The case argues to convert Sleipnir into a ‘Solar-Synthetic’ vessel, combined with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) for remaining emissions. Why Do We Need Zero-Emission Vessels?

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Business Green

JULY 10, 2022

In a northern suburb of Osaka, a brand new community development is aiming to be the first in Japan to derive all its electricity from renewable sources. Panasonic's first town, Fujisawa, is some 50 kilometres south of Tokyo and has been fully operational since 2014.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

This decade alone, the industry must: Increase low carbon electricity generation by approximately 50 per cent from sources such as wind or solar power. Develop carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) technology and develop hydrogen networks. Championing ultra-fast electric vehicle charging points.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

As Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen have established themselves as epicenters for high-tech investment and innovation, the Chinese government has shifted its focus to building out a competitive technology ecosystem in this cloudy inland metropolis. CEC Chair David Hochschild joins Chinese leaders at the Energy Internet Summit.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 11, 2020

Energy storage software company Stem will operate a 345-megawatt-hour portfolio of distributed batteries in Southern California Edison utility territory. But it didn’t develop or build these batteries — it’s taking them over from long-time competitor AMS.

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Planet Pulse

JULY 13, 2021

Meaningful progress on climate change in this decade will require significant changes to almost every sector of the global economy, including energy, transport, industry, agriculture, cities, finance, and land use. It has sensitive ecological and climatic systems and we have to monitor those systems.” . “We

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

An organization run by former Obama-era Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, with the backing of the AFL-CIO, a federation of 56 labor unions, has created a policy “blueprint” to build a nationwide pipeline network capable of carrying a gigaton of captured carbon dioxide (CO2).

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Varuna

MAY 8, 2019

With news yesterday that Google is finally figuring out how to fully integrate Nest products into its hardware suite of products (lovely ad below), I thought it would be a good time to dig into a thesis I have about the water industry. Nest also partnered with solar companies, hardware stores (Lowes/Home Depot) etc.

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Business Green

APRIL 19, 2021

This morning sees the publication of the International Energy Agency's (IEA) influential Global Energy Review 2021 and it makes for sobering reading. The report predicts that global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions are on course to surge by 1.5 Global carbon emissions are set to jump by 1.5

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 21, 2020

By any measure, 2019 was a breakout year for energy storage in the U.S. Fueled by improved economics, increased demand for resilience, and the ever-increasing integration of intermittent renewable generation, energy storage installations hit an all-time high of 522 megawatts/1,113 megawatt-hours last year.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The minigrid funding commitment from international donor organizations is “in the billions,” says Daniel Kitwa, energy access finance advisor at the Africa Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA). “We’re working in frontier markets with customers that have never had electricity before.”

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 31, 2022

Smart grids to dominate smart city spending through 2026 How intelligent sector coupling enables cities to double wind and solar potential. The IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) network will be operated by Itron as part of a four-year network-as-a-service agreement.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Only 3 percent of the Wyoming project’s CO2 has been geologically stored in the same formation from which the original gas was extracted, according to estimates from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). C and with the net-zero energy transition. Credit: SaskPower , CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Since 2014, non-residential storage system prices have declined by more than 15 percent in the U.S. Commercial and industrial customers with predictable, peaky loads are increasingly turning to storage to help manage demand charges. Annual Non-Residential Energy Storage Deployments in the U.S. (MW … Plus solar.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The site of a former petrol station has been given a new lease on life as 1 Valentine Place, an award-winning sustainable office building certified BREEAM Excellent. The energy-efficient building was a 2013 NLAwards winner and was shortlisted in the 2014 RIBA London Awards.

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