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World’s Largest Customer-Sited Solar-Storage Plant Planned for Nevada Desert

GreenTechMedia

Switch was able to subscribe to this project thanks to a Nevada law allowing large industrial customers to source their own power. Part of what made the new project possible is that Roy factored clean-energy siting into his search for the location to build Citadel back in 2014, Kramer said. ” Why this happened in Nevada.

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EDC celebrates 40th anniversary of Tongonan geothermal field, Philippines

ThinkGeoEnergy

Ramos, Republic Act 6957 or the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Law paved the way for a rapid development of energy projects. 2001 – Republic Act 9136 or the EPIRA Law was passed, seeking the electric power industry by the privatization of generation, transmission, distribution, and supply of the power sector. MW to 123 MW.

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California’s Interconnection Rules Open Doors to Flexible Solar-Storage, Vehicle-to-Grid Charging

GreenTechMedia

Under state law AB 327 , California’s utilities provide Integration Capacity Analysis (ICA) maps online showing DER hosting capacity on individual grid circuits. This kind of automated, data-driven way for new DERs to match up with grid needs is a key goal of ICA process launched in 2014, Stanfield noted.

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Vermont digs in on incentives to boost geothermal heat pumps

Renewable Energy World

Both systems can be used in reverse to cool the home in warm weather. The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, a quasi-public agency that runs incentive programs for clean energy technology, ran a ground-source heat pump incentive program from late 2014 through 2020. Vermont last year also put its emissions goals into law.

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Connecticut losing ground on building emissions despite efficiency programs

Renewable Energy World

Greenhouse gas emissions from heating and cooling buildings continue to rise in Connecticut despite the state’s efforts to improve energy efficiency. Continuing to subsidize polluting fossil fuels defies logic,” said Shannon Laun, a staff attorney for the Conservation Law Foundation, in a statement. “If metric tons.

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Duke Energy’s SC Net-Metering Replacement Won a Crucial Ally: Rooftop Solar Companies

GreenTechMedia

In practice, this could look like homes pre-heating or -cooling when their solar system is producing, to save money in evening hours when the prices go up. "It South Carolina launched retail-rate net-metering in energy legislation passed in 2014. It is more complex — that’s going to take some education," Culley said.

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Brooklyn startup addresses gun violence with climate jobs

Business Green

To date, BlocPower and its contractor partners - which include Augmented Construction , Urban Energy , VRF Solutions , Super Cool HVAC and Ch! Even more important to BlocPower - which specialises in clean energy retrofits - is Local Law 97. Donnel Baird, the company's CEO, and Kinch founded BlocPower in 2014.