CleanTech San Diego

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Cleantech San Diego member Baker Electric Home Energy, a leading solar, battery, and home energy solution provider, has announced the launch of its ChargeOn Battery Rewards Program in partnership with sonnen, a global market leader in smart energy storage and virtual power plant (VPP) technology.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 30, 2024

At the end of 2023, the UK government released the long-awaited Future Homes and Buildings Standards consultation, which aims to introduce measures ensuring all new-build housing is ‘net zero ready’ by 2025. As we inch ever closer to 2035 and 2050 net zero targets, there is increasing pressure to decarbonise high-emitting sectors.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 10, 2020

Grid operators around the world are unusually busy these days, but few have quite as much on their minds as NYISO, the independent system operator that manages New York state's bulk power system and wholesale energy market. percent in 2018, and hitting 100 percent zero-carbon emissions by 2040. Source: NYISO. Source: NYISO.

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 18, 2023

With a power grid that has been notoriously unreliable in the past, India’s goal to transform formerly passive consumers into prosumers would seem an uphill battle. The stakes are particularly high because India is the world’s third largest energy consumer.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 13, 2021

The proportion of global power generation represented by VRE, such as wind and solar power, has been rising rapidly since 2007. And according to IEA’ Renewables 2020, Launch Presentation from November 10, 2020, global wind and solar PV’s combined installed capacity will surpass that of natural gas in 2023 and coal in 2024.

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AutoGrid

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The Future of Energy and Grid Resiliency is Distributed By Giovanni Herazo, Vice President, Smart Grid Solutions As one of FPL’s smart grid & innovation leaders, I saw firsthand how our grid was consistently put to the test by unexpected outages, power quality issues, adverse weather conditions, and rising load demand.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Duke Energy is the latest major utility to commit to a carbon-free future, with a plan to cut its emissions in half by 2030 and eliminate them completely by midcentury. utility, due to the company’s size. utility, due to the company’s size. The gas question. This reliance on natural gas aligns Duke with most U.S.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2020

Vodafone has announced plans to shift its entire European mobile network to run on 100 per cent renewable electricity by no later than July 2021, alongside a new target to help its business customers slash their climate impact over the next decade.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 14, 2020

this weekend will push California’s grid to the limits, as the state charts a course to eliminating fossil fuel power. ” Day-ahead power prices for Southern California hit their highest levels in two years, Bloomberg reported. ” And solar production dips partway through the evening peak. "We

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 2, 2020

The North American arm of European energy giant Engie SA and climate-focused investor Hannon Armstrong announced Thursday they will partner on a 2.3-gigawatt wind and solar projects slated for completion this year. but it’s not the first time Hannon has put its climate-focused dollars behind the European power company.

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EDF + Business

MARCH 28, 2023

Decreased Renewables Cost: Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) to project sponsors is expected to decrease by 40-60%, which will likely result in cost reductions for commercial electricity users. Notes: PTC stands for Production Tax Credit. ITC stands for investment tax credit. Sources: Deloitte Analysis, H.R.5376

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

based energy storage developer, is prepping for international expansion supported by a future funding round and leveraging the scale of its ongoing growth in Japan. It has a headstart on many of its competitors having started work on virtual power plant (VPP) trials back in 2013. The energy prices are quite high.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 23, 2020

market for distributed energy resources will look very different in five years than it does today. And electric vehicles will give utilities and regulators the opportunity to promote pricing regimes to encourage charging when electricity is abundant — or suffer potentially grid-destabilizing consequences.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Peter Thiel declared the cleantech sector — solar panels, wind turbines, and more — a “disaster” in 2011. But today, the solar industry employs 174,000 people , more than Google, Apple, Facebook and Twitter combined , and job growth is 20 times higher than the rest of the U.S. trillion by 2025.

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Business Green

AUGUST 6, 2020

This weekend will see the anniversary of the UK's first major power cut for over a decade. The systemic failings seen on August 9 2019 led to trains stuck on lines, nearly a million people without power and, of course, quick finger-pointing in a bid to make political points. Over-sensitive.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 17, 2020

Pacific Gas & Electric is on the verge of escaping from its 18-month bankruptcy , only to begin a years-long effort to prevent a repeat of the disasters that pushed it into insolvency in the first place. PG&E must keep up with the state’s ambitious clean energy, environmental and electrification goals. Of that, about $7.8

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 3, 2023

As energy demands increase for heavier and longer-distance transport, the energy efficiency equation for fossil based-fuels becomes harder to displace. So far, electrification and hydrogen-based options have struggled to achieve sufficient energy densities. Engines are optimized for fossil fuels.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

  KoBold Metals discovered a major copper deposit, which could be the start to solving growing supply and demand imbalances brought on by copper’s fundamental role in the energy transition.  Demand The most critical of energy transition minerals.   Demand is on the rise.

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Business Green

JANUARY 22, 2021

This is a serious departure from the past, but without the end to the use of unabated fossil fuels, we will not be able to reach the climate targets," said Dr Werner Hoyer, as he presented the bank's annual results for 2020. Hamburg coal power plant to be converted into mega-electrolyser for green hydrogen.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

This new Office should take ownership of delivering the net zero agenda with oversight from both the Cabinet Office and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), working closely with devolved governments, the National Audit Office, and the Climate Change Committee (CCC), among other agencies.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

And what energy product will be used both to power this city and sell to the world? The Saudis are going big on something called green hydrogen — a carbon-free fuel made from water by using renewably produced electricity to split hydrogen molecules from oxygen molecules. This summer, a large U.S. This summer, a large U.S.

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Front And Centered

MAY 17, 2019

This affects not only issues like education, but the states policies and resource allocations related to issues like climate, energy and the environment. Clean Energy and Resources Pastor Herbert Carey of To God Be the Glory Church in Kent with Front and Centered’s Sameer Ranade. Photo courtesy of Sameer Ranade.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 5, 2020

So, why is it that “building electrification” is now among the energy industry’s most popular buzzwords? Most buildings run on multiple fuels. They use electricity to power lights, refrigerators and electronic devices. Gas-powered water heaters can be replaced with heat pump water heaters.

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2023

But players across the green economy were quick to point out the government's package of policies and tax changes was notably bereft of focus on three other critical 'E's that are planks of a prosperous economy: environment, energy, and efficiency. Here, BusinessGreen rounds up all of the reaction from the green economy.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to a $1.3 To realise the full benefit of the nation’s goal of 100% clean electricity by 2035, we need to more than double our grid capacity,” said US secretary of energy Jennifer M. Construction is expected to start in Q1 of calendar year 2025.

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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. Once again, we will (and we must ) transition from fossil fuels to into a zero-emission world. All the technology that is required exists and is matured.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The initiative, also known as the “Protect Washington Act”, imposes a steadily increasing carbon pollution fee on most fossil fuel uses and directs revenue toward projects to reduce carbon emissions, as well as investments in forests, water, community preparedness, and support to displaced workers and people with lower incomes.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. Energy & industry. Happy Monday!    Lots of spice for clean investment this week. The picture was less rosy for new wind and heat pumps, both of which have suffered from high interest rates. .

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Bringing together a raft of existing commitments made over the past year and a sprinkling of new targets and policies, the roadmap provides a 350-plus page deep-dive into how the government aims to deliver a more sustainable future for the transport, heating, power, building, and industrial sectors. Could the Treasury be 'starting to get it'?

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2022

Doubling clean power capacity additions from 40GW to 80GW each year could drive down costs, bills, emissions and geopolitical risk, according to new analysis from Wärtsilä.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

Made with renewable energy. A company that uses fossil fuel-based energy shouldn't make this claim unless it buys renewable energy credits (RECs), the FTC says. If your factory runs on 40 per cent wind power, say so specifically, the agency advises. Made with renewable materials. What does that even mean?

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Business Green

JUNE 19, 2020

For example, Mitie announced the launch of a new Zero Carbon for Zero Cost service to "help businesses drive a green recovery" as part of its Plan Zero commitment to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2025. By helping with the upfront investment in energy solutions, we can support them towards improved energy security and cost savings.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

And so today's report's conclusion that while the scale of the challenge is monumental - the world must peak emissions by 2025, before halving them by 2030 - it also encouragingly makes clear that the world already has all of the tools it needs to achieve these aims, in order to keep the chances of limiting global warming to 1.5C

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2022

As part of this contest, each team is partnered with a purpose partner nonprofit including Wave of Change , Energy Observer Foundation , STEM Crew and A Plastic Planet , with which they work on projects throughout the season and during the race events. Sailing harnesses nature's wind and water power with innovative technology.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

An historic climate summit in Nairobi last week underscored the need for drastic changes in climate finance and clean energy development. Africa is home to vast thermal, wind, solar, and hydro energy resources (some 60% of the world’s renewable energy potential ) as well as mineral deposits essential for the global energy transition.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 17, 2023

deal on Thursday, ExxonMobil acquired Denbury , a Texas-based energy company focused on carbon capture and storage (CCS) and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) that controls the largest network of CO2 pipelines in the US. CCS is basically the only path for an O&G company to decarbonize while continuing its fossil fuels business.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The transformation of electricity grids from centralised, unidirectional fossil fuel-dependent models to decentralised networks powered by renewables promises to unlock tremendous advancements. However, explains Bret Simon of Exodigo, coordinating this across systems has been difficult. The answer? Have you read?

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