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

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A colossal Nevada data center will host the largest customer-sited solar-storage project in the world. Data center operator Switch plans to buy power for its record-breaking Citadel facility from an adjacent project developed and owned by Capital Dynamics. ” Distributed energy like never before.

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

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Few grid policy battles have been fought as bitterly as those surrounding replacements for net-metering, which determines how much rooftop solar customers get paid for power they export to the grid. Utility Duke Energy tossed out the conventional playbook when proposing a net-metering successor for its South Carolina territory.

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Work ongoing for geothermal heating in Karlsruhe, Germany

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Work has started for the modernization of the Karlsruhe city in hall in Germany, which includes the integration of a geothermal heating and cooling system. The system taps into near-surface geothermal energy, replacing the city hall’s previous CO2-intensive heating and cooling system and reducing overall energy consumption.

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Smith College, MA embarks on $220-million geothermal project

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The geothermal project is expected to be completed by 2028, towards achieving carbon neutrality by 2030. With the project, the Smith College aims to fully move away from fossil fuels for the heating and cooling systems of the campus. A series of wells at a depth of 800 feet (~243 meters) will be drilled and connected in a closed loop.

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Banking group’s building in Corenc, France to be modernized with geothermal

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Shallow geothermal energy specialist Celsius Energy has been engaged by banking group Banque Populaire Auvergne Rhône Alpes (BPAURA) to implement a geothermal heating and cooling system as part of the modernization of the company’s 7680-sq. administrative building in Corenc, France.

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How Duke’s Unique Energy Landscape Dictates Its Path to Net Zero

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Duke Energy’s options for reaching net-zero carbon by midcentury will look a lot different than those being pursued by utilities in the sun-soaked Western U.S., Some of those pathways move more dramatically toward closing coal plants or halting new natural gas power plants. Solar energy's winter doldrums.

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Krones begins work on geothermal system at Hungary manufacturing facility

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Krones , a global manufacturer of packaging for food and beverages, has officially broken ground on a combined solar and geothermal system at their production facility in Debrecen, Hungary. The installation of more than 2700 photovoltaic panels measure 1 x 2 meters each had already started in August.