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Vistra, LS Power Top Winners in PG&E?s 420MW Storage Procurement

GreenTechMedia

Pacific Gas & Electric has asked California regulators to approve seven battery projects totaling 423 megawatts, or nearly 1.7 gigawatt-hours of energy storage capacity, to meet its share of a statewide procurement that must be brought online by late next year to assure statewide grid stability.

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Dominion Targets 24GW of Renewables and Storage in Move Toward Virginia’s Clean Energy Goals

GreenTechMedia

Utility Dominion Energy is planning a major shift toward renewable energy and batteries as it looks to comply with Virginia's ambitious new clean energy law. Under the law, Dominion Virginia and the smaller Appalachian Power Co. Major boosts for solar, offshore wind and energy storage.

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Can the US Catch Up in the Green Hydrogen Economy?

GreenTechMedia

Dutch oil giant Shell, which is planning a gigawatt-scale, wind power-driven hydrogen cluster in the Netherlands, is also building hydrogen fueling stations in Los Angeles to serve these ports fuel cell vehicle’s needs, Wayne Leighty, the company’s hydrogen fuel business development manager, said.

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A 21st-century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis

Renewable Energy World

Beginning in 1958, these were augmented by nuclear power plants, which have operated nearly continuously to pay off their large capital investments. Unlike coal and nuclear, solar and wind are variable; they provide power only when the sun and wind are available. These are all sources of flexibility.

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Natural Gas Performed Heroically In Texas, Until It Didn’t

R-Squared Energy

Our wind and our solar got shut down, and they were collectively more than 10 percent of our power grid, and that thrust Texas into a situation where it was lacking power on a statewide basis.”’ The takeaway for me is that grids need plenty of backup power that is available on demand.

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Solar, Wind Tax Credit Extensions and Energy R&D Package in Spending Bill Before Congress

GreenTechMedia

Wind tax credit impacts. Wind power will also benefit from the tax extensions provided for in the bill. More states should be emboldened to join ranks with states that have adopted ambitious offshore wind mandates to support decarbonization of their power grids." Solar power will get $1.5

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