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Funding the Next Generation of Efficient, Electric, Grid-Interactive Communities

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” Brouillette toured a high-efficiency, all-electric home built by Meritage Homes, featuring high-efficiency insulation, thermal and battery storage, solar-powered heat pumps and appliances that can shift energy use based on homeowner or utility commands. Balancing the grid impacts, costs of electrification and net-zero homes.

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Engie Looking for More US Clean Energy Acquisitions: North America CEO

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gas plants. It’s been a tumultuous few years for Engie, which traces its corporate history back to the construction of the Suez Canal. Engie claims to be the world's largest independent power producer, with nearly 100 gigawatts of generating capacity globally, including substantial amounts of gas-fired and nuclear plants.

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So, What Exactly Is Long-Duration Energy Storage?

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Wind and solar power are the fastest-growing sources of electricity globally, but they only produce at certain times. Energy storage makes this power useful at other times. But these large construction projects are hard to build these days. Delivering peak power is one promising role.

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The Navajo Generating Station Coal Plant Officially Powers Down. Will Renewables Replace It?

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One of the nation’s largest coal plants permanently powered down this week after the owners determined it would be uneconomical to continue operating the facility as natural gas and renewable energy prices continue to drop. Natural gas and a massive solar-charged battery. The human cost.

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10 notable battery storage projects that went live in 2021

Renewable Energy World

made the big even bigger last July when it completed construction on Phase II of its Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility, which is located at the site of its retired gas-fired power plant in Monterey County, California. Tucson Electric Power said it started delivering power from its Wilmot Energy Center at the end of April.

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10 largest solar projects completed in the U.S. so far in 2021

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gigawatts of utility-scale solar capacity in the first half of 2021, a 15% increase from the first half of 2020 and nearly halfway to the total capacity added in 2020, according to an analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence. GW of total solar capacity (including distributed generation). electricity supply from solar by 2050.

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The Case for Floating Solar

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Shell is actually doing the same in their Pearl installation in Qatar, but they use natural gas as a feedstock. Placing large floating solar farms offshore actually makes sense if you combine the major shipping lines in the world with the solar irradiance graphs. These are based on rigid solar panels.