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Duke Plans Largest Floating PV Project in the Southeast

GreenTechMedia

The $36 million contract between Duke and Fort Bragg is designed to boost resilience and includes lighting and water upgrades, plus a 2 megawatt storage system tacked onto the solar project. By contrast, North America accounted for less than 1 percent of floating PV capacity installed last year. “The U.S.

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AI can significantly improve grid management reports DOE

Smart Energy International

The report, focussed on potential opportunities for AI in the grid, finds that AI is able to improve grid planning, permitting, operations and reliability and resilience as well to advance the broader transition to a clean energy economy. However, it is crucial that new AI use cases do not introduce new risks to the grid, the report states.

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Inflation Reduction Act Activation Guide: Renewable Energy Procurement

EDF + Business

Improve Operational Resiliency On-site renewable energy and storage help companies improve the reliability and resiliency of their operations by mitigating the impacts of supply chain disruptions and power outages. Sources: Deloitte Analysis, H.R.5376 117-119 , WH IRA Guidebook , IRC.

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Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions in Cascadia

Grist

This is also largely true across North America, and beyond. Electric heat pumps can replace furnaces and, despite their name, they can actually heat and cool. It would make the power system far more resilient and less subject to nature’s whims. The economics of carbon-free living have fallen into place. Political will.