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. To prepare, grid operator CAISO issued a Flex Alert , asking customers to reduce electricity consumption during the late afternoon and evening Friday as the grid copes with “near-record or record-breaking heat.”

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 1, 2020

Whether booming off-grid power demand in emerging markets is met with grid extension or distributed renewables will be central to the growth story of the global clean-power sector. Wood Mackenzie's working definition of minigrids. Source: Wood Mackenzie.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

New Jersey looked like the promised land for energy storage. installed solar capacity , ahead of nearby New York and Massachusetts. Phil Murphy campaigned in 2017 on a clean energy platform that pushed for a 100 percent clean grid by 2050. The state already has the seventh largest U.S. Who’s the Boss?

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Electricity grids that are interconnected and reliable enable the delivery of affordable and clean power for European consumers. Action 14: Commission to promote common technical requirements for generation and demand connection. Action 5: Commission to issue guidance on cross-border cost sharing for offshore projects.

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AutoGrid

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The energy industry is notorious for acronyms and buzzwords. Though terms such as microgrids and virtual power plants (VPPs) have been bandied about for more than a decade, the concept of distributed energy resource management systems – DERMS – is more recent. Many come; many go. Yet some stick.

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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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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 4, 2021

Capable of recording key wind characteristics such as speed and direction up to and above 200 meters vertical height, her special skills meant #106 was always destined to be a traveler and it wasn’t long before she spread her wings. Read more: How LIDAR is Transforming Remote Solar Sales and System Design. Choosing life with LIDAR.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

PJM and its market monitor never agree, but they agree on the topic of treating SOO Green as an external capacity. Projects like SOO Green are a quick fix for FERC because they are inter-regional, use existing right-of-way, and meet the renewable energy demand. FERC should approve this SOO Green line. Courtesy: SOO Green.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 10, 2022

In some regions, lack of access to natural resources and basic necessities such as water or reliable electricity is a major impediment to profitability and growth. The old adage, “measure what you manage to get things done”, definitely applies in sustainability. Measuring Energy Usage and Savings.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Sunrun won another big deal to deliver residential solar-battery systems at grid scale, this one fine-tuned to serve utility Hawaiian Electric's unique island grids. The actual behind-the-meter resources to be aggregated and controlled will come from a group of companies. Lift off for virtual power plants.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 2, 2021

By Shelley Robbins, Clean Energy Group. In those states, where clean energy is now gaining a stronger foothold, valuable lessons can be found. Actions by these states to change the direction of energy policy are a powerful confirmation that clean energy is a viable, cost-effective alternative to fossil fuels.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Electric vehicles (EVs) are hitting the roads in ever greater numbers. While the UK's national energy provider has assured consumers that there is "definitely enough energy" to facilitate mass EV adoption, the problem lies in how to sustainably and cheaply supply cars with power. How to charge. Author provided.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Incentivizing Green Hydrogen: The CBAM could incentivize the production of green hydrogen , which is produced using renewable energy sources and emits no carbon dioxide. This could lead to breakthroughs in areas such as electrolysis efficiency, carbon capture, and storage, or the use of alternative energy sources for hydrogen production.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2020

Total of just 1GWh of energy storage added across Europe last year due to higher competition and lower prices, trade body warns. The downturn was particularly pronounced for large-scale energy storage projects, which are seen as key to expanding the use of intermittent forms of renewable energy such as solar and wind power.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 30, 2020

Batteries aren’t dead when they come to the end of their useful life in an electric vehicle. The nascent second-life battery market also needs a steady battery supply, customer demand and access to funding in order to be successful. Electric bus manufacturer Proterra took the same approach.

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Charged

MAY 8, 2023

In recent testimony, Nuvve CEO Gregory Poilasne told the lawmakers that bidirectional charging can reduce the total cost of EV ownership, and that it’s essential for integrating more renewable energy into the grid. Going bi adds several nifty new benefits to driving electric. What did you tell the folks in Sacramento? That’s one way.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

🚗 Vertical: Transportation and Energy investment declined, but remained on top. Please see the bottom of this post for full methodology and climate vertical definitions. Redwood Materials received a $2bn loan from the US Department of Energy in Feb 2023. 2 spot behind Energy Storage, which rose from no.2

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

In some regions, lack of access to basic necessities such as water or reliable electricity is a major impediment to profitability and growth. The old adage, “measure what you manage to get things done”, definitely applies in sustainability. Measuring Energy Usage and Savings. the product’s reuse and recycling potential).

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

In some regions, lack of access to basic necessities such as water or reliable electricity is a major impediment to profitability and growth. The old adage, “measure what you manage to get things done”, definitely applies in sustainability. Measuring Energy Usage and Savings. the product’s reuse and recycling potential).

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 27, 2021

On Thursday the 19 th of August, the Climate Council in partnership with the law firm Shearman & Sterling, hosted an intriguing panel to discuss a major topic in the energy industry: Will low-carbon hydrogen be the silver bullet in APAC? The controversy around blue hydrogen.

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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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Charged

JANUARY 31, 2024

Adding batteries to the system offers several benefits: coupled with on-site generation, it allows charging to be offered at off-grid locations; it enables peak shaving to avoid utility demand charges; and in some cases it allows a site to avoid expensive grid connection upgrades. A battery-buffered system is just taking energy from the grid.

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2021

The public market offering and the capital gained during the process will be crucial for AeroFarms to reach the next level of its growth and to achieve several strategic expansions, including improving operational and energy efficiency, adding into new products (right now it's focusing on berries), and maintaining its social impact. "We

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 5, 2023

This week’s edition of Smart Energy Finances – the first of 2023 – sees S&P Global downgrade Elia Group and Eurogrid’s outlook from stable to negative while Indian transmission company Adani Group announces BSML – a smart metering subsidiary. Adani launches smart metering arm. million prepaid smart meters, 4.9

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The research at Ohio University could help transform old fossil fuel sites into clean energy assets, though much work remains to be done. Lopez also has long studied issues related to geothermal energy at locations in both the United States and in El Salvador, where she grew up. They’re just taking up space.”.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Now, Ecobee is betting on expanding its ecosystem by launching a smart video doorbell , enhancing its affordable smart security system , and leaning further into smart home energy management. While it’s definitely not the first in either category, it plans to be the smartest.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Early this month, three community-choice aggregators and one municipal utility serving much of California’s San Francisco Bay Area launched a 30-megawatt distributed energy storage-plus-solar solicitation. Ross, East Bay Community Energy’s senior director of local development, electrification and innovation.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Geothermal energy is climate tech but it isn’t new tech. Pulling heat from the subsurface of the earth has been a proven method for powering the cooling and heating of buildings for ~70 years. Bedrock Energy , which just announced a $8.5M Tell us about the founding story of Bedrock Energy.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Think thin-film solar and biofuels, the two “big bad bets” that Shayle Kann, partner at Energy Impact Partners, identified in a 2020 Interchange conversation. billion according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance to $16 billion, according to PwC.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 13, 2022

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) postponed oral arguments on its proposed revisions to the state’s Net Energy Metering (NEM) rules, likely delaying a vote on the draft beyond the current January 27 date. The Commission said the delay would allow all five commissioners to take part in the oral argument phase.

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Climate Tech VC

JUNE 30, 2023

Yet, dollars-and-cents demand from customers for better, faster, cheaper climate technology products only continues to grow—along with the talent flows, regulatory accelerants, and evolving capital stack. Please see the bottom of this post for full methodology and climate vertical definitions. TPG Rise Climate.

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Business Green

APRIL 24, 2020

While they're not immune to the forthcoming fiscal challenges, entrepreneurs developing solutions for addressing climate change - from agtech to decarbonization to clean energy and more - are among those proving to be the most resilient. Since mid-March, as the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic infected certain sectors of the U.S.

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Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

As always, the venture community is eager to participate in the blooming opportunity this demand represents. Thus far we have made investments towards reducing the climate impact of our food, industrial production, and energy systems, and we are eager to make more. and a growing appetite for the solutions to do something about it.

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AutoGrid

MAY 16, 2023

Microgrids and VPPs are similar concepts and are playing an increasingly vital role in the development of a more decentralized and clean power delivery system. For definitions of Distributed Energy Management Systems – DERMS – learn more on AutoGrid website. Department of Energy (DOE). What is a MicroGrid?

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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. The case argues to convert Sleipnir into a ‘Solar-Synthetic’ vessel, combined with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) for remaining emissions. Why Do We Need Zero-Emission Vessels?

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

It had been about a year and a half since he left his job at an aerospace company to found a clean energy startup in San Francisco with three of his friends, but the path to success he’d once envisioned had crumbled. Charm would use the same technology, but instead of turning plants into a useful energy product, it would offer a service.

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AutoGrid

JUNE 27, 2019

It can be a challenging role with juggling internal resources, competing priorities, and overlapping deadlines, but knowing that AutoGrid enables utilities to operate their distributed energy resources (DER) portfolios more efficiently makes the hard work worthwhile and rewarding. Doing Mission-Critical Work. It’s a great way to learn.

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