Solar Power World

JANUARY 10, 2024

Solar for low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities is having its day in the sun. Demand for more equitable solar siting has never been higher, and federal and local incentives are supporting the action.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 3, 2020

However, solar developers are inching into the state, teasing out deals and working to gain access to the lucrative PJM market, in part driven by demand from corporate consumers. Rising corporate demand in PJM. Developers working in Kentucky say corporate demand is the main driver of the current market.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Now FERC is being asked to put that authority to a new use: ending a decade-old provision allowing individual states to opt out of letting demand response companies enlist customers to turn down their energy use to support the power grid. “But if the aggregations do include demand response, the opt-out can apply,” she said.

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Solar Power World

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Solar advocates fight back, and the laws are either halted or passed, to either the joy or detriment of the solar industry. Advocates… The post California and Florida solar markets have similar demands in different net-metering battles appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 27, 2024

Solar energy targets in Europe have increased by an average of 87%, however, grid and flexibility planning trail far behind renewable goals, putting the energy transition at risk. That is the finding of the latest analysis by Solar Power Europe, the association representing the entire European value chain.

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Solar Industry

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The project aims to create lower carbon energy by utilizing solar power, land and non-potable produced water from Chevron’s existing assets at the Lost Hills Oil Field in Kern County, Calif. Chevron U.S.A. division Chevron New Energies has announced it is developing a 5 MW hydrogen production project in California’s Central Valley.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 4, 2024

The California-based giant aims to set up a new facility designed to produce low-carbon green hydrogen using solar power and non-potable water—an initiative that promises significant environmental benefits and could have a remarkable impact on California’s energy landscape.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Car parks provide an opportunity for rapid expansion of solar, says CPRE. Changes to planning policy could turbocharge the rollout of solar energy and help reduce reliance on gas at little or no cost to the public purse, analysis by CPRE, the countryside charity appears to show.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

While the immediate cause is still being investigated, we do know that California’s grid was experiencing multiple, coincident stressors — high demand, generators not performing when called upon and energy imports not showing up. 15, resulted in an electric grid unable to meet customer demand. And not just in California.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

New technologies such as solar power and grid energy storage are being rapidly deployed, and to accommodate these and other technologies, utilities must run electric grids in completely new ways. These models account for a complex set of factors, such as new policies, technology advances, and electricity demand forecasts.

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Solar Power World

AUGUST 10, 2020

There are five trends emerging when looking at the residential solar and renewable market: soaring storage demand and resiliency, green policy shifts, software and hardware advancements, positive economics and investor fervor. Here’s why each is important: 1.

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2021

A new report from McKinsey predicts global fossil fuel demand 'will never return to its pre-pandemic growth curve', but warns the world is still on track to badly miss its climate goals. The influential consultancy giant today published a new report detailing how it expects global oil demand to peak in 2029, with gas demand peaking in 2037.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

In April, daily emissions fell by as much as 17 percent , and total 2020 emissions may be 7-11 percent lower than 2019 (as projected by the Energy Policy Simulator , and a new opinion piece in Nature by Hanna et al., Figure 2 Mean survey results of recovery policy archetypes (2008-2020) aggregated using relativity-adjusted scores.

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Solar Power World

APRIL 9, 2020

The Court ruled in favor of Earthjustice, the Sierra Club and Vote Solar after the groups challenged a 2018 Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) decision approving extra fees (sometimes called “demand charges”) on residential solar… The post Kansas Supreme Court strikes down extra fees for solar customers appeared first on Solar Power World.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 3, 2020

As battery prices continue to fall and the penetration of variable wind and solar generation rises, power plant developers are increasingly combining wind and solar projects with on-site batteries, creating “hybrid” power plants. Policy and market designs can also be a critical factor.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 6, 2021

Last summer’s record heat waves triggered a surge in power demand that maxed out supplies and led to outages across the West. California and other states are pushing to use clean electricity to power vehicles and buildings to cut carbon, which will increase demand. SOLUTIONS: EFFICIENCY AND DEMAND RESPONSE.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Over the next decade, renewable energy demand from Fortune 1000 companies could add 85 GW. Design to scale to the future by ensuring operational scale, customer-oriented options to meet decarbonization goals, alignment with federal and state public policy and predictable investment decisions. Improving wholesale markets. Pull Quote.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In its second five-year review, the Commission highlights the need for urgent action in the energy sector including the phasing out of fossil fuels and electrification of the system to meet net zero and the need to improve asset and resource management in the water sector to ensure that the demand does not outstrip supply.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Prices also vary across countries and states, due to inconsistencies in taxes and policies. Pooling a bunch of these different challenges under 1 contract would manage some of that new technology risk and those demand charge risks. "That makes it difficult for us to scale up.". once the vehicles and pricing are there.". Pull Quote.

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The Environmental Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

These regulations, such as net metering policies and public utility commissions, are designed to encourage the use of renewable energy sources while balancing out the costs associated with them. Better Energy Option For You There are a number of safer energy options available than utilities, such as solar power and wind power.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 24, 2020

Thanks to continuing cost declines, strong demand for renewable power from businesses and residential electricity consumers, and supportive state energy policies, those who know the industry best believe its brightest days are yet to come. What the renewables industry needs right now. Unfortunately, time is not on our side.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 16, 2021

The expected decreased demand for fossil fuels, coupled with the falling costs associated with renewable energy projects, are driving major oil and gas companies – including bp, Total and Shell – to actively restructure their businesses to add more renewable power projects to their portfolios. over the same period.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Global renewable power generation is growing at an unprecedented rate , driven by the favourable economics of wind and solar along with energy security concerns around oil and gas (largely caused by recent wars), and emissions goals. These options can enable relatively high shares of wind and solar on a grid.

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Solar Power World

APRIL 20, 2022

Sanctions restricting Russia’s key exports, oil and natural gas, have been necessary to derail its ability to wage war, but… The post Guest column: Patriotism demands clean energy incentives appeared first on Solar Power World.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 15, 2020

Revenue decline isn’t a new idea and there are several important trends that are already working to slow it down: storage, demand-response and increasing interconnection. Demand-response can move demand from high price periods to times when renewables are generating. Renewables profits: racing to stand still.

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Solar Power World

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

investments in electricity generation have reached a historic tipping point: combinations of solar, wind, storage, efficiency and demand response are now less expensive than most proposed gas power plant projects. The economics guiding U.S.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 23, 2020

The price of oil plunged below zero on some days, and customer demand remains at an all-time low. Utilities already have found wind and solar power are less costly sources of energy. The economics of solar and wind including storage costs are quickly undercutting the economics of oil as a prime mover.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2022

To satisfy the nutritional demands of a future human population of 9–10 billion people, it is estimated that crop production must rise by 60–100% More and more farmers are seeing the benefits of sustainable practices, and they are beginning to adopt them on their farms. Solar-powered irrigation in India. by the year 2050.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 3, 2021

Covid19 created a fall in generation demand. By late Spring, we were receiving reports that the UK’s coal-powered energy had fallen to ‘ pre-industrial revolution levels ’, and by the summer, that pollution levels had dropped by half. This latest data set tangibly demonstrates that prioritisation policy has an enormous impact.”.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Looking a few years ahead, our scientists at Utopus Insights studied the characteristics of hybrid power plants that combine wind and/or solar power with battery storage. 1 While the industry has focused almost exclusively on pairing solar with batteries, we found, to our surprise, that wind pairing offers unique benefits.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 15, 2020

Demand for renewables from the growing number of states and utilities with 100 percent clean energy goals is almost certain to outpace their ability to supply it from within their own borders. But the time needed to build transmission lines to move the power around is running out. transmission grid. transmission grid.

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Solar Power World

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The Commission rejected NorthWestern Energy’s proposal to end net metering, implement a separate rate class, and impose punitive demand charge rates for rooftop solar customers. That proposal… The post Montana PSC unanimously decides to preserve net metering appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 11, 2021

There's even more room for community solar to grow, with needed policy improvements, developers say. Oftentimes, siting your system and getting interconnection can be the two most important items to get done before you even dive into the other challenges with community solar," Colavito said.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 25, 2020

The report says it is time that policy support reached “beyond renewable power.” ’s final energy demand by 2050. That said, a host of coordinated policy support, right across the hydrogen supply chain will be needed. Aurora also calls for the U.K. billion) a year. can build world-leading industries.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Solar power is the "new king" of global electricity markets, with the International Energy Agency calling it the cheapest form of electricity in history in its annual centerpiece World Energy Outlook report. Solar's ascent and coal's decline have been rapid by the standards of the electricity industry.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Most of the new transmission buildout is projected to be driven by a near doubling of electricity demand between 2020 and 2030. . The researchers said that using domestically manufactured solar panels instead of imported panels may increase solar power purchase agreement (PPA) prices by about 10%–15% in the mid-term.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Latest BloombergNEF report predicts booming demand throughout the 2020s should see global energy storage market hit one terawatt hour by the end of the decade. Surging demand for energy storage capacity is also expected to drive continued innovation and cost reduction across the sector.

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