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Hawaii Will Power Its Clean Grid with 6,000 Home Batteries Installed by Swell Energy

GreenTechMedia

Hawaii's largest utility enlisted a new tool in its quest for a carbon-free electricity system: thousands of batteries installed in people's homes. Hawaiian Electric won regulator approval for a $25 million plan to harness solar and batteries at 6,000 homes across the islands of Hawaii, Maui and Oahu.

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Solar Panels ROI

The Environmental Blog

Are you considering installing solar panels in your home but apprehensive about the cost? Solar energy can be a great investment, but it requires a substantial upfront financial commitment. We are here to help you make sense of everything solar energy related by providing information on Solar ROI.

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Sunrun to Turn Home Batteries Into Grid Resources for 2 Major Utilities

GreenTechMedia

rooftop solar installer, finalized two utility partnerships to turn home batteries into miniature power plants. Sunrun is also assembling a 300-home fleet for New York state utility Orange & Rockland, a subsidiary of Con Edison, it announced Wednesday. Sunrun, the leading U.S.

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Michigan bill may unlock community solar and your state should follow suit

Renewable Energy World

There are 2,600 megawatts of solar power capacity installed in the U.S. today that can be considered community solar, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Subscribe to Renewable Energy World’s free, weekly newsletter for more stories like this.

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Rooftop solar skyrockets if an alternative to monopoly utility models is employed

Renewable Energy World

Since rooftop solar became possible, electric utilities have struggled to incorporate it into their outdated business model. In recent years, this lag in utility recognition has become increasingly problematic, risking the health, environmental, and financial impacts of over-investment in large fossil fuel power plants.

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Analysis: How did the 2019 legislative session fare on climate justice?

Front And Centered

It allowed the state to “remedy discrimination against, or under-representations of, disadvantaged groups as documented in a valid disparity study or proven court of law.” This affects not only issues like education, but the states policies and resource allocations related to issues like climate, energy and the environment.

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Who pays and who benefits from a massive expansion of solar power?

Renewable Energy World

Electricity generation produces a quarter of U.S. The electric grid also is highly vulnerable to climate change effects, such as more frequent and severe droughts , hurricanes and other extreme weather events. For both of these reasons, the power sector is central to the Biden administration’s climate policy.