The Environmental Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Do you ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes at your electric company? We recently had the opportunity to speak with other electricity providers that have been in business for over 30 years. There may be certain truths about electricity providers being kept hidden from public view – but not anymore.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Pacific Gas & Electric is asking state regulators to approve another massive round of energy storage procurements, including its first large-scale contract for behind-the-meter batteries to serve grid needs. gigawatt-hours, of energy storage projects. The 15-year agreement calls for Nexus Renewables U.S.,

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The UK’s first all-electric intercity bus service drove off with a top prize at the Scottish Green Energy Awards on 1 December. The bilingual multi-purpose facility uses a mix of energy sources such as solar panels, an air source heat pump, battery storage and insulation to reduce its dependence on the grid.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 17, 2022

The European Commission announced on 18 May that it plans to make the installation of solar panels mandatory for all new public, commercial and residential buildings in the EU. It focused on three distinct pillars: energy savings, diversification of energy supplies, and accelerated roll-out of renewable energy.

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Solar Industry

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Salt River Project (SRP) , a public power utility serving the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, and CMBlu Energy , a designer and manufacturer of long-duration Organic SolidFlowT energy storage systems, are collaborating on a pilot project to deploy long-duration energy storage (LDES) in the Phoenix area.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Alberta utility ATCO is to install an advanced metering infrastructure and distribution management and other systems as part of the province’s electricity grid modernisation. billion by 2035 for smart renewable energy and electrical grid modernisation projects. Have you read? Together these projects are receiving Ca$75.6

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 24, 2023

Renewable energy retailer Octopus Energy US is partnering with Enphase Energy, Inc., a supplier of microinverter-based solar and battery systems, to create a Texan Virtual Power Plant (VPP). This is the latest move from Octopus Energy in its US market.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 22, 2020

A recent petition to FERC could trigger nationwide changes to solar net-metering. On April 14, the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) petitioned the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to assert jurisdiction over any on-site, behind-the-meter generation that injects energy onto the grid.

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Solar Industry

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Sunstone Credit , a clean energy financing platform that helps businesses go solar, is now live within Energy Toolbase ‘s ETB Developer sales and modeling platform. The integration allows instant access to commercial solar and energy storage financing quotes.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Charging network operator Electrify America has entered into a 15-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with developer Terra-Gen to build a solar photovoltaic project in California’s Mojave Desert. The solar project may also be expanded at the option of Terra-Gen to include a co-located battery energy storage system.

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altenergymag

MAY 26, 2021

LG Solar and the Sense Solar Home Energy Monitor Provide Solar Output Data, Detailed Home Energy Usage, Costs; Embedded Advanced Metering Data Transmits Wirelessly to Smartphone

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U.S. Green Technology

JULY 1, 2021

Solar energy is a reliable source of renewable energy. The benefits of solar power cannot be understated. It is clean and provides independence from power utility companies. A direct benefit to those who have installed solar panels is a reduction in the cost of power. appeared first on U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 25, 2021

Most people know solar power benefits the people who use it because it reduces their utility costs. In fact, some solar-powered homeowners don’t pay anything for electricity. What exactly is Net Metering? What exactly is Net Metering? Customers are only billed for their “net” energy use.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2022

How is technology helping to address the challenges faced by power grids? According to the International Energy Agency, global electricity demand rose by more than 6% in 2021, the largest increase since the recovery from the financial crisis in 2010. The energy distribution model is becoming decentralised.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 20, 2020

Solar net metering, the backbone of the U.S. rooftop solar market for the past two decades, may be facing its most important legal challenge in years — and it's coming at a time when the industry is already reeling from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Green Living Guy

JULY 17, 2023

Introduction China is setting an example in the world by doubling its wind and solar energy capacity and hitting its 2030 clean energy targets five years early.

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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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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 10, 2023

As I indicated in the previous article , BP has turned over publication of the annual Statistical Review of World Energy to the Energy Institute (EI). Overview The newest Review shows the world remains heavily reliant on fossil fuels for energy needs, even as renewables like solar and wind continue rapid growth.

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Solar Industry

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Catalyze , a clean energy transition company that finances, builds, owns and operates solar, battery storage and electric vehicle charging systems for commercial and industrial customers, has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with Plains All American. Catalyze will construct a 6.6-MW

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Australian utility Telstra Energy has signed a 10-year deal with Intellihub for the provision of smart metering services. The utility will install Intellihub’s Intelli-M smart meters and Intelli-ConX communications bridge for data telemetry and connectivity as part of the deal.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 5, 2022

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has filed a $3 billion plan for the years 2024-2027 towards its ongoing clean energy drive. Among the major investments detailed is the implementation of the next generation of smart meters in order to give customers more control, access and insights into their energy usage.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Duke Energy and solar industry stakeholders have reached an agreement on net metering policy in North Carolina that will help expand distributed solar generation and benefit utility customers, the parties announced Tuesday. Follow @EngelsAngle. The policy would not be changed for 10 years.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 11, 2021

Homes need a lot more digital smarts nowadays to manage rooftop solar, backup batteries and electric vehicle chargers. It’s nice if those distributed energy resources (DERs) can be integrated with household electrical load controls via smartphone or Alexa or Google voice-activated devices.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The California Public Utilities Commission has just released a draft decision to revise California's net energy metering tariff.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 27, 2020

Building a technology platform to control distributed energy resources such as rooftop solar systems, behind-the-meter batteries, EV chargers and flexible electricity loads is a challenging enough task. So far, it’s been tested on a computer-modeled fleet of 10,000 virtual distributed energy resources (DERs).

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Solar Industry

AUGUST 30, 2023

a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, a contract to design and install a floating solar photovoltaic array site. This award precedes the district’s selection for a grant for $400,000 from Rocky Mountain Power’s Blue Sky program for the district’s Signal Hill Water Treatment Plant.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

billion grid modernization plan that includes smart meters for its nearly 1.3 million customers by 2025, adding nearly 700 megawatts of wind power, plus more solar and battery storage systems to boost rural reliability. Ameren Missouri, the largest investor-owned utility in the Midwestern state, has filed a $7.6

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Canary Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This story was first published by Energy News Network. New Hampshire’s electric utilities have come out in favor of continuing the state’s current system for compensating customers who share their surplus solar power on the grid. Eversource, Unitil and Liberty Utilities surprised clean-energy advocates by…

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2023

The energy provider is to offer solar panels, batteries, and heat pumps in bid to create 10,000 'Zero Bills' homes by 2030. The energy provider announced its engineering arm, Octopus Energy Services, will now install solar panels alongside its existing offering of electric car chargers, air-source heat pumps, and smart meters.

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Solar Industry

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

DSD Renewables , a developer and owner of renewable energy resources, has acquired a nine-project, 15 MW community solar portfolio in Minnesota from New Energy Equity. The 100% residential-offtake portfolio is estimated to generate more than 20,000 MWh annually, delivering power to approximately 900 subscribers.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

This week’s edition of Smart Energy Finances sees three load shifting investments take centre stage as demand response becomes a more notable priority for utilities the world over. 120 million for Swell Energy’s VPP suite. 120 million for Swell Energy’s VPP suite.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 5, 2022

With increasing pressure for electrical and heating appliances to meet energy efficiency ratings , it can be a challenge to find a solution that both works and is profitable for small businesses and enterprises. This article contains paid-for content created in collaboration with Gemini Data Loggers. radiators).

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Energy tech firm Octopus Energy has launched a new tariff to help businesses with renewable generation to share the green power they generate on one site with the rest of their sites – and lower bills as a result. Octopus estimates it could save businesses like these up to 25% off their annual electricity bills*.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 19, 2022

AI to optimise the size of rooftop solar PV, the Wiser Home energy management app recognised and BMW’s proposal to harness energy from uneven road surfaces are in the week’s technology radar. AI to make rooftop solar panels more efficient. Wiser Home energy management app recognised for innovation.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 25, 2023

According to new research from Cornwall Insight, household flexibility, which can be enabled by smart meters, has the potential to substantially support reductions in peak energy consumption, equivalent to the capacity of four new gas-fired power stations. billion/year ($17.9 billion/year ($17.9

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Puerto Rico utility Luma plans island-wide smart meters among smart grid and other initiatives to improve reliability and services for customers over the next three years. More than 64,000 customers with 396MW of rooftop solar PV were connected, with the number averaging 3,000 new connections per month. Have you read?

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The regulator said 1.4GW of capacity, from almost 160,000 rooftop systems, was added to the grid in the first half of 2023, which chief executive and chair David Parker said showed consumers were looking to save money on their energy usage while reducing their carbon footprint.

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