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Dominion Targets 24GW of Renewables and Storage in Move Toward Virginia’s Clean Energy Goals

GreenTechMedia

Under the law, Dominion Virginia and the smaller Appalachian Power Co. must supply 30 percent of their power from renewables by 2030, and Dominion must close all carbon-emitting power plants by 2045. Major boosts for solar, offshore wind and energy storage. Retreat from natural gas not enough for environmental advocates.

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Looming Grid Shortfall Prompts 2.5GW California Procurement Proposal

GreenTechMedia

State regulators have proposed a major set of responses to what could be a looming grid reliability shortfall in Sothern California, including a 2.5-gigawatt The proposal follows a string of unusual orders from the state's regulator to deal with the ongoing reliability crises for Southern California’s power grid.

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Can Joe Biden Decarbonize The U.S. Power Sector By 2035?

R-Squared Energy

He didn’t mention nuclear power or carbon sequestration in this speech, but his website does mention them among four specific goals designed to decarbonize the power sector. Biden’s plan calls for: Grid-scale storage at one-tenth the cost of lithium-ion batteries. power grid by 2050. trillion through 2035.

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10 largest solar projects completed in the U.S. so far in 2021

Renewable Energy World

This marks Dominion Energy’s first solar energy investment in Ohio, where the company owns and operates a Cleveland-based natural gas local distribution company serving 1.2 Impact Solar Project (G.S.E. Impact Solar Project (Courtesy: Lightsource bp). Eunice Solar Project (Permian Energy Center) - Andrews, Texas.

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Natural Gas Performed Heroically In Texas, Until It Didn’t

R-Squared Energy

Our wind and our solar got shut down, and they were collectively more than 10 percent of our power grid, and that thrust Texas into a situation where it was lacking power on a statewide basis.”’ If you only look at this graphic, then natural gas is the hero of the story.

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Solar, Wind Tax Credit Extensions and Energy R&D Package in Spending Bill Before Congress

GreenTechMedia

But the tax-credit extensions contained in the bill could provide a significant boost for the primary federal incentive structure for wind and solar power by extending the expiration dates set by Congress late last year. R&D for clean energy, energy storage, carbon capture and nuclear power. Solar power will get $1.5

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President Biden Names Richard Glick as FERC Chair

GreenTechMedia

Thursday’s appointment was welcomed by clean energy groups as a critical early step to put a supporter of Biden’s energy and climate push in charge of setting the agenda of the federal agency that holds regulatory authority over interstate electricity transmission and natural gas networks.

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