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POWER Notebook: Wind Project Will Use Oyster Creek Nuclear Site; Other Solar, Wind Farms Announced

September 18, 2019 admin 0 Comments Business, innogy, invenergy, news, ocean wind, offshore wind, Ørsted, oyster creek, oyster creek nuclear plant, Renewables, Solar, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 15:08:44 +0000

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Ocean Wind Gets NJ BPU Backing for Oyster Creek Wind Project. Ocean Wind LLC this month received support from New Jersey’s Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to develop a wind project with both offshore and onshore components, with a connection to the grid at the site of the former Oyster Creek nuclear station. Ocean Wind, […]

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The POWER Interview: Cryogenic Energy Storage Technology

September 18, 2019 admin 0 Comments Business, cryobattery, cryogenic, Energy Storage, highview power, news, Renewables, Technology, tenaska, uk

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 14:42:40 +0000

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Highview Power recently unveiled its modular, giga-scale cryogenic energy storage technology, the CRYOBattery. The company has announced a partnership with Tenaska to help develop four giga-scale plants in the U.S., with the first expected in in Texas. The company also is working on a fifth project in the Midwest. The technology uses ambient air to […]

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Nine Utility Companies Suing Trump Over Emissions Rule

September 16, 2019 admin 0 Comments ace rule, Clean Power Plan, climate change, Coal, courts, emissions, Environmental, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, Nuclear, Obama, power companies climate coalition, Renewables, Trump

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 22:37:38 +0000

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A coalition of nine utility companies is suing the Trump administration over its plan to replace the Obama-era Clean Power Plan. New York-based Consolidated Edison said the Affordable Clean Energy, or ACE, rule undermines efforts the companies already have in place to cut greenhouse gas emissions from power generation. The companies, who call their group […]

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Community Solar Benefits Cooperatives and Customers

September 16, 2019 admin 0 Comments Business, community solar, distributed energy, distributed power, iiot, iiot power, landis+gyr, news, Renewables, rooftop solar, rural electric cooperatives, Solar, Solar power, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 19:24:02 +0000

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For some utilities, community solar is a way to offer consumers access to clean energy without requiring investment in rooftop solar. For others, it presents a means of strategically placing solar resources in the most beneficial locations. Meanwhile, many utilities view it as an opportunity to learn how best to integrate distributed energy resources (DERs). […]

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This $30 Device Turns the Cold of Outer Space Into Renewable Energy

September 12, 2019 admin 0 Comments joule, renewable energy, Renewables, Solar, space, Tech News

Credit to Author: Maddie Bender| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 18:42:15 +0000

“It literally is generating visible light out of the darkness of the sky. This is not even paraphrasing, this is exactly what it is.”

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California’s Largest Battery Storage Installation to Be Installed in Mojave Desert

September 11, 2019 admin 0 Comments 8minute solar energy, barren ridge switching station, battery energy storage system, battery storage, bess, Business, Energy Storage, Instrumentation & Controls, ladwp, Legal & Regulatory, mojave desert, news, Plant Design, Renewables, Smart Grid, Solar, solar pv, T&D, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 09:09:53 +0000

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On May 16, 2019, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and Glendale Water and Power, through the Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA), received SCPPA’s approval on agreements with 8minute Solar Energy (8mSE) for the installation of a 300-MW/1,200-MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) located at 8mSE’s Eland Solar and Storage Center. […]

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Power Companies Advance Voluntary Avian Protection Without Threat of Liability for Incidental Take

September 10, 2019 admin 0 Comments avian protection, baker botts, Environmental, Legal & Regulatory, mbta, migratory bird treaty act, migratory birds, news, Renewables, T&D, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 18:54:57 +0000

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With shifts in political winds come shifts in agency legal interpretations. In January 2017, the solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) issued a formal legal opinion interpreting the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) to prohibit the incidental take (accidental injury or death) of migratory birds. This “midnight” legal opinion was widely viewed […]

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PG&E’s Reorganization Plan—Cap Wildfire Liabilities at $18 Billion

September 9, 2019 admin 0 Comments bankruptcy, Business, California, Coal, courts, elliott corp., Gas, investors, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, Nuclear, PG&E, pimco, Renewables, san francisco, wildfire fund, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 00:03:33 +0000

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Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) wants to cap its liabilities from damages caused by California wildfires at about $18 billion, according to the reorganization plan filed by the bankrupt utility September 9 in federal court in San Francisco. The amount is less than half what creditors, including insurance companies and wildfire victims, say they are […]

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New York City to Get Eight Floating Aeroderivative Gas Turbines

September 6, 2019 admin 0 Comments aeroderivative gas turbines, astoria, Business, dominican, Environmental, Gas, gowanus, International, Markets, NEW YORK CITY, news, Renewables, seafloat, sgt-a65, siemens

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 15:09:47 +0000

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New York City may soon be powered with two new power barges outfitted with eight Siemens 76-MW aeroderivative gas turbines. Under a Sept. 5-announced contract signed by Astoria Generating Co. (AGC) and Siemens, the power barges—a relatively new Siemens offering based on a concept it calls “SeaFloat”—will replace two of four existing power barges at […]

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PG&E Seeking $14 Billion in Restructuring Plan

September 5, 2019 admin 0 Comments bankruptcy, bill johnson, Business, California, Chapter 11, Coal, Gas, gavin newsom, geisha williams, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, Nuclear, PG&E, Renewables, wildfire fund, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 18:52:37 +0000

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Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) reportedly will soon file a restructuring plan that includes more than $14 billion in equity commitments, as the utility looks to recover from billions of dollars in liabilities tied to its role in California wildfires that caused the company to file the largest utility bankruptcy in U.S. history. Bloomberg on […]

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