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Renewable Energy Production & Use In Utah

January 22, 2025 admin clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Solar energy, Utah, wind energy

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:04:13 +0000

In my travels across the country, I’ve seen massive wind farms in Wyoming, South Dakota, and Iowa, as well as huge wind farms and solar farms in southern California. However, living in Utah for 20 years and traveling north to south and east to west, the only grid-scale clean energy … [continued]

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The End of the Green New Deal?

January 22, 2025 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, clean power, clean transport, Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, green new deal, inflation reduction act of 2022., Joe Biden, policy & politics, Solar energy, subsidies, us department of energy (doe), wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 04:42:52 +0000

The Biden era is over, and the second Trump era is here. While most of the talk about a “Green New Deal” came several years ago, and there’s been no specific “Green New Deal” legislation that has been passed or close to it, two big pieces of legislation that were … [continued]

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How Bad Is Renewable Energy Misinformation? Take A Look

January 22, 2025 admin clean power, climate change, climate misinformation, Fossil Fuels, misinformation, msn, Renewables, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: George Harvey| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:27:01 +0000

I spend about five hours going through news every day, doing research for my blog. Recently, I started seeing multiple instances of posts going online over the course of a day, often over multiple days. One thing that I noticed about this was that the headlines seemed to be anti-renewable. … [continued]

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California’s Battery Storage Fire: Precursor Or Outlier?

January 21, 2025 admin air quality, batteries, battery storage, bess, California, carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, demand response, Energy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, grid batteries, grid storage, HEALTH, lithium-ion batteries, natural gas, Oil, renewable energy, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 21:27:08 +0000

A fire broke out at the Moss Landing Power Plant, not too far from San Francisco, on January 16, 2025, prompting the evacuation of approximately 1,500 residents and the temporary closure of Highway 1. No one was harmed in the incident. Given the massive growth in grid storage battery systems, … [continued]

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The Road To Green Hydrogen Leads Through SAF (E-SAF, That Is)

January 20, 2025 admin airlines, Aviation, biofuels, clean power, clean transport, Denmark, Energy, Europe, Finland, green economy, green hydrogen, honeywell, honeywell uop, Oman, renewable energy, saf, Solar energy, sustainable aircraft fuel, sustainable aviation fuel, texas, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:59:53 +0000

Green hydrogen stakeholders anticipate hitching a ride on the up-and-coming e-SAF field, leveraging renewable electricity.

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“Mighty Mite” Electric Truck Gets A Solar Power Makeover

January 20, 2025 admin aptera, clean power, clean transport, electric pickup trucks, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, green economy, marc tarpenning, Solar energy, telo

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 15:50:56 +0000

The forthcoming TELO MT1 compact electric truck can be ordered with built-in solar panels for extra driving range, flexibility, and convenience.

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U.S. DOE Announces $584.5 Million Loan Guarantee to Subsidiaries of Convergent Energy and Power Inc. to Build Solar PV and Energy Storage in Puerto Rico

January 20, 2025 admin batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, lithium-ion batteries, loan programs office, policy & politics, Puerto Rico, puerto rico clean energy, puerto rico renewable energy, puerto rico solar energy, Solar energy, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:50:26 +0000

Convergent will build and operate utility-scale solar-plus-storage in Puerto Rico, improving grid resilience and reducing costs for ratepayers. The U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office (LPO) today announced the closing of a $584.5 million ($559.4 million in principal and $25.1 million in capitalized interest) loan guarantee to subsidiaries of … [continued]

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$1.66 Billion Turbo-Boost For US Green Hydrogen Industry

January 19, 2025 admin clean hydrogen, clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, fuel cell trucks, green economy, green hydrogen, hydrogen, loan programs office, plug power, Shipping, Solar energy, us department of energy (doe), usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:15:56 +0000

The US green hydrogen firm Plug Power has just nailed a $1.66 federal loan guarantee towards the goal of building up to six hydrogen hubs around the country.

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NM Supreme Court Rejects Utilities’ Challenge to Community Solar Rules

January 19, 2025 admin clean power, community solar, NEW MEXICO, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Derek Markham| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:34:34 +0000

In a resounding victory for community solar advocates, the New Mexico Supreme Court definitively rejected electric utilities’ efforts to reshape the state’s community solar program. The court released a comprehensive 58-page opinion yesterday, which affirmed its March 2024 verbal decision upholding the implementation rules from the Public Regulation Commission. New … [continued]

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U.S. DOE Announces $289.7 Million Loan Guarantee to Sunwealth to Deploy Solar PV & Battery Energy Storage, Creating Wide-Scale Virtual Power Plant

January 19, 2025 admin batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, investing in america, Joe Biden, lithium-ion batteries, loan programs office, policy & politics, Solar energy, subsidies, sunwealth, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 04:57:39 +0000

Project Polo will deploy commercial-scale PV and storage to create integrated virtual power plants across 27 states. As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) today announced the closing of a $289.7 million loan guarantee to Sunwealth Holdco … [continued]

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