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Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy

NERC warns solar PV operators of inverter issues during grid disturbances

March 15, 2023

Via: Renewable Energy World

The North American Electric Reliability Corp. ( NERC) warned that disturbances to the electric power grid due the loss of inverter-based resources warrants a handful of actions that generator owners must take before the end of June. NERC issued the […]


Commercialization, Renewable Energy

Scale Microgrid Solutions steps into community solar development

March 15, 2023

Via: Renewable Energy World

Scale Microgrid Solutions has decided to try its hand at community solar development and ownership. The company, perhaps better known for its customized microgrid projects, is acquiring 100 MW of community solar projects in late-stage development in New York from […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

Offshore wind CTV charging system passes harbour trials

March 15, 2023

Via: reNews

MJR Power and Automation has announced the successful harbour trials of its platform mounted automated offshore power and charging system, which could charge vessels from offshore wind farms. The harbour trials have been successfully carried out at the Port of […]


News and Policies, U.S.

Solar Energy Caught in Crosshairs of New Legislation

March 14, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

The solar power industry seems to be caught in the crosshairs of competing legislative agendas. The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) created incentives to increase solar capacity via tax credits, but the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) limits the […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

GE Developing 18-MW Offshore Wind Turbine

March 14, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

The global competition to build ever-larger offshore wind turbines continues to ramp up, with General Electric (GE) announcing the company’s renewable energy arm is developing a 17- to 18-MW model that could rival those currently being launched by Chinese groups. […]


Commercialization, Renewable Energy

GE turbines to power new 200 MW wind farm in North Dakota

March 13, 2023

Via: Power Engineering

GE is supplying 71 of its 2.8-127 wind turbines for the 200 MW Sweetland Wind Project in Hand County, North Dakota. Sweetland is owned and will be operated by Scout Clean Energy, a Colorado-based company. Sweetland is expected to produce […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

Record efficiency in direct conversion of carbon dioxide and water into sustainable fuels

March 13, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

A European consortium coordinated by Prof. José Ramón Galán-Mascarós from the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ-CERCA) with research institutions from France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland under the A-LEAF project, reports outstanding results making affordable and sustainable energy. […]


Commercialization, Renewable Energy

When big solar is your next-door neighbor

March 2, 2023

Via: Renewable Energy World

It’s in my back yard–IIMBY. The acronym could apply to large-scale solar photovoltaic projects and their potential impact on local economic factors, including home sale prices. In general, the effects of IIMBY have not been widely studied. But new work […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

New analysis identifies top U.S. regions for Direct Air Capture deployment

March 2, 2023

Via: Power Engineering

New analysis from The Great Plains Institute has identified seven regions in the United States offering the best characteristics to house a direct air capture (DAC) hub. The analysis offered seven regions, each with a unique set of advantages: California, […]


Chemical, Conventional Fuels

Oil and gas companies are seen as climate villains, but we may need their expertise to make green hydrogen a reality

March 2, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

Think about oil and gas companies and climate change and chances are you’ll think dark thoughts. It’s true Exxon Mobil had remarkably detailed knowledge of global warming in the 1970s. Some seeded doubt by funding climate denier organizations and scientists […]


Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy

Ameresco to get 2.1GWh BESS project for Southern California Edison to ‘substantial completion by summer’

March 1, 2023

Via: Energy Storage News

Renewable energy and energy efficiency company Ameresco has nearly completed its three-site, 2.1GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project for utility Southern California Edison (SCE). In announcing its most recent quarterly financial results, the company offered an update to what […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

First Solar bags 2.6-GW DC module deal from Shell’s Savion

March 1, 2023

Via: Renewables Now

US utility-scale solar and energy storage developer Savion LLC has placed an order with thin-film solar manufacturer First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:FSLR) for 2.6 GW DC of its Series 7 modules. The photovoltaic (PV) equipment is planned to be delivered between […]


Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy

First Solar posts 2022 loss, guides for profit in 2023

March 1, 2023

Via: Renewables Now

US thin-film photovoltaics (PV) maker First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:FSLR) swung to a net loss in 2022, mainly due to increased costs, but projects positive earnings in 2023. The company announced on Tuesday that capital expenditures related to its expansion in […]


News and Policies, World

Russia–Ukraine war has nearly doubled household energy costs worldwide—new study

February 20, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

The Russia–Ukraine war has exacerbated an energy crisis that directly affects the costs of heating, cooling, lighting and mobility, and indirectly pushed up the costs of other goods and services throughout global supply chains. While all households are affected, they […]


News and Policies, World

Energy Trilemma: A Case for Africa Power Utilities

February 2, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

A trilemma is a situation that presents three possible choices to a complex challenge. Due to mutual exclusivity of the available choices, achieving them simultaneously is always a daunting task. The overarching objective is to achieve the three possible solutions […]


Energy Economics

A European Response To The US Inflation Reduction Act

January 24, 2023

Via: CleanTechnica

The European Green Deal is one of the world’s most ambitious climate policies to usher the European Union into the net zero economy by 2050. To happen, it will require a massive ramp up of technologies from wind turbines to […]


News and Policies, U.S.

Enhancing and Hardening the U.S. Power Grid

January 3, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

It’s no secret that the U.S. power grid needs some work. According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), nearly 70% of the nation’s grid is more than 25 years old. The DOE says the U.S. needs to expand electricity […]


Conventional Fuels, Nuclear

DOE Confirms Fusion Energy Milestone at California Lab

December 13, 2022

Via: Power Magazine

The first nuclear fusion reaction to result in a net energy gain has been successfully completed by scientists at a laboratory in California, a milestone in the decades-long pursuit of a way to produce unlimited energy with no carbon emissions […]


News and Policies, World

MOYA opens three new stations throughout Poland

December 12, 2022

Via: PetrolPlaza

Three new MOYA service stations have been opened in three provinces of Poland. The new outlets are located in Małopolska, Mazovia and Łódź and are equipped with multi-branch shops and the Caffe MOYA catering concept. Thanks to these new openings, […]


News and Policies, World

Europe wants its own clean energy industrial policy. It has to deal with the American one first

December 8, 2022

Via: Renewable Energy World

The contrast was easy to spot. When the American clean energy industry met at RE+ in September, seemingly every conversation exuded an optimistic tone about the future. Historic incentives for clean energy in the Inflation Reduction Act, paired with a […]