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Carmakers and Storage Startups Create New Methods on Reusing Batteries from Electric VehiclesBatteries still have a lot of life in them after being swapped out of EVs. Why not use them on the grid?
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By 2029, Half of New US Wind Installations Will Be OffshoreThe U.S. offshore wind sector will start to take off in 2023 when the 800-megawatt Vineyard Wind project comes online to supply Massachusetts customers.
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Data Centers Are the Epicenter of the Clean Energy EconomyOn this episode of The Interchange, we discuss how the world’s giant computers are getting cleaner.
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The Price of a Fully Renewable US Grid: $4.5 Trillion (June 28, 2019)Shifting to 100 percent renewables in the U.S. is an attainable goal, Wood Mackenzie analysts say. Three major hurdles must be overcome.
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90% Clean Grid by 2035 Is Not Just Feasible, But Cheaper - "Clean energy costs have fallen so rapidly that previously unthinkable scenarios now look like a good deal"Clean energy costs have fallen so rapidly that previously unthinkable scenarios now look like a good deal for the U.S., a new study contends.
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Solar, Wind, Storage Link Arms in Push for ‘Majority Renewables’ by 2030With the 2020 election drawing closer, the solar and wind sectors announced a joint push to quadruple their combined share of the U.S. power mix by 2030.
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NextEra Energy (In FL Florida ) Looks to Spend $1B on Energy Storage in 2021: It 'expects to build around 5 gigawatts of renewables capacity this year, and it added another 1.6 gigawatts of wind, solar and storage to its pipeline during the first quarter.'“No drop-off, no slowdown”: NextEra’s well-oiled renewables development machine powers forward during the coronavirus pandemic.
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UK’s Largest Solar Project Approved, Will Snub Government SubsidiesA 350-megawatt U.K. solar project won its planning approval in Britain, hinting at a revival of a once-booming market.
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‘Blowing Through Milestones’: Hawaiian Electric Picks Winners in Solar-Storage BonanzaHawaiian utility backs 460 megawatts of solar and nearly 3 gigawatt-hours of batteries as state moves to close its fossil plants.
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Strata Blazes Ahead With California Gas Peaker Replacement Battery, Taps TeslaTesla will install Megapacks at the huge facility, which will be a test case for grid alternatives to fossil fuel infrastructure.
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Long Duration Breakthrough? Form Energy’s First Project Tries Pushing Storage to 150 HoursMinnesota utility Great River Energy will use new storage technology from the Bill Gates-backed startup to replace coal power with dispatchable wind.
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Why Traditional Wind Markets Are Flipping to Solar and Vice VersaStorage and transmission are not the only solutions for high-penetration renewables markets, writes Vestas U.S. chief Chris Brown.
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Solar Industry Waits to Assess Ripple Effects From China’s Coronavirus OutbreakThe impact for the solar and storage industries will depend on how quickly China’s enormous clean energy supply chain can return to full production.
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‘Bragawatts’: Have We Reached Peak Solar Size?The number of very large solar projects is growing in the U.S. market. How big can they get?
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WoodMac: 6 Cleantech Startups to WatchPretend you’re a cleantech VC. Which companies should you be keeping an eye on right now?
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America’s ‘First’ Renewable Resource Overlooked as States Embrace Clean EnergyHydropower’s unique benefits are being undervalued as states adopt increasingly ambitious clean energy goals, the author writes.
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8 Things to Watch From Vestas and Siemens Gamesa as the Wind Market Prepares for 2020The world’s two largest wind turbine suppliers are set to announce earnings this coming week. The industry will be watching closely.
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Arizona Public Service’s Historic ShiftThis week on The Energy Gang: We dissect the factors behind APS’ carbon-free goal.
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This Swiss Asset Firm Is Buying Up America’s Largest Solar ProjectsA few years ago, Capital Dynamics was unknown in U.S. solar. Today it owns more than a third of the country’s largest projects.
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