Another $5 million is expected to be awarded later this spring through the state’s Clean Energy Community Grants program. After a “once-in-a-decade” bomb cyclone last November felled over 400 miles of transmission lines in King County, Washington and left thousands without power, public officials in the City of Issaquah knew something had to change. Issaquah, …
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Convergent Energy and Power will finance, own and operate the energy storage system for the West Boylston Municipal Light Plant. Convergent Energy and Power, a New York-based energy storage specialist, has broken ground on a 3MW/9MWh utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) for Massachusetts’s municipally owned utility company West Boylston Municipal Light Plant (WBMLP). Convergent will finance, own and …
This series describes the process of designing and building a sustainable home, which is passing tests for airtightness and proved to retain heat in winter. But the Xcel stumbling block has yet to be overcome. Throughout the design and build of my home, there have been multiple ways that I’ve described my home – sustainable, …
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The Illinois solar power project features U.S.-made modules and trackers, employed 500 people during construction and will provide an estimated $100 million in community benefit funds. Swift Current Energy announced that its landmark 800 MWdc (593 MWac) Double Black Diamond Solar project is now operational. The solar power plant, which began construction in 2018, is …
In a pilot project for solar on Connecticut state agencies, the seven systems will collectively deliver 8.3 MW of clean, renewable energy to the correctional facilities, saving the state more than $11 million in energy costs over the lifetime of the panels. An 8.3 MW portfolio of solar projects are operational at seven Connecticut correctional …
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For the past five consecutive years, tech and retail giant Amazon has been the world’s largest procurer of renewable energy, investing in projects and signing power purchase agreements (PPAs) all over the world. pv magazine spoke with representatives of the company about its ambitious energy plans. From pv magazine 4/25 As PPAs have proliferated in …
The city is expected to save on electricity costs over the next 20 years from its new 27 MW portfolio of behind-the-meter solar projects. The City of Fresno Department of Public Utilities (DPU) engaged ForeFront Power to install a behind-the-meter solar and energy storage portfolio. The three-site project portfolio combines for 27 MW and includes …
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Spearmint Energy has secured $252 million funding for a battery energy storage system (BESS) in Texas, Trina is supplying a 371 MWh BESS in Houston, EDF has sourced long-term funding for an operational site in California, and Strata and Power Sustainable Energy Infrastructure Inc. (PSEI) have broken ground on a solar-plus-storage project in Arizona. From …
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The 300 kW solar array will offset more than half its electricity use, with the battery energy storage system providing resilience in case of power outage. Ameresco completed a solar-plus-storage installation on the campus of Southwest Wisconsin Technical College. The $1.6 million project includes a 300 kW solar array, and a 125 kW / 220 …
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Wood Mackenzie cautioned that policy uncertainty could significantly alter its projections for solar industry growth. After years of record-breaking installation totals and double-digit growth, .growth in the U.S. solar industry is expected to be relatively flat over the next decade, said Sylbia Leyva Martinez, principal analyst, Wood Mackenzie at the company’s annual solar and energy …
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