The ISO-NE region experienced two solar power output records in the past week, leading to a record-low demand for electricity from the power grid on Sunday afternoon. The duck curve arrived in New England in 2018, and this Easter weekend, behind-the-meter (BTM) solar was the primary driver of record-low electricity demand on the ISO New …
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The Dos Palos Clean Power project in Merced County is providing low-cost, clean energy to residents in disadvantaged communities. A joint project from Peninsula Clean Energy, a community-choice aggregation agency, and developer Renewable America, will generate 3 MW of solar power as part of Peninsula Clean Energy’s Green Access Program. The program provides income-qualified customers …
Ford’s 650 MW power purchase agreement remains the largest renewable energy purchase from a utility in the country to date. Ford’s 650 MW power purchase agreement (PPA) with DTE Energy, broke ground in Michigan with the procurement’s first project start of construction in Branch County, Mich. The 100 MW Cold Creek Solar Park is the …
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The battery system is expected to earn $80,000 per year by providing energy to the local utility during peak summer demand periods, while saving $57,000 per year by reducing the hospital’s own monthly and annual peak consumption. The Boston Medical Center, New England’s busiest trauma and emergency services center, installed a 572 kW, 1,271 kWh …
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NovaSource Power was selected as operations and maintenance provider to a 1.6 GW solar project in Indiana. Philadelphia-based developer Doral Renewables announced it has selected NovaSource Power Services as the operations and maintenance provider and generator-operator for the Mammoth Solar project in Indiana. Mammoth Solar, living up to its name, is one of the largest …
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Faith Technologies installed a 2.16 MW solar project on its facility’s roof using UL 3741’s approach to meeting the National Electrical Code. As an engineering, construction, manufacturing and clean energy company, Faith Technologies Inc. (FTI) developed the solar installation on its Kansas facility’s roof in-house. FTI built the 2.16 MW project by having its team …
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A Rural Energy for America Program grant helped a New England brewery become energy independent, yet future funding for similar projects remains uncertain. Blasty Bough Brewing Company in Epson, New Hampshire secured a Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grant that enabled the brewery to install a 182-module, 87 kW ground-mount solar array that offsets …
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The bill exclusively places permit restrictions, fees and new regulatory requirements for solar and wind projects. The Texas Senate voted 22-9 to pass Senate Bill 819. The bill places restrictions on solar and wind power projects, requiring new permits, assessing fees, adding new regulatory requirements and placing new taxes on the projects. The legislation “adds …
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance study finds that five states saw increases of more than 30% in distributed solar capacity, one state grew by 50% and another doubled its capacity. The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) provides its annual snapshot in its The state(s) of distributed solar–2024 report on the rate of distributed solar adoption, …
The first of three storage projects is completed, enabling the island to integrate its solar energy production and enhance grid reliability. Evlo Energy Storage Inc, a subsidiary of Hydro-Québec, announced it has commissioned the first of three grid-scale energy storage projects in American Samoa. The first project adds 4 MW / 8 MWh two-hour duration …
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