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The US just set ambitious offshore wind power targets – what will it take to meet them?

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 31, 2021 | Alternative Energy

 by Erin Baker, and Matthew Lackner, University of Massachusetts, Amherst The United States’ offshore wind industry is tiny, with just seven wind turbines operating off Rhode Island and Virginia. The few attempts to build large-scale wind farms like Europe’s have run...

The future of energy in the US could hinge on permitting reform and greater investment in R&D

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 31, 2021 | Alternative Energy

Energy powerhouses, Ernest Moniz and Lynn Good, talk politics, R&D, stakeholder engagement, transmission, EVs and a host of other topics around the future of energy in the US. On Tuesday, March 30, the Washington Post’s David Ignatius presented the Washington Post...

Wind farm pioneers system to protect birds in South Africa

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 30, 2021 | Alternative Energy

In South Africa, BioTherm Energy’s Excelsior Wind farm is collaborating with conservation organizations to minimize the wind industry’s impact on local bird populations (avifauna). The 33-MW Excelsior Wind farm is constructed on 2,300 hectares in Swellendam, an area...

260-MW Brazoria West solar project in Texas acquired by S&B USA

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 30, 2021 | Alternative Energy

S&B USA (previously Shikun and Binui America) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Brazoria West Solar Project with 260 megawatts (MWdc) (200 MWac) of planned solar energy capacity from Savion, part of Macquarie’s Green Investment Group....

California commercial potato grower taps Concentric for a 5-MW microgrid

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 30, 2021 | Alternative Energy

Microgrid developer Concentric Power announced this week that it has broken ground on a 5-MW microgrid for Tasteful Selections, a vertically integrated farmer-owned, farmer-driven bite-size potato growing, packing and shipping operation.    Combining 3.6 MW...

Offshore wind in the US advances with 30-GW commitment from government

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 29, 2021 | Alternative Energy

During a government-sponsored forum today, the US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland joined the Secretaries of Energy, Commerce, and Transportation along with representatives from states, the offshore wind industry, and members of the labor community to identify...

New survey shows solar installer confidence increased 60% in 2020

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 29, 2021 | Alternative Energy

Today, EnergySage and NABCEP released the results of the sixth annual Solar Installer Survey, which they say is the largest and most comprehensive business survey of solar companies nationwide. Over 650 residential and commercial installers across the country...

China’s PV plants are booming, but is that good news for the fight against climate change?

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 29, 2021 | Alternative Energy

by Yariv Cohen, Ignite Power Leshan city, in the Sichuan province of southeast China, is an industrial zone, 120 kilometers (75 miles) away from Chengdu. The city boasts a 71-meter (233-feet) high ancient Buddha that was built in the 7th century, and is the largest...

Douglas PUD building 5-MW hydrogen facility to provide flexibility for Wells Hydroelectric

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 29, 2021 | Alternative Energy

The Douglas County Public Utility District in Washington State is building a 5-MW pilot renewable hydrogen production facility near Baker Flats, East Wenatchee to provide flexibility to operations at its 774.3-MW Wells Hydroelectric Project. Earlier this...

NYPA seeks developers to build more than 100 C&I solar and storage facilities in New York

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 26, 2021 | Alternative Energy

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) and Westchester County under the Community Distributed Generation (CDG) Partnership Program are seeking developers to install solar PV and energy storage systems for more than three dozen municipalities and school districts within...

A FERC Order on managing transmission line ratings can provide alternatives to expensive network upgrades for renewable developers

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 26, 2021 | Alternative Energy

Renewable developers have another option to interconnect their projects sitting in the regional transmission organizations queue. LineVision’s dynamic line ratings and SmartWires’s SmartValve lead the charge on providing options to increase the existing transmission...

Apple supported the development of 1.2 GW of clean energy capacity in 2020

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 26, 2021 | Alternative Energy

American multinational technology company Apple has announced that its 2020 green bonds will support the installation of 1.2 GW of renewable energy capacity. The company funded 17 green bond projects, from the $4.7 billion in green bond funding the company issued...

Who really benefits from solar net metering?

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 25, 2021 | Alternative Energy

Most people know solar power benefits the people who use it because it reduces their utility costs. In fact, some solar-powered homeowners don’t pay anything for electricity. A lesser-known fact is that solar powered homeowners help everyone in their community through...

Transmission and RTOs play a pivotal role in a clean energy future

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 25, 2021 | Alternative Energy

Guess what?  America is on the road to a clean energy transformation. Our lives and our economy are becoming more electrified, and cleaner, as a result of the growth of renewable energy generation. In 2019, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported 8.8...

The UK’s budget throws energy behind offshore wind

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 25, 2021 | Alternative Energy

The UK’s annual budget was announced last week by Chancellor Rishi Sunak revealing more government support for the UK’s wind industry. The budget announcement included the unveiling of a £20 million programme designed to support the development of floating offshore...

Critics warn Massachusetts’ climate progress is headed for traffic jam

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 25, 2021 | Alternative Energy

Massachusetts won’t meet its climate goals without getting people to drive less. That’s the unpopular message from climate advocates and analysts who say the state’s recent Clean Energy and Climate Plan draft places too much emphasis on vehicle electrification and all...

Ameren planning 6-MW community solar project in Missouri

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 25, 2021 | Alternative Energy

Missouri utility regulators have approved construction plans for what will be Ameren’s largest-ever solar power farm in the state. Ameren Missouri will build the new energy center in Montgomery County about 70 miles west of St. Louis. Once completed, the Montgomery...

U.S. DOE releases Pumped Storage Hydropower Valuation Guidebook

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 24, 2021 | Alternative Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) funded development of the newly released Pumped Storage Hydropower Valuation Guidebook to advance the state-of-the-art in assessing the value of pumped storage hydropower (PSH) plants and...

PPAs in place for Indiana Crossroads wind and solar parks with combined

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 24, 2021 | Alternative Energy

EDP Renewables SA, through its fully owned subsidiary EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA), and Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), a subsidiary of NiSource, have executed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and a Build & Transfer Agreement...

A clean energy economy needs renewable thermal energy

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 24, 2021 | Alternative Energy

by Michael Bakas, Ameresco President Joe Biden kick-started his administration with a slate of sweeping legislation focused on executing his proposed climate plan. As we welcome this new administration — and leader with ambitious goals to improve our climate — I...

10 things bus fleets need in order to electrify (Part 1 of 2)

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 23, 2021 | Alternative Energy

by Alison Wiley “I don’t understand this contract at all,” a Transportation Director of a medium-sized school district recently told me. Thad (not his real name) had been running buses for decades, almost all diesels, like most of his peers. He’d landed a grant for...

BayWa completes acquisition of High Constellation wind farm in Scotland

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 23, 2021 | Alternative Energy

Global renewable energy developer BayWa r.e. has completed the acquisition of High Constellation Wind Farm in Scotland from Blue Energy. BayWa has added the wind farm to its growing portfolio of UK assets, which has installed capacity of 685 MW. High Constellation is...

Pennsylvania government to source 50% of annual consumption from in-state solar

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 23, 2021 | Alternative Energy

Sited across six Pennsylvania counties, 191 MW of solar projects expected to help state reduce its carbon emissions by more than 157,000 metric tons annually  Constellation, an Exelon company and a competitive energy provider, and Lightsource bp, a solar developer,...

The North American Development Bank emerges as financier of renewable energy in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 23, 2021 | Alternative Energy

by Linda Allen, PhD, PE The North American Development bank, based in San Antonio, TX, has emerged as an unlikely but important source of financing for renewable energy projects in the U.S.-Mexico border region, a region of North America that is well-suited for the...

Australia’s Victoria doubles share of wind in generation mix in four years

by Renewable Energy World | Mar 22, 2021 | Alternative Energy

Over the past four years, the wind contribution to the energy generation mix in the state of Victoria has grown significantly. In fact, research from Cornwall Insight Australia shows, on average, across the entire day in 2020, wind delivered 14% of the energy...
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