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Biden invokes Defense Production Act to boost domestic manufacturing in clean energy, grid sectors
The White House also aims to spur up to 100 GW in solar purchases via federal, state and local joint procurement.
By Ethan Howland • June 7, 2022 -
DOE aims to decarbonize heavy industry with $8B hydrogen hub project
Initial criteria for hub applications would give priority to projects that emphasize equity and job creation and that demonstrate a wide variety of hydrogen-related technologies.
By Emma Penrod • June 7, 2022 -
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TrendlineThe Energy Transition to Renewables
New policy and business actions are giving a significant boost to renewable energy in the U.S., but opposition is growing and grid interconnection, permitting, labor and other challenges remain.
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Biden to pause solar tariffs for 2 years amid supply chain disruption from Commerce investigation
The legal standing of the recent executive order will depend on the administration establishing that the solar market was in an “emergency” situation, analysts said.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Updated June 29, 2022 -
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OpinionFERC's acceptance of 2 capacity accreditation methods will complicate renewables development
The stakes are high: As more intermittent resources enter markets, the quantity procured and capacity payments will depend on each market’s specific capacity accreditation rules, the authors write.
By Joseph Cavicchi and Charles Wu • June 6, 2022 -
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Sponsored by PXiSE Energy Solutions21st century control of utility-scale solar and storage sites
Solar and storage sites typically require multiple controllers. This site uses one software-based solution.
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New York announces 22 solar, storage projects, pushing projected 2030 energy mix to 66% green
The roughly 2,000 MW in projects are expected to generate more than $2.7 billion in private investment. Clean energy advocates say the awards mark "serious progress" toward a decarbonized electric grid.
By Robert Walton • June 3, 2022 -
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OpinionAs contentious net metering debates persist across the US, Connecticut and Hawaii show a way forward
Hawaii and Connecticut are exploring technical and economic solutions, which California, Florida and others can learn from and improve upon, the author writes.
By Patrick Murphy • June 3, 2022 -
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DOE launches grid interconnection initiative to cut ‘gridlock’ hampering clean energy progress
The effort may provide near-term relief to the interconnection backlog, according to Advanced Energy Economy’s Jeff Dennis.
By Ethan Howland • June 2, 2022 -
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Air Liquide targets growing demand for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles with new Las Vegas facility
Air Liquide believes hydrogen may offer advantages over electric vehicles in applications where downtime for charging can interfere with operations, but forklift manufacturer KION doesn't see the two technologies as competing.
By Emma Penrod • June 2, 2022 -
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Deep Dive'Dramatic shift' in utility regulations, better pilot designs needed to propel energy transition, DOE report finds
Electric industry players call for innovations in the way regulators handle pilots of new utility and private sector technologies and system operations in a new Department of Energy paper.
By Herman K. Trabish • May 31, 2022 -
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Sponsored by EmersonWhy sustainability requires thinking differently and holistically
Seizing opportunities to achieve sustainability objectives takes food retailers' time, resources and expertise.
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Distributed wind could supply more than half of US electricity but needs policy support, NREL study finds
An analysis of U.S. land and wind resources indicates distributed wind energy could generate 1,400 GW, but the opportunity dwindles further into the future.
By Emma Penrod • May 24, 2022 -
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Duke Energy, North Carolina solar installers reach agreement on net metering case
"Bridge" rates for customers with solar will give the utility and the solar industry more time to work out a new package of incentives for distributed energy customers, installers say.
By Emma Penrod • May 24, 2022 -
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California solar, storage projects hit hard by Department of Commerce investigation, supply chain issues
The state could see roughly 7,500 MW of delayed or potentially canceled solar projects, as well as the storage capacity attached to them, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.
By Kavya Balaraman • May 23, 2022 -
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85 House members add to Senate calls for an end to anti-circumvention solar investigation
The "present anti-circumvention inquiry threatens to completely derail the progress we have made" in decarbonization, according to a May 17 letter to President Joe Biden.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • May 19, 2022 -
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Corporate clean energy procurement on track for another record year after adding 11 GW in 2021
While large corporations continue to dominate voluntary clean energy acquisitions, smaller businesses are getting involved in greater numbers, Clean Energy Buyers Association officials said Tuesday.
By Emma Penrod • May 18, 2022 -
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Duke Energy proposes new solar, wind and nuclear, but environmentalists decry reliance on gas
Cutting emissions 70% by 2030 is possible, according to a proposal by Duke Energy, but may require some adjustments to the portfolios imagined by state law makers.
By Emma Penrod • May 17, 2022 -
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Congress, stakeholders find consensus around hydropower license reform
Despite some disagreement on how to handle environmental aspects of hydropower license review, a broad group of lawmakers and stakeholders has found common ground on a package of proposed reforms.
By Emma Penrod • May 13, 2022 -
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Duke Energy, TotalEnergies win North Carolina offshore wind leasing auction with $315M in total bids
The state aims to deploy 2.8 GW of offshore wind power by 2030, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management says the two lease areas could support at least 1.3 GW.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • May 12, 2022 -
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OpinionReliably hitting 85% clean electricity has huge implications for California — and the rest of the country
If the country's largest economy can hit its clean energy goals and retire more natural gas generation despite challenges like extreme weather and deployment bottlenecks, so can any other state, the author writes.
By Daniel Esposito • May 10, 2022 -
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Interior department releases proposed auction details for California offshore wind development
The proposal includes more than 370,000 acres that could potentially offer more than 4.5 GW of offshore wind energy.
By Kavya Balaraman • Updated May 26, 2022 -
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OpinionSecuring a better solar supply chain, one purchase at a time
A sustained demand signal for better solar would accelerate the expansion of solar manufacturing in lower-carbon economies, securing a more reliable module supply from multiple sources, the authors write.
By Michael Parr and Patricia Dillon • May 6, 2022 -
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Investigation into solar tariffs could threaten the 2035 US clean energy goal, says DOE's Granholm
Rising energy prices were also a topic of discussion during a Senate committee hearing on the Biden administration's budget request for the agency.
By Robert Walton • May 6, 2022 -
Deep DiveThe fight for a national clean energy transmission system emerges on three fronts
DOE’s multi-part transmission study, FERC’s refocus on transmission planning, and macrogrid advocacy efforts could produce an interconnected nation ready for net zero electricity by 2035, industry, government and other experts say.
By Herman K. Trabish • May 3, 2022 -
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Scaling hydrogen in North America will require policy support beyond infrastructure funding, panel says
The debate about how to ensure government funds will primarily support "green" hydrogen projects is growing comical as other technologies make advances, one analyst says.
By Emma Penrod • May 2, 2022
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