Renewables: Page 9

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    Opinion

    Enough with disinformation about community solar compensation

    Whether for systems on single-family homes and multiunit buildings or in community settings, excessive compensation creates a significant economic burden for the very customers who can least afford it.

    By Michael Backstrom • Jan. 18, 2024
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    SRP’s residential rooftop solar program violates PURPA, Vote Solar tells FERC

    Federal regulators should launch an enforcement action over Salt River Project’s allegedly discriminatory solar rates, according to Vote Solar and two SRP customers.

    By • Jan. 16, 2024
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    Trendline

    The 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.

    By Utility Dive staff
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    How to craft a better solar panel decommissioning plan

    Solar owners need to fully understand the costs associated with decommissioning and put realistic strategies in place.

    Jan. 16, 2024
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    Renewables growth puts COP28 goals within reach, but acceleration is needed: IEA

    Renewable energy generation is on track to increase 2.5 times by 2030 instead of tripling as it needs to, said the International Energy Agency.

    By • Jan. 12, 2024
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    US gas-fired capacity to grow, even under 95% carbon reduction scenario: NREL

    Fossil-fueled power plants without carbon capture equipment would produce 14% of U.S. electricity by 2050, according to “mid-case” modeling by a DOE laboratory.

    By • Jan. 12, 2024
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    Rhodium: US greenhouse gas emissions fell in 2023, despite economic growth

    The power sector had an 8% drop in emissions last year, with natural gas and renewables both seeing increased generation, according to Rhodium.

    By Lamar Johnson • Jan. 11, 2024
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    Solar expected to be top source of new US generation through 2025, adding 79 GW: EIA

    Solar’s total share of U.S. generation is expected to rise to 7% in 2025, compared with its 4% share last year.

    By • Jan. 11, 2024
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    DOE lab, Microsoft find new battery material in AI-based energy storage research initiative

    “Our collaboration with Microsoft is about making AI accessible to scientists,” said Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Deputy Director for Science and Technology Tony Peurrung.

    By • Jan. 10, 2024
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    9 US power sector trends to watch in 2024

    The U.S. march toward a decarbonized electric system will continue in 2024 as policymakers and others work to balance, climate, reliability, affordability and other goals.

    By Robert Walton, Ethan Howland, Diana DiGangi, Larry Pearl, Kavya Balaraman and Emma Penrod • Jan. 10, 2024
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    Opinion

    Utilities’ misguided opposition to community solar in California

    With billions on the line from the federal government, California’s three largest utilities are actively working to stop the California Public Utilities Commission from issuing an equitable community solar program.

    By Sachu Constantine • Jan. 10, 2024
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    BOEM eyes faster offshore wind environmental reviews with first study of multiple lease areas

    The agency will combine the reviews of six lease areas located in the New York Bight with up to 7 GW of potential offshore wind capacity.

    By • Jan. 9, 2024
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    Qcells to supply Microsoft with 12 GW of solar panels in expanded partnership

    Microsoft is committed to going carbon-negative by 2030 and aims to achieve 100% electricity consumption coverage with renewable energy by 2025.

    By Sara Samora • Jan. 9, 2024
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    Delaware agency suggests multistate offshore wind procurement to curb financial risks

    The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control released a report Jan. 3 with 11 recommendations on how the state might procure offshore wind to meet its decarbonization needs.

    By • Jan. 5, 2024
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    Equinor, BP scrap offshore wind contract over economic problems but hint at rebid

    The troubled offshore wind industry was bolstered, however, by Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners announcing on Wednesday that Vineyard Wind has begun to deliver power to Massachusetts.

    By • Jan. 4, 2024
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    Deep Dive

    As reliability concerns with renewables rise, upgrading inverters is urgent, analysts say

    The variable output of renewable energy resources requires “grid-forming” inverters to protect power system current flows, engineers and others agree.

    By • Jan. 2, 2024
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    Industry leaders blast Treasury’s draft guidance for clean hydrogen tax credits

    Some leading hydrogen producers are already talking about suing to stop the implementation of the Treasury Department’s proposal, according to Mona Dajani, a partner at Baker Botts.

    By Emma Penrod • Dec. 22, 2023
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    Wind turbine market improves, but higher costs may linger in 2024: BNEF

    The wind turbine industry is also looking to better manage risk in the future with contracts fixed to price indexes, said BloombergNEF analyst Leo Wang.

    By • Dec. 21, 2023
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    Opinion

    Good policy by grid operators can address reliability concerns with EPA’s power plant rule

    There is an opportunity through the proposed rule to create more certainty around the timeline for the clean energy transition.

    By Michelle Solomon • Dec. 21, 2023
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    Plant-based resin could make wind turbine blade recycling cheaper and simpler: NREL

    National Renewable Energy Lab researchers found that plant-based resin is easier to break down than the traditional epoxy used in turbine blades and outperforms it in stress tests.

    By • Dec. 20, 2023
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    Opinion

    The solar PTC is the game-changer that hasn’t been

    But as the market internalizes post-Inflation Reduction Act practices and procedures and adjusts to broader structural changes, optimism remains for the solar production tax credit.

    By Akshat Kasliwal and Jesse Gilbert • Dec. 20, 2023
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    To be truly net-zero, buildings must buy 100% renewable energy, global council says

    A globally consistent definition of net-zero buildings is needed, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development says, while analysts note current carbon compliance ambiguities.

    By Nish Amarnath • Dec. 19, 2023
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    Opinion

    How offshore wind wins

    The path forward for this sector is to rapidly go to scale with a business model that delivers net positive impacts for nature and people.

    By Johan Bergenas • Dec. 18, 2023
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    Renewables profit margins are shrinking, but not for reasons you might expect: report

    Companies that aren't prepared to generate their own cash flow could struggle in the coming year, an AlphaSense analyst says.

    By Emma Penrod • Dec. 18, 2023
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    Treasury releases guidance on IRA clean energy tax credits

    Solar panel and battery manufacturers can receive a tax credit on a percentage of their production costs until 2033.

    By Joelle Anselmo • Dec. 15, 2023
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    Google, AES, others to create marketplace for 24/7 hourly renewable energy certificates

    A new form of RECs, called granular certificates, won't replace power purchase agreements but could change where and how renewable energy is generated, LevelTen COO Jason Tundermann says.

    By Emma Penrod • Dec. 15, 2023