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Another Utah City Goes All In On Renewable Energy
Park City, Utah, Mayor Jack Thomas has signed a measure approved unanimously by the city council that commits Park City to transitioning to 100%...
Canada Mining Companies Increasingly Looking At Renewables Options
Canada’s new carbon pricing proposal is pushing mining leaders to consider renewable energy options as a way of further reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and stabilizing...
Navigant: Supergrid Development A Complicated Matter
As global demand for electricity continues to grow, and as concerns over climate change mount, the importance of meeting power needs while reducing costs...
With New Milestone Reached, Paris Agreement To Take Effect Soon
The European Union has formally joined the Paris Agreement, which has now surpassed an emissions threshold needed to make the climate deal official.
With the...
Ohio Utilities Put Out Request For Renewable Energy Credits
FirstEnergy Corp. has announced a request for proposals (RFP) to purchase Ohio-compliant renewable energy credits (RECs) - as well as solar renewable energy credits (SRECs)...
CAISO Welcomes New Participants To Energy Imbalance Market
After months of intensive testing, Phoenix-based Arizona Public Service (APS) and Puget Sound Energy (PSE) of Washington state successfully began full participation in the...
Xcel Poises For PUC Decision On Renewables-Boosting Energy Plan
This Thursday, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) will hold its final hearing on Xcel Energy’s 15-year energy plan, which would double the amount...
Alabama Utility Issues Renewables RFP
Alabama Power, a Southern Co. electric utility serving customers in the southern two-thirds of Alabama, has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for renewable...
DOE: The Falling Prices And Climbing Deployment Of Clean Technologies
A recent DOE report highlighting the accelerated deployment of clean energy technologies, including wind turbines, states that land-based wind accounted for 41% of all new capacity brought online in 2015.
Clean Power Plan Heard In Court; Renewables Groups Stay Confident
Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments for and against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power...
Newly Signed Bills To Spur Energy Storage In California
Gov. Jerry Brown, D-Calif., has signed into law four new bills that are expected to directly impact energy storage in California.
According to the California...
Hawaii Deploys Utility-Scale Battery System As Part Of Larger Renewables Goal
Hawaiian Electric Co. has placed into service its first utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS), a 1 MW battery located at the Campbell Industrial...
New U.K. Labels Allow Companies To Trace Origin Of Purchased Renewables
As part of a move to boost the renewables industry, London-based SmartestEnergy will be issuing 500 countries what it says are the U.K.’s first...
Xcel Energy Announces REC Program For Minnesota Government
Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy is partnering with the state of Minnesota in an effort to ensure 33% of the State Capitol Complex’s energy comes from...
World Energy Council Explains ‘How To Get It Right’ With Renewables Integration
Renewables, including hydro, now account for over 30% of the total global installed power generation capacity and 23% of total global electricity production, according...
SunEdison Yieldcos Mull ‘Strategic Alternatives’
Both of bankrupt renewables company SunEdison’s yieldcos, TerraForm Power and TerraForm Global, are considering mergers or sales of their entire businesses. Although the yieldcos...
Grid Project With U.S., Canada Utilities To Advance Distributed Energy Integration
Toronto-based Opus One Solutions says it is leading a $16.4 million project aimed at driving the development of technology to improve the integration of...
Los Angeles Takes ‘Enormous Step’ Toward 100 Percent Renewables
The Los Angeles City Council has unanimously approved a measure that instructs the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to chart a...
What Can Energy Storage Do For Massachusetts?
Massachusetts' Baker-Polito administration has released a new report, “State of Charge,” detailing the value of deploying energy storage in Massachusetts and a road map of...
GE Joins MIT Energy Initiative, Expands In Boston Area
In an effort to fund advanced technology solutions to help transform global energy systems, GE is joining the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), the Massachusetts...