It’s the oldest and the biggest of all the clean energy technologies, but hydro has an uncertain role in Europe’s decarbonization plans. Over the past five years, Europe's base of conventional hydropower and pumped hydro capacity grew at about 1 percent a year, reaching 251 gigawatts...
Read MoreInterChange Group has signed an agreement with Secure Futures Solar of Staunton, Virginia to install and operate solar panels on its new cold storage warehouse in Mt. Crawford, located just south of Harrisonburg. The facility’s solar array will generate a total capacity of 1.3 MW,...
Read MoreGreenbacker Renewable Energy Company announced that, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, it purchased the rights to a portfolio of 5.9 MW of to-be-constructed solar projects, developed by Ameresco. The portfolio consists of sites in Massachusetts and New Jersey. In Natick, Massachusetts, 0.6 MW is contracted to...
Read MoreA group of House lawmakers recently released a 547-page report on climate change. Reporters at E&E News called it “arguably the most comprehensive climate policy plan in American politics.” The report spells out in great detail how to use congressional policy to decarbonize the economy. It was the...
Read MorePine Gate Renewables will spearhead the 108-MW Trent River solar project located near Pollocksville, North Carolina. Expected to go online in the third quarter of 2021, the 20-year power purchase agreement is one of the first awarded under Duke Energy’s Competitive Procurement of Renewable Energy...
Read MoreThe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday unanimously rejected a plea to declare all state solar net-metering policies illegal, a victory for solar industry groups and state policymakers. All four FERC commissioners voted to dismiss the April petition from the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA), which argued that FERC,...
Read MoreRalphs and Food 4 Less, subsidiaries of The Kroger Co., announced the installation of a PV solar array at its 300,000-square-foot bakery facility in La Habra, California. The La Habra Bakery rooftop installation features nearly 3,000 solar panels to harness energy from the sun that...
Read MoreLongroad Energy, a U.S.-based renewable energy developer, owner and operator, announced the financial close and sale of the Muscle Shoals Solar project, a 294-MWDC project located in Colbert County, Alabama. Ørsted, the global renewable energy company, acquired the project at financial closing. Muscle Shoals Solar,...
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