For years, utilities have been offering discounts and rebates on smart thermostats to customers willing to turn them over to air conditioning load-shifting programs that reduce peak loads on hot summer afternoons. But there’s a big difference between discounts and straight-up free thermostat giveaways. At least that’s what Michigan utility...
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Pacific Gas & Electric has asked California regulators to approve seven battery projects totaling 423 megawatts, or nearly 1.7 gigawatt-hours of energy storage capacity, to meet its share of a statewide procurement that must be brought online by late next year to assure statewide grid stability. PG&E’s 2020 System...
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Siemens Gamesa on Tuesday launched the largest wind turbine ever publicly announced, a 14-megawatt model with a 222-meter rotor diameter meant for offshore wind farms. Morten Pilgaard Rasmussen, head of offshore technology at Siemens Gamesa, told GTM the company expects to confirm its first orders for...
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Onshore wind is now the leading renewable energy technology in the U.S., and it's still knocking competitors out of the way. Last year wind overtook hydropower in total generation, and 2020 is on track to be a record year for new wind farm construction. But all...
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The inefficiency and irregularity of cleaning the solar panels manually, and the associated use of water defeat the purpose of shifting to renewable energies.India is a country that is developing rapidly and with this growth comes an increasing demand for water. Although India is well-endowed...
Read MoreThe American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Solar United Neighbors (SUN) announced the 2020 edition of the National Solar Tour will go on despite the pandemic. This year marks its 25th anniversary. The annual grassroots solar event will take place virtually and in neighborhoods nationwide...
Read MoreMC Squared Energy Services (MC2) announced it will serve as the official subscription manager for Dukane Precast’s Community Solar Project in Will County, Illinois, bringing both residential and small commercial subscribers to the over-1.6-MW project, as well as managing all billing and customer care functions....
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Rivas-Vaciamadrid-based company Aurinka is planning to start wafer manufacturing in Puertollano, Castile-La Mancha, this year. The company says its patented low-carbon production process offers low enough manufacturing costs to compete with Asian rivals.From pv magazine Spain. The bright promise of Spain’s PV manufacturing sector at the...
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The integrated power producer, which has 138 MW of operational solar capacity and 2730 MW of state-of-the-art gas based power plants, sees opportunity of flexible generation to sell pooled round-the-clock power [renewable + gas] at competitive cost on a long-term basis.Gujarat-based Torrent Power sees huge...
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