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Solar Tariffs Blamed (Again) for Decline in Solar Jobs
The U.S. solar industry employs 242,343 workers as of 2018, a decline of nearly 8,000 jobs (3.2 percent) compared to 2017, according to the National Solar Jobs Census 2018 released today by The Solar Foundation. Source: Renewable Energy
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Gridmates, GridX and Extensible Energy Win Initiate, A Start-up Challenge at DistribuTECH
For the first time in history, DistribuTECH – the largest annual event for the transmission and distribution industry – hosted 12 start-ups in New Orleans and gave them each a chance to pitch their companies to a panel of judges. Source: Renewable Energy
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140,000-Strong EV Smart Charging Trial Complete
Last week, an organization called Electric Nation said that it had concluded data collection from more than 140,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging events in what it called the largest smart charging trial in the world. The trail lasted 18 months. Source: Renewable Energy
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Puerto Rico’s Draft IRP Seeks Unprecedented Amounts of Solar and Battery Storage
Last week when utilities and other energy stakeholders were attending DistribuTECH in New Orleans, LA, a bit farther south, Puerto Rico’s utility PREPA was releasing a draft version of its 2019 integrated resource plan (IRP). Source: Renewable Energy
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Australian Renewable Hydrogen Power Plant One Step Closer To Completion
Australian hydrogen infrastructure developer H2U confirmed today that it will use Baker Hughes NovaLT gas turbine generators at its South Australian Renewable Hydrogen and Ammonia Supply Chain Demonstrator in Port Lincoln. Source: Renewable Energy
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Residential Solar and Storage to Participate in New England Wholesale Energy Capacity Market
Solar is breaking into a power market that’s long been the domain of big, conventional generators. A key reason: batteries. Source: Renewable Energy
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Top 7 Ways To Make Sure Your Business Saves Money with Solar (Hint: Act Now)
The solar investment tax credit (ITC) is one of the most lucrative ways to reduce the investment costs of your solar installation, but in order to maximize this incentive, it’s important to include solar power in your 2019 planning. Follow this guide to ensure your business is able to take advantage of the ITC before…
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World’s Largest Solar + Storage Microgrid To Power Gold Mine in Australia
This week Aggreko said it signed an agreement with Gold Fields Australia (Gold Fields) to design, build and operate a hybrid renewable-energy-plus-battery-storage system at the Granny Smith gold mine in Western Australia. The system, one of the world’s largest hybrid off-grid microgrids according to Aggreko, will comprise 8 MW of solar power generation capacity plus…
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US Congresswoman Unveils Sweeping Green New Deal
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez released a sweeping package of environmental measures Thursday that has pitted progressives in the House Democratic caucus against moderates over how far to go in pursuit of resetting the climate change debate. Source: Renewable Energy
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Betting $1 Million on Offshore New Jersey Wind Paid Off Big Time
Over the past year, U.S. Wind got calls “every day” to sell a lease the energy company bought for $1 million in 2015 in its push to build a wind farm off the New Jersey coast. Source: Renewable Energy