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  • How Utilities and Consumers Can Join Forces to Power the Sustainable Future

    Since 1996, the World Bank reports we have massively reduced our energy consumption per capita from 3879kg to 2775kg oil equivalent. However, since 2014 progress has plateaued somewhat, and with some ways towards meeting minimum environmental goals, we have taken all the easiest steps towards greater efficiency and the need to shift our attention to…

  • Clean Energy Group Says Georgia Power’s New IRP Falls Short on Solar, Energy Efficiency

    On January 31, 2019, Georgia Power, the largest utility in the state submitted its newest integrated resource plan (IRP) to the state utility commission for approval. Source: Renewable Energy

  • LaFleur Will Not Seek a Third Term as FERC Commissioner

    Federal energy regulatory commissioner Cheryl LaFleur announced on Twitter on January 31 that she will not be seeking a third term and will be leaving the commission later in 2019. She said in the tweet that this is not the outcome she had hoped for but that she felt very lucky to have served on…

  • ABB signs storage and microgrid financing pact

    ABB and fellow Swiss company SUSI Partners have signed a pact to promote the deployment of microgrids and energy storage. Source: Renewable Energy

  • Consumers Energy to Study Energy Storage on its Grid with New NEC System

    NEC Energy Solutions announced today the completion of an energy storage system for Consumers Energy. The system includes two independent 280kW/340kWh DSS energy storage systems and NEC’s AEROS controls software. The energy storage system will enable Consumers Energy to investigate how energy storage can be used to avoid further system upgrades, smooth renewable energy production…

  • PowerGen World Mourns Sudden Passing of McCallum

    McCallum began serving on the POWERGEN International advisory committee in 2018 and chaired one session during the December conference in Orlando.  Source: Renewable Energy

  • 4.2-MW Solar Project Planned for Rhode Island Town

    Standard Solar Inc. announced an agreement with the town of Burrillville, Rhode Island for the ground-mount solar system. It is planned to contain more than 11,000 solar modules and produce 5.3 GWh of electricity. Source: Renewable Energy

  • Why Community Solar Is the Future of the Industry

    If you haven’t been paying attention to the solar industry, you’re probably surprised at how much publicity community solar is currently getting. It would appear its popularity has been a recent development that has come out of nowhere — so quickly, in fact, that people are just beginning to understand exactly what the whole concept…

  • PG&E Seeks Court Protection From Federal Regulators on Renewable Energy PPASs

    PG&E Corp. is seeking court protection to amend or cancel power purchase agreements with suppliers as part of its bankruptcy proceedings. Source: Renewable Energy

  • The Politics Behind Ocasio-Cortez and the ‘Green New Deal’

    Hundreds of young activists stormed Nancy Pelosi’s office after Democrats won the House in November, inspired by the new hero of the left, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who briefly joined them in a live-streamed protest to demand passage of a radical plan to fight climate change. Source: Renewable Energy