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Contributed by Adam Graham, a construction industry analyst at Fixr.com When it comes to residential energy consumption, people are constantly striving for ways to reduce their monthly bills and energy usage and wastage. By looking at the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) annual energy outlook, we can see the top 10 appliances that are consuming…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip New York’s Sunrise Wind project will be the first offshore wind farm in the U.S. to be connected to the grid using a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system. Siemens Energy has been selected to connect New York’s first utility-scale offshore wind project to the grid. The 924-megawatt Sunrise Wind project, which is…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip Gravity-based energy storage provider Energy Vault has landed a deal with DG Fuels for 1.6 GWh of energy storage to support sustainable aviation fuel projects. The gravity storage systems will be deployed at DG Fuels projects in Louisiana, British Columbia, and Ohio, providing green electricity in conjunction with solar to match demand load…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip More than half of the global utility solar projects planned for 2022 could be delayed or canceled due to a worsening supply chain, according to a new analysis. Rystad Energy estimates that 56% of projects — or 90 gigawatts of solar capacity — are threatened by commodity price inflation and supply chain bottlenecks.…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip The U.S. government will provide $209 million in funding for 26 new laboratory electric vehicle battery research projects, and is taking steps to bolster the domestic lithium battery supply chain. The research projects will focus on electric vehicles, advanced batteries, and connected vehicles. The Dept. of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, meanwhile, announced the…

By Elizabeth Ouzts, Energy News Network With bipartisan energy compromise now law, advocates and some Democrats look to the budget to help protect the state’s poorest ratepayers. A ceremony this month to enact a new North Carolina law to cut power plant pollution produced a rare picture in this often-polarized state: Republican leaders who control…

European energy company Vestas, in partnership with Sulzer Schmid, has announced the successful completion of its wind turbine rotor blade inspections in 14 EU countries. Sulzer Schmid provided its drone and associated technology which were used to collect smart data on the status of the wind turbines. FairWind, FaroWind, and ROBUR carried out blade inspections…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip U.S. solar panel imports declined 27% in the third quarter of 2021, the largest quarterly decline since 2018, amid supply chain pressures and the proposed expansion of tariffs, according to a new report. The analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence found that the drop in imports from Q2 to Q3 2021 represented the…

More than half of electricity meters in Europe are now smart, a new report released by Berg Insight has found. The study states that the penetration of smart electricity meters has passed the 50% mark owing to increased investments in grid modernization and digitalization by utilities in the region. In 2020, approximately 150 million smart…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip ESS CEO Eric Dresselhuys joined Renewable Energy World for a conversation about the company’s journey, the promise of flow battery technology, and the impact of proposed tax credits for energy storage currently being considered by the U.S. Congress. Earlier this month, ESS became the first U.S. long-duration energy storage company to list on the…