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Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip The global rooftop solar market has the potential to exceed 2,000 GW of generation and 1,000 GWh of energy storage by 2050 through careful policy design, according to a new report. The report by BloombergNEF and Schneider Electric, Realizing the Potential of Customer-Sited Solar, found the global rooftop solar+storage market to be largely…

New Jersey-based utility Public Service Enterprise Group has signed a multi-decade lease for land which will be used as a major manufacturing and assembly port to support the offshore wind industry. PSEG and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) signed a lease allowing up to 78 years on an artificial island within Salem County.…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip A former coal mine in Southwest Virginia will be redeveloped for a utility-scale solar project. The collaboration by the Nature Conservancy and Dominion Energy will repurpose 1,200 acres of the former Red Onion surface mine to generate approximately 50 megawatts of solar energy, enough to power 12,500 homes. “This project is a huge…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip Vineyard Wind, the 800-megawatt project offshore Massachusetts, has closed on $2.3 billion of senior debt financing, setting the stage for construction to begin.  The joint venture between Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners is one of the single largest investments in a renewable energy project in the U.S. This marks the first financial…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip Global assurance and risk management provider DNV has verified the hybrid floating wind platform developed by Gazelle Wind Power with a statement of feasibility. Gazelle Wind Power’s platform combines the features of tension-leg and semi-submersible platforms to enable deepwater wind farms up to 400 meters. “Achieving DNV verification of our disruptive platform is…

Orbital Marine Power announces it will lead a pan-European consortium to deliver the €26.7 million (US$31.5 million) FORWARD-2030 project, set up to accelerate the commercial deployment of floating tidal energy. The Fast-tracking Offshore Renewable energy With Advanced Research to Deploy 2030MW of tidal energy before 2030 (FORWARD-2030) project will run from 2021 to 2025. Between…

Global energy companies TotalEnergies and Air Liquide have inked a deal to cooperate on the development of green hydrogen and carbon capture technologies in France. The deal enables TotalEnergies to leverage Air Liquide’s expertise in low-carbon hydrogen production to decarbonize its Normandy platform in France. Air Liquide will operate the TotalEnergies Normandy site which produces…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip Analysis by Sage Energy Consulting estimates the value of California solar could drop 40-80% under the proposed policy change. Now, we wait. Over the next three months, the California Public Utilities Commission will weigh arguments before making a decision on the next generation of net metering policy — a ruling that is likely…

Contributed by Matt Cramer, ArcVera Renewables Running power performance tests (PPTs) on operational assets is a highly complex task that requires a significant amount of experience.  When should I carry out power performance tests? Power performance testing is carried out to determine the economic value of a wind project and to ensure that projects are…

Utility-scale energy storage startup Key Capture Energy has a new majority owner in a South Korean liquefied natural gas entity. SK E&S Co. has acquired Key Capture Energy and will provide additional capital for the company’s growth plans in the U.S. Started in 2016. Key Capture holds 254 MW in standalone energy storage projects in…