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An environmental consultant tasked with creating a business model to monetize carbon capture on solar sites will study the ability of different plant mixes to absorb and retain carbon at a 1-megawatt Alliant Energy array. By Karen Uhlenhuth, Energy News Network As thousands of acres of Iowa farmland are eyed as possible sites for solar…

Follow @EngelsAngle Germany can, and must, meet the targets of the Paris Climate Agreement by achieving 100% renewable energy by 2030, a new study claims. Switching to 100% renewable energy for all energy sectors is not urgently needed to limit global warming to 1.5◦C above pre-industrial levels, but is also economically viable, authors of the…

Follow @EngelsAngle OYA Solar, a renewable energy developer and independent power producer, has started construction on six community solar projects in New York State. The combined 32 MWDC community solar projects are part of the NYERDA VDER program, benefiting residents and businesses in Franklin, Jefferson, Livingston, Onondaga, and Oswego Counties. The projects are expected to…

As new, more efficient photovoltaic cells become cheaper and more common, and they spread to more and more installations at every scale, they come with a future problem that could get out of hand in the United States, or it could be a source of great opportunity in the industry: solar waste recycling. According to…

Follow @EngelsAngle The Biden administration on Wednesday outlined an ambitious plan for wind and solar energy to provide 90% of U.S. electricity by 2050. The U.S. Dept of Energy’s Solar Futures Study is a blueprint that broadly shows how the U.S. could reach the milestone in the Biden administration’s quest for a zero-carbon grid. The…

Invenergy and BW Offshore are partnering on a bid to build a massive, 5.4-gigawatt wind project proposal offshore Scotland, the companies announced Wednesday. The offshore wind project will be a mix of floating and fixed foundations off the northeast coast of Scotland, as part of the first ScotWind leasing round. “We are uniquely positioned to deliver innovative offshore…

Follow @EngelsAngle Dozens of climate groups are urging leaders in Congress to avoid funding hydrogen-based technologies in the infrastructure and budget reconciliation packages. In a letter sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday, the groups warned that the vast majority of hydrogen produced today is created from natural…

Follow @EngelsAngle Global supply chain pressures led to a year-over-year decline in new solar power capacity additions in the second quarter of 2021 in the U.S., according to an analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence. But, researchers wrote, demand is strong with 17.4 gigawatts of capacity under construction. The U.S. added 1,968 MW of utility-scale…

Renewable energy developers have until Oct. 12 to file comments with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission about their experiences with interconnection. The ANOPR provides a forum for small and large developers to voice their concerns with RTO interconnection rules. Developers should ask FERC to mandate RTO studies and tools such as MISO’s Point Of Interconnection…

Today, global engineering and consultancy group DMT GROUP said it has been appointed to support two critical elements of the construction of SuedLink, the longest underground power cable in the world. The 700-km 100% underground SuedLink transmission line will transport wind energy from northern Germany to Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg and better integrate sources of renewable…