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  • Hawaii OKs Molokai island solar, battery storage project

    The project will include 4.88 MW of solar panels. Its battery system will store energy and discharge up to 2.6 MW during peak hours Source: Renewable Energy

  • Demand for Clean Energy Coming from Businesses, not Politics

    American firms have accounted for 4.2 GW, or 60 percent, of global corporate clean energy procurements so far in 2018, already setting a record over 2017’s previous benchmark pace, according to Bloomberg NEF report.    Source: Renewable Energy

  • Report: California Power System Shifting Dramatically through DER, EVs and CCA

    With California’s grid facing an era of rapid change as access to renewable energy grows, three new reports from the nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank Next 10 examine key issues involving the state’s power system. The reports take a deep dive into how the grid might be challenged or helped by the rise of electric vehicles;…

  • EPM to raise US$1.4 billion from asset sales to remain solvent after 2.4-GW Ituango hydro crisis

    Empresas Publicas de Medellin in Colombia has announced it plans to raise up to US$1.4 billion from asset sales in a bid to remain solvent in the wake of the crisis at the 2.4-GW Ituango hydro facility. Source: Renewable Energy

  • Singapore-based Blockchain Company Sparks Interest from TEPCO

    According to Martin Lim, COO of Electrify.Asia, a company facilitating peer-to-peer energy trading across the distribution grid, blockchain technology doesn’t take utilities out of the equation, but rather it adds another layer of potential revenue for them and helps reduce the cost of delivering energy to homes and businesses. Source: Renewable Energy

  • US Offshore Wind Farm to Sell Power for 6.5 Cents per kWh

    Massachusetts electricity users will reap $1.4 billion in benefits over 20 years from the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the U.S. Avangrid Inc. and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, joint developers of the 800-megawatt project south of Martha’s Vineyard, expect to provide power and renewable energy credits at a levelized price of 6.5 cents per kilowatt…

  • The Future of Energy Infrastructure in Africa

    Utility experts flocked to Johannesburg last month and talked how the skies the limit for the future opportunities and challenges of grid expansion and modernization in Africa. Source: Renewable Energy

  • Nearly 10-MW Solar Farm Operational in Gallup, NM

    The Allison Road solar farm is made up of nearly 29,000 panels in a single-axis tracker array. The Gallup farm is expected to generate more than 20 million kWh annually. Source: Renewable Energy

  • Five Technology Trends That Are Already Improving the Utility Customer Experience

    When we take a look back to see what new technologies have been talked about as challenging the accepted ways at utility companies, we can identify certain trends that are rising to the top. Typical among the technologies cited by utility stakeholders are cloud computing, digital transformation and IoT, electric vehicles, distributed/renewable energy sources and…

  • There's a Hidden Battery Play in the ‘Extremes’ of Power Prices

    There’s an energy-storage opportunity hidden in plain sight — and it has little to do with electric vehicles. As batteries go mainstream, the “deepest potential” for them is likely to be in arbitrage, according to a Bloomberg NEF report Tuesday. Source: Renewable Energy