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Tilt Renewables Looks to Cloud for Data Analysis
Australasian renewables company Tilt Renewables has signed a deal to use Cloud technology for data analysis of its wind, solar and hydropower plants. Source: Renewable Energy
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Last Word: Bifacial Plus Tracking Boosts Solar Energy Yield by 27 Percent
While U.S. solar developers may be worried about the Section 201 tariffs another trend could help offset their impact: high-efficiency modules. Source: Renewable Energy
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Drones Across Spain Are Spotting Dodgy Solar Panels and Wind Turbines
Drones the size of manhole covers are helping Spain’s biggest utility to squeeze costs of green electricity, spotting faulty solar panels and wind-turbine blades way ahead of engineers on the ground. Source: Renewable Energy
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California Decision Means SCE Could Use Solar, Storage to Offset New Gas Generation
Last week, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) authorized Southern California Edison (SCE) to recover in customer rates the cost of contracts for innovative clean energy resources to offset the need for new natural gas generation. Source: Renewable Energy
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Puerto Rico's Grid Authority Loses Yet Another CEO
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello named two new board members Friday. Eli Diaz and Ralph Kreil will be chair and vice chair, respectively, and the board hopes to name yet another new CEO sometime this week. Source: Renewable Energy
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On a Mission to Cut Electricity Rates, Ontario’s Ford Says He Will Cancel Wind, Solar Contracts
Renewable-power contracts from Boralex Inc. and Invenergy LLC are among those targeted for cancellation by Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who’s working to terminate or wind down more than 750 contracts in a revamp of the province’s energy policies. Source: Renewable Energy
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Using Solar Plus Storage Design to Tackle High Demand Charges
Increasing penetration of distributed, renewable energy is causing an upheaval in traditional utility business models and spurring a re-examination of tariff structures that have been in place for over 100 years. Solar plus storage can help. Source: Renewable Energy
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Apple Launches New Clean Energy Fund in China
The fund will be managed through DWS Group Source: Renewable Energy
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New York Begins Wave toward 2,400 MW of Offshore Wind
The state’s Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA) will procure approximately 800 MW of offshore wind through a solicitation in the fourth quarter this year. Source: Renewable Energy
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How EPCs Can Reduce Costs in Ground Mount Solar Projects
Innovations in solar ground mount foundations and racking systems have lagged behind the many evolutionary changes being made in photovoltaics, inverters, batteries and other balance of system technologies that together are driving down costs. Of course, there is not much that can be done to “enhance” a steel pile, a ground screw, rebar or concrete.…