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Follow @EngelsAngle Dominion Energy has reached an agreement with the Port of Virginia for staging and assembly of its 2,600-megawatt offshore wind project — the U.S.’s largest commercial offshore wind project in development. Dominion Energy will lease 72 acres at the Portsmouth Marine Terminal for staging and pre-assembly of foundations and turbines to be installed…

Contributed by Tricia (TJ) Jackson Prior mortgages are typical due diligence items in the real estate title review process for renewable energy projects. Resolving issues related to prior mortgages is key to establishing a title policy that is satisfactory to lenders and investors while also protecting the project company’s real property assets. The following serves…

By Frank Jossi, Energy News Network A wave of pilot programs by Minnesota electric cooperatives is saving customers money and providing useful data for larger utilities considering new technology and pricing models to encourage grid efficiency. Minnesota electric cooperatives have quietly emerged as laboratories for clean grid innovation, outpacing investor-owned utilities on smart meter installations,…

To buy humanity additional time on earth before climate catastrophe hits us all – see IPCC’s latest report – we ought to restructure the electricity industry from the ground up, drastically. Today’s electricity production by burning coal is among the largest pollution creators in the world. Worldwide, “Coal is the single largest power source on…

Ivanhoe Mines Co-Chairs Robert Friedland and Yufeng “Miles” Sun announced that Kamoa Copper SA sister company Ivanhoe Mines Energy DRC has extended its existing financing agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo’s La Société Nationale d’ Électricité (SNEL) to upgrade turbine 5 in the 1,424-MW Inga II hydropower facility on the Congo River. Ivanhoe Mines…

Stay informed about the latest renewable energy trends & technologies RENEWABLE+ Series is our new semi-annual virtual conference series focused on renewable energy. Hear directly from industry leaders at top companies like: Community Solar Projects and Programs: Today and TomorrowWednesday, October 6, 2021 | 10:45 AM CDT This session will bring together a project owner…

Follow @EngelsAngle Long-duration thermal energy storage developer Malta raised $60 million in its oversubscribed Series B financing round with added support from Chevron Energy Ventures and Piva Capital. The capital will be used to advance the company’s commercialization strategy, according to a press release. “Our mission is to make renewables dispatchable,” said Ramya Swaminathan, CEO…

Follow @EngelsAngle The U.S. can nearly reach the Biden administration’s goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions with the approval of a bipartisan infrastructure bill and $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote to colleagues Wednesday. CNN first reported the analysis by Schumer’s office that said the bills would position the U.S.…

This Op-Ed was contributed by Michael Parr, executive director of the Ultra Low-Carbon Alliance The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has issued a sobering report that confirms what’s increasingly obvious in our daily lives: we’ve polluted the atmosphere with so much carbon that we have already “locked-in” a 1.5-degree C rise in average global…

Follow @EngelsAngle The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) curtailed 1.5 million MWh of utility-scale solar-powered electricity generation in 2020 — 5% of total utility-scale production — according to a new report by the Energy Information Administration. The data represents an increasing trend of monthly solar curtailments in the state since January 2015. CAISO is expected…