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Contributed by Neha Palmer, CEO of TeraWatt Infrastructure Electrified transport is about to come in a tidal wave to North America.  As the rate of adoption of personal electric vehicles (EV) accelerates, the electrification of commercial electric fleets of medium- to heavy-duty vehicles is quickly following suit. Corporate sustainability goals, ESG investments, and government policy…

Washington DC – According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data recently released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) dominated new U.S. electrical generating capacity additions and increased their contribution to the nation’s electrical production in the…

Follow @EngelsAngle Vestas, a global manufacturer and installer of wind turbines, has received orders for 50 megawatts from the Project Joint Venture between V-Ridium Power Group and KGAL in Poland. Vestas will supply and install turbines at the 15 MW Podlasek and 35 MW Wólka Dobryńska projects, both with anticipated commissioning by the end of 2022.…

Follow @EngelsAngle Installation of the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm — a 48 MW project off the coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland — has been completed. The Kincardine Offshore Wind farm is expected to generate up to 218 GWh of clean electricity each year, enough to power 55,000 Scottish households. The project is comprised of…

Follow @EngelsAngle This piece begins less like an article and more as an open conversation. So, of course, that conversation began on the platform known for facilitating civil discourse on nuanced topics: Twitter. Jigar Shah, the director of the Loan Programs Office of the U.S. Dept. of Energy, and a longtime renewable energy entrepreneur, launched…

Follow @EngelsAngle Crowley Maritime Corporation and Massachusetts Maritime Academy are creating a training and workforce development program to support the offshore wind energy industry in New England. The program, certified by the Global Wind Organisation, aims to facilitate the growth of the offshore wind workforce and provide sea safety and survival instruction. “Crowley and MMA…

By Todd Olinsky-Paul, Clean Energy Group / Clean Energy States Alliance With the long-anticipated approval of its new Statewide Electric Storage Program, Connecticut has just leapfrogged the rest of New England to become the new regional leader in distributed battery storage program development. The new program adopted by the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority is a…

Contributed by Austin Pierce, John Michael, and Kelly Rondinelli of Vinson & Elkins Shipping keeps the world moving; but what moves the ships? As part of the increasing global push to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, significant attention has been paid to the energy and power sectors. However, pressure is also mounting to…

Chinese manufacturer MingYang Smart Energy has unveiled a 264-meter tall, 16-megawatt capacity offshore wind turbine. The MySE 16.0-242 becomes the world’s largest hybrid drive wind turbine with a 242-meter diameter rotor, 118-meter long blades, and 4,600 m2 swept area. The model is capable of generating 80,000 MWh of electricity every year, enough to power more than…

The artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities for enabling distributed energy resource integration is growing so fast it could double itself in seven years and reach close to half a billion dollars per year by the end of the decade. A new report from research firm Guidehouse Insights analyzed the potential for AI-enabled DER integration and predicted…