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Mitsubishi Electric announced the acquisition of Smarter Grid Solutions — a UK-based company providing software management for the distributed energy resources market. SGS’ DER management system facilitates the integration of DER into markets and grids, including grid capacity management, interconnection, and energy as a service. “We are very excited to bring SGS into Mitsubishi Electric.…

Trina Solar’s 210 PERC solar cell has achieved 23.56% efficiency, a record for 210 P-type monocrystalline silicon PERC cells, the company said this week. The efficiency rating was independently confirmed by the National Center of Supervision and Inspection on Solar Photovoltaic Product Quality. Read more: Why Heliene is betting on heterojunciton solar cell modules with…

The Dept. of the Interior announced the next steps for a proposed 1,000-megawatt wind project in southern Idaho. The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project, which would double the state’s wind energy production. The project would feature 400 wind turbines and up to seven new substations.…

Anheuser-Busch announced plans this week for what will become the largest solar project at a brewery in the U.S. — part of a $64 million investment in the company’s Los Angeles facility. The solar project will generate 10% of the brewery’s total electricity use and create 16 new jobs at the facility. Anheuser-Busch’s Los Angeles…

The coalition of Southern utilities petitioning to form a new market exchange has responded to a second deficiency letter from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM) members requested a shortened comment period and prompt decision from FERC, which is expected to take action on the proposal over the next two…

Contributed by Benedikt Sobotka, CEO of Eurasian Resources Group and co-chair of the Global Battery Alliance The recent report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change clearly outlines that climate change is widespread, intensifying, and ‘unequivocally’ caused by human activities. Greenhouse gas emissions are responsible for approximately 1.2C of warming since 1850-1900, with global…

Gulf Power, a subsidiary of Florida Power & Light, began installing the first of 600,000 new solar panels planned at two solar farms in Northwest Florida. The Cotton Creek Solar Energy Center in Escambia County and Blue Springs Solar Energy Center in Jackson County will begin generating clean energy for customers by early 2022, the…

Vistra finished Phase II expansion of its Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in California, the company announced Thursday, adding 100 MW/400 MWh to the world’s largest battery facility. The facility is now storing power and supporting the California grid, when needed, with a total capacity of 400 MW/1,600 MWh. Read more: The automated vessel designed…

Japan’s PowerX is developing the world’s first vessel to transport electricity generated by offshore wind farms to shore. The automated “Power Transfer Vessel” aims to support Japan’s goal of increasing offshore wind power generation from 20 megawatts to 10 gigawatts by 2030 and 30-45 GW by 2040. PowerX will also construct a large-scale battery packing…

Contributed by Danyel Desa, energy analyst for Tata Industries Oil and gas companies have long delivered the fuels that form the bedrock of today’s energy system, but against a backdrop of persistently high global emissions, they are coming under increasing pressure to deliver solutions to climate change. While these may sound like binary choices, most…