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The UK Just Went 55 Hours Without Using Coal for the First Time
Coal, which fueled the world’s biggest economies for more than a century, is increasingly losing out to renewables. The latest example of how one of the dirtiest fossil fuels is being squeezed out of the market came this week in Britain. Source: Renewable Energy
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Why Adaptation Is the New Reality for Offshore Wind Energy Logistics
Everything about the wind energy business is getting bigger. For example, current turbines averaging 4.1 MW with a hub height of 90 meters will soon be replaced by 11-MW giants with hubs 125 meters off sea level and blades spanning 190 meters. Their blade tips will cut the air at well over twice the height…
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SunPower to Buy SolarWorld Americas
SunPower Corp.’s new strategy: If you can’t beat them in the tariff game, buy them. The panel maker, which spent more than a year fighting U.S. import tariffs, announced Wednesday it was buying a rival that was instrumental in pushing for them. Source: Renewable Energy
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Utilities Can Choose Whether Blockchain Is a Threat or an Opportunity
Blockchain has been in the news a lot lately. Much of the noise is a result of the soaring valuation of the digital currencies it supports like Bitcoin and Ethereum. However, digital currencies are just one application for blockchain technology. Source: Renewable Energy
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Domestic Vehicle-to-Grid Charger Goes Commercial for Nissan EV Drivers
In what London-based OVO Energy is calling a world first, owners of Nissan electric vehicles now will have access to a commercially available domestic vehicle-to-grid charger. Source: Renewable Energy
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$24M Dedicated to Reducing Cost of Concentrated Solar Thermal Technology
The Solar Energy Technologies Office will put $24 million into research and development that will help the industry reach the DOE’s levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) targets for concentrated solar thermal systems by 2030. Source: Renewable Energy
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Alberta May Soon Have Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing
A bill was introduced last week in Alberta, Canada, that could give municipalities in the province the option to create Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing programs. Source: Renewable Energy
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New Jersey Gets 40 MWh of New Utility-Scale Energy Storage
Two new 20-MW/20-MWh stand-alone utility-scale energy storage installations are set to come online in New Jersey this year. Source: Renewable Energy
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US$88 million in funds awarded to rehabilitate 126-MW Qairokkum hydro plant in Tajikistan
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Green Climate Fund are providing a US$88 million financing package to complete rehabilitation of the 126-MW Qairokkum hydro plant. Source: Renewable Energy
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Power production begins at Pakistan's 969-MW Neelum Jhelum
Power generation has begun at Pakistan’s 969-MW Neelum Jhelum as the hydropower plant’s first turbine unit is now undergoing trial runs. Source: Renewable Energy