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The African Development Bank Group’s Board of Directors has approved a loan of $86.72 million to co-finance the second phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. The multi-phase project will provide water to the Gauteng region of South Africa and generate hydroelectricity for Lesotho. The project entails harnessing the waters of the Senqu/Orange River in…

By Philip T. Krein, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Zhejiang University, China An intriguing aspect of electric vehicle (EV) charging is how it will change business models for vehicle energy. In this article, aspects of charging practices and impacts are discussed, in the context of consumer-driven electric vehicles. Practices will be different for vehicle…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip Portland General Electric has outlined a path to net-zero emissions that relies on tripling clean energy assets and utilizing customer-sited distributed energy resources for grid resiliency. The Oregon utility shared plans Friday to reduce emissions by at least 80% by 2030, 90% by 2035, and to reach zero emissions by 2040. To reach…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip A new report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory aims to advise renewable energy asset owners on the value of participating in ancillary services markets as an additional revenue source and grid resiliency tool. Researchers analyzed standalone wind and solar deployments in the seven U.S. electricity markets, as well as hybrid wind and…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip Claiming to produce some of the greenest steel in the world, a Colorado steel mill will soon be powered almost entirely by solar. Lightsource bp announced that its 300 megawatt Bighorn Solar project will position EVRAZ’s Pueblo steel mill as the world’s first steel mill to run almost entirely on solar. The project,…

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has selected UL (Underwriters Laboratories) for the provision of inspection and certification services for the company’s most advanced turbine designs. UL will inspect Siemens Gamesa’s new 5.X onshore platform, the SG5.8-170 and SG5.8-155 wind turbines with a capacity of 5.8MW and rotor diameters of 170 and 155 meters — representing some of the…

By Frank Jossi, Energy News Network The state’s solar energy trade group has made improving consumer protections a priority after a string of bankruptcies in recent years left dozens of customers stuck with unfinished projects. Minnesota solar industry leaders are working with state officials to tighten oversight of residential solar contractors after the bankruptcy of…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday signed into law a bipartisan mandate that will require the state to reduce carbon emissions by 70% by 2030 and reach carbon neutrality by 2050. House Bill 951: Energy Solutions for North Carolina directs the Utilities Commission to “take all reasonable steps” to achieve the emissions…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip A joint venture between global energy giant TotalEnergies and Simply Blue Group, a developer of floating offshore wind projects, aims to capitalize on the “vast potential” of floating offshore wind projects in the U.S. Together, TotalEnergies and Simply Blue Group have more than 9 gigawatts of offshore wind in development around the world.…

Follow @EngelsAngle</scrip Despite a deadlocked 2-2 vote by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Tuesday, an energy market proposed by Southeast utilities was allowed to take effect due to rules regarding tie votes by the agency. Expected members of the Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM) The 15 utilities behind the Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM) hailed…