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Navisun is nearing completion on a 4.5 MW community solar farm project at a former landfill site in Linden, New Jersey. The Linden Hawk Rise project will provide affordable, clean energy to approximately 800 residents, most of whom are low and moderate-income. “We are pleased to support both the City of Linden as well as…

Nomad Go’s new version of its HVAC solution is designed to help the real estate industry reduce CO2 emissions and energy costs by over 30% in buildings. Nomad Go’s vision sensor detects whether people are present in a commercial space before using data to warm, cool, and ventilate a room based on occupants. (Courtesy: Nomad…

Slovenia’s Dravske elektrarne Maribor, which operates as part of the HSE Group, announced it is beginning construction of segment five of the Zlatoličje solar power plant on the left bank of the discharge channel for the 136-MW Zlatoličje hydroelectric plant. DEM said this arrangement will add value to the country’s largest hydroelectric power plant while…

Plan to use contracts-for-difference model to incentivize projects The UK government has today (Tuesday 17 August) unveiled its long-awaited strategy for developing a hydrogen energy economy. By Kevin Ross, Editor-in-Chief of Enlit Europe and Power Engineering International It comes at a time when there is high scrutiny of the country’s climate policies in the countdown…

A retired New Jersey landfill – once an environmental and financial burden to the community because of its improper closure in the 1980s — will soon become home to the largest solar project of its kind in North America. CEP Renewables began the development of a 25.6 megawatt (dc) solar project in Mount Olive, New…

Originally published at ILSR.org For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, a rebroadcast of episode 127 of the Building Local Power Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with guest Jean Su. Su, an attorney and Director of the Energy Justice Program at the Center for Biological Diversity, represented the Center in an antitrust suit against Arizona utility…

Congress is considering a Clean Electricity Payment Program in the massive reconciliation package. It’s not a Clean Energy Standard, but it can accomplish the same goal, advocates say. Congress is considering landmark legislation to address climate change and the clean energy transition through a $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill. Only a simple majority of Democrats…

The U.S. needs 1.03 million new charging stations to support President Biden’s goal of electric vehicles making up 50% of car sales by 2030, new analysis shows. comes as major automakers have made (non-binding) agreements to significantly boost the share of EVs sold to meet pressing climate goals. But current EV charging infrastructure is extremely…

Construction costs for U.S. onshore wind generators declined by 27% from 2013-2019, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. But new guidance from Wood Mackenzie signals turbulent costs over the next year and a half. The average construction cost per kilowatt fell from $1,895 in 2013 to $1,391 in 2019. The report acknowledges…

On its quest to develop negative carbon footprint projects, Strategic Biofuels claims to have successfully completed a carbon capture and storage test at its diesel fuel plant in Louisiana. The test pilot has completed at the company’s Louisiana Green Fuels Project in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana — the first renewable diesel fuel project to achieve such…