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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Microgrids are currently being implemented in remote locations, like the islands of American Samoa, but also have the potential to reduce our carbon footprint and ensure reliable electricity in communities around the globe. A remote microgrid can play a crucial role on a far-flung island, as SolarCity shows today in unveiling a completed project 4,000 […]
Large retail stores – the same ones that will be flooded with customers this coming holiday weekend – are leading the way in solar energy and energy storage. IKEA, one of those retail giants, is adding fuel cells and batteries to several stores this year, hoping that the solar, fuel cell, and battery technologies will […]
Ohio is making steps towards greater reliance on solar and other clean energy sources. With the retirement of 1500MW of coal, the state is looking to replace most of that lost generation with large-scale solar facilities, with a focus on giving jobs to veterans. Ohio regulators have formally approved a settlement designed to shift the […]
A lot has changed in the way we produce and consume energy since the Cubs last won the World Series. Technological changes and society’s push for renewable energy has led to a reshuffling of the US energy consumption mix. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Petroleum Supply Monthly On Tuesday, the Cleveland Indians are set to […]
Several US companies have made commitments to using 100% renewable energy in the future, and Amazon Web Services is now on track to use over 50% renewables by the end of next year. Their 5th renewable energy project, a 189 MW wind farm in Ohio, will increase their renewable generation capacity to over 2.2 million […]
Since 2010, the total share of wind generation in the US has more than doubled with many states seeing renewable energy as a way to offset the closing of coal and nuclear plants. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly In 2015, 11 states generated at least 10% of their total electricity from wind. […]
The natural gas supply glut that dropped gas and electricity prices could soon turn into a supply issue and possible price spike as 23 straight weeks of below-average gas injections has left the US with far less gas than was expected going into the winter. U.S. natural gas prices have surged to the highest […]
New York City is making a commitment to growing solar as a way to keep peak prices lower and to provide emergency backup power. New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has set new targets for both energy storage and solar capacity in the city, of 100MWh of energy storage by 2020 and 1GW of […]
A relatively new form of renewable energy is finally being tested in the US in Hawaii: wave-powered generation. The US Navy is currently testing two different generators that convert tidal movement into electricity. Anyone who has been to the beach has wondered why the energy of waves and tides cannot be harnessed and turned into […]
The US electricity supply mix is changing, and renewable energy electricity generation in 2016 has already surpassed renewable generation from 2015. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Renewable electricity generation has surpassed levels from previous years in every month so far this year, based on data through June. Both hydroelectric and nonhydroelectric renewables […]
