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Dominion Energy | March 10, 2022

CarbonRight is now available to Dominion Energy customers in Utah and Idaho. CarbonRight is a novel and affordable solution for customers to reduce their carbon impact dramatically. Customers will offset carbon emissions associated with natural gas use in their homes or company by contributing to projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including those in Utah. The program is entirely voluntary and is open to all home users and companies, public buildings, and schools. Custo...

Strategy and Best Practices

BrightNight | July 20, 2022

Following a competitive solicitation, the Southwest Public Power Agency, Inc. (SPPA) has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with a BrightNight joint venture (JV) for the delivery of 300-megawatts of solar energy and 600 megawatt-hours of battery storage power. This is the largest renewable power purchase in SPPA's operational history and will supply 21 of SPPA's constituent members who are working to meet growing demand and carbon reduction goals. Power will be supplied from BrightN...

CleanTechnica | January 25, 2020

Solar power and advanced computing are a key cleantech intersection point. From renewables return on investment optimization to optimal rooftop commercial solar deployment, machine learning is helping us get more efficient and effective in our global transformation. But it’s deeper than that. Researchers in the US and China are using machine learning to discover new solar panel chemistries to increase the base efficiency and economic effectiveness of solar panels. They are trialing hundreds or t...

Solar+Storage

The California Public Utilities | November 19, 2020

As of August 2019, California had more than 600,000 electric vehicles out and about, as well as 20,000 public charging ports, as per a report from Gridworks. That number is set to increase; Newsom's chief request, signed in the wake of several devastating wildfires that consumed millions of acres in California this year, instructs the state's Air Resources Board to create regulations ordering the zero-emission vehicles objective, which is estimated to decrease over 35% of greenhouse gas ...