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Power Technology | April 06, 2020

State of New York authorities have passed legislation to speed up the siting and construction of large-scale clean energy projects to help the sector recover from the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak and meet climate targets. The Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth and Community Benefit Act – to be implemented in 2020-2021 – will improve the process for siting of clean projects and create the first office for renewable energy siting in the US. Secretary of State Rossana Rosado said: “The Accelerate...

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Luxcara | February 18, 2021

Luxcara and GE Renewable Energy have announced an agreement to convey 753MW of inland wind capacity with the Önusberget wind ranch in northern Sweden. As indicated by the Luxcara press explanation, the project will be the largest single inland wind ranch in Europe and GE's largest coastal wind ranch contract outside of the US. Luxcara has just begun foundation work, and GE will start introducing turbines as right on time as July of this current year. GE Ren...

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Tesla | March 24, 2021

In South Australia, Tesla has unveiled a new "Tesla Energy Plan" in an attempt to reduce power prices in a country known for high energy costs. A Tesla Powerwall-powered virtual power plant is supporting the initiative. Over the years, South Australia has had several power outages. Tesla first became interested in providing its Powerpack to Neoen's massive energy storage initiative, named the "Tesla Big Battery." While in the region during th...

Economictimes | August 15, 2020

Apollo Global Management Inc said on Friday that it agreed to invest $265 million in offshore wind developer US Wind Inc, marking the private equity firm's first foray into one of the hottest areas of renewable energy development in the country. Apollo said its investment, which includes both debt and equity, will fund the construction of an offshore wind project off the coast of Maryland. Wind power is the largest source of renewable energy in the United States, generating about 7.3 per cen...