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ForeFront Power | February 10, 2021

ForeFront Power, a main developer of distributed solar and energy stockpiling projects in the U.S., today announced commercial activity of the biggest solar undertaking in Kane County, Ill. With 7,384 boards, the 2.8-megawatt project conveys power to the Mooseheart Child City and School (Mooseheart), a non-benefit private childcare office for kids and adolescents out of luck. The undertaking made in excess of 44 positions during the development and activity stages. The Mooseheart ...

Google | February 17, 2020

Google spinout Dandelion Energy wants to push home geothermal heating to new heights in 2020. The company, which emerged from the X "Moonshot Factory" in 2017, has grown to around 100 employees and installed hundreds of sites in New York state. It continues to refine its drilling technology to make residential drilling and heat pump installation easier and more competitive with incumbent fossil fuels. Last month, it pulled in another $12 million, bringing total investment to $35 million, and hir...

The Fuel Fox | February 01, 2020

According to new figures, the world’s largest technology companies have fuelled a track rise in renewables marketed directly to international corporations the year before. Due to a growing thirst for sustainable power, clean energy from renewables developers purchased by industries has increased three times in the two previous years. The most important renewable energy buyers to fuel their data hubs were software powerhouses, like Google, Facebook, Amazon, as well as Microsoft. BloombergNEF has ...

Utility Dive | April 07, 2020

In an effort to speed the development of large-scale clean energy resources, New York lawmakers authorized the creation of an Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) and took steps to accelerate transmission investment to move carbon-free electricity to load centers. The new siting rules will ensure renewables projects larger than 25 MW can receive approval within a year. Under the current process, siting for these projects takes two to three years, experts say. The new office was approved las...