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SolRiver Capital | October 29, 2021

SolRiver Capital, a national solar investment fund, announced the acquisition of a portfolio of utility-scale solar PV projects across the state of North Carolina from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners. The portfolio is eight projects throughout North Carolina, totaling 53 MW. Each project is expected to initially operate under a power purchase agreement with the local utility. Once completed, the projects will produce over 91 million kilowatt hours of clean electricity annually, which is enoug...

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Caterpilla | June 01, 2022

Caterpillar Inc. recently announced its collaboration with District Energy St. Paul in Minnesota for a three-year project to test a hydrogen-fueled combined heat and power (CHP) system. The U.S. Department of Energy is supporting and partially funding the research, which is endorsed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. "Caterpillar is focused on supporting our customers with reliable, sustainable power solutions, This hydrogen demonstration project will ...

GRID ENVIRONMENT

CenterPoint Energy | May 11, 2022

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) has announced that its Indiana-based electric utility business, CenterPoint Energy Indiana South, is opening a new all-source request for proposals (RFP) to seek a combination of resources including renewables (wind, solar and battery storage), thermal and demand-side resources, and short-term capacity to meet the future needs of its 150,000 electric customers in southwestern Indiana. "As we continue our electric generation r...

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Red, Green, and Blue | April 03, 2020

The state of Hawai’i has set a goal of getting 100% of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2045. Clearly, in order to reach that goal, grid-scale battery storage will be required. Now Hawaiian Electric, which supplies electricity to 95% of Hawai’i residents, says it is looking at installing up to 1 gigawatt-hour of battery storage. According to the Honolulu Star Advertiser, a major portion of that storage may be supplied by 244 Megapacks from Tesla located on 6 acres of land adjacen...