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RECHARGE news | March 09, 2020

Virginia's General Assembly passed landmark clean energy legislation that doubles its offshore wind goal to 5.2GW and clears the way for big deployments of solar and storage, in a move hailed by US renewable energy groups as transformational. The legislation creates a mandate requiring that 30% or more of electricity comes from renewable sources by 2030 and sets a target of 100% zero-emissions by 2050. The bill creates a pathway for Virginia to steadily reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, par...

CalMatters | March 23, 2020

California has set ambitious goals to fight climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector. But, as the old saying goes, a goal without a plan is just a wish. Current state law calls for 60 percent of our energy to come from renewables by 2030, and for 100 percent clean energy by 2045. This builds upon earlier legislation that required half of our electricity to come from renewables by 2030. The state Legislature has set the destination but left it to state agenc...

Renewables Now | April 08, 2020

The state of New York has passed legislation that will “dramatically” speed up the permitting process for renewable energy projects. The so-called Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth and Community Benefit Act will facilitate the state in reaching its goal of sourcing 70% of its power from renewable power projects and help it recover from the coronavirus crisis, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) said last week. The new legislation envisages the creation of a n...

Amazon | February 04, 2020

Amazon has agreed to buy around two-thirds of the power that will be generated from a new 120MW solar project being developed in Virginia, US. The facility in Pittsylvania County is being developed by Dominion Energy – construction is set to begin in 2020 and the site is forecast to become operational in 2022. Arlington County is set to purchase the remaining proportion of electricity generated through a separate PPA – this will provide more than 80% of the electricity used annually across the c...