More than 1.3 GW will be built or owned by the utility across Florida and the Carolinas in the coming years, driven by the company’s Competitive Procurement for Renewable Energy program. Duke Energy has announced two major solar investments: $1 billion to construct or acquire a total of 700 MW of solar power facilities through 2022 in Florida…
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92.5 MW of solar could be coming to 795 acres in Jefferson County, after state regulators granted a siting certificate to Wild Hill Solar LLC. West Virginia regulators have granted a siting certificate to Wild Hill Solar LLC, which plans to build a 92.5 MW facility on 795 acres of agricultural land in Jefferson County.…
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The Solar Ready Vets Fellowship program offers a pathway to connect solar companies with military veterans. As clean energy companies work to meet growing demands, many have had difficulty finding qualified job applicants. In the 10th annual National Solar Jobs Census released in 2019, 83% of solar employers reported it was difficult or somewhat difficult to fill key roles, predominantly…
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Also on the rise: Wyoming considers a solar production tax, NREL updates a renewable energy data tool, and extensions may be sought to the FERC 2222 timeline. With apologies to the poet Robert Frost who wrote “good fences make good neighbors,” it seems that installing solar panels on your house is the neighborly thing to…
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A new report from REBA highlights the leading players and found that utility-scale solar power was the most sought-after renewable resource among the country’s major companies. Amazon was the No. 1 U.S. corporate buyer of renewable energy in 2020, procuring more than 3.16 GW. Utility-scale solar power also was the most sought-after renewable resource among…
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The legislation would extend the federal Investment Tax Credit for solar and create a version for energy storage technology. Lawmakers on the U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue have reintroduced the Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now (GREEN) Act, which includes a five-year extension of the solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC). Led by Subcommittee…
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The Accelerators would seek investment and procurements in areas such as renewables, storage, transportation, transmission, resiliency, efficiency, reforestation, agriculture, and industrial de-carbonization. Bills to create a Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator that can leverage $100 billion of public funds to finance up to $463 billion in total investment over the next four years have been…
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The company said retrofitting its existing solar projects with energy storage will help enhance California’s grid reliability. Southern Power, a U.S. wholesale energy provider and subsidiary of Southern Co., is retrofitting a pair of its California solar farms with battery storage resources and has secured two 20-year power purchase agreements from Southern California Edison (SCE).…
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The shift in strategy means the bank will move away from using RECs as its primary tool to meet its renewable energy goals. Financial firm Wells Fargo is partnering with Ameresco to install 30 MW of new onsite solar arrays on nearly 100 of its retail and administrative offices in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Iowa, New…
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The utility company plans to retire the last of its coal-fired facilities in the state by the end of 2024. Alliant Energy announced plans to retire the two coal units at the Columbia Energy Center by the end of 2024, meaning the utility would become coal-free in Wisconsin about 15 years ahead of its previous goal. The…
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