Month: November 2021

With the number of companies making commitments to shift to 100% renewable energy doubling since 2017, it is important for both companies and individuals to understand the technical aspects of achieving net-zero. In this webcast, learn about Schneider Electric’s journey to become ranked the world’s most sustainable corporation by Corporate Knights. John Westerman, Schneider Electric’s …

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Follow @EngelsAngle A microgrid control lab opened at the University of Central Florida on Tuesday, the product of a partnership between Florida Power & Light and GE Digital to simulate a modern grid control room and accelerate research. The Microgrid Control Lab features control center equipment and software that UCF engineering faculty and students will …

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Contributed by Gia Schneider Last summer saw the second consecutive August my home state of California has faced a strained electric grid and associated grid outages. Climate change-induced heat waves are once again increasing demand for electricity just as the impacts of wildfires, drought and a diminished snowpack have coalesced to reduce electricity supplies and …

How hydropower can support a stable, low-carbon grid and healthy rivers Read More »

Follow @EngelsAngle As progress continues on Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, the largest offshore wind project in development in the U.S., the estimated cost of the project has increased to $10 billion. Dominion Energy CEO Bob Blue told investors last week that the projected levelized cost of energy for the project is now $87 per megawatt-hour, …

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The Clean Energy States Alliance recently released a new report that looks at the development of green hydrogen (H2) from offshore wind. Georgena Terry chatted with report author Val Stori to glean some of the highlights from the report. Scottish offshore energy company Equinor has revealed its preferred floating wind foundation design for full-scale gigawatt (GW) commercial …

Exploring Europe’s approach to offshore wind and green hydrogen Read More »

Follow @EngelsAngle Renewable energy advocates celebrated Congress’ passing of the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, which includes billions of dollars for renewable energy projects and research. President Joe Biden called the funding package a “once-in-a-generation” investment solar, wind, energy storage, and electric vehicle technologies that will create millions of jobs. Heather Zichal, CEO of the …

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Ana Maria Dimand, Boise State University The U.S. Congress passed an infrastructure bill that funds more than a trillion dollars in nationwide federal spending on Nov. 5, 2021. The bill puts about US$240 billion toward building or rebuilding roads, bridges, public transit, airports and railways. More than $150 billion is slated for projects that address …

Congress passes $1T infrastructure bill – but how does the government go about spending that much money? Read More »

PJM is pursuing generator interconnection reforms to file at FERC in early 2022. PJM had three stakeholder meetings in October alone. In addition to learning from MISO’s experience, PJM should work with its transmission owners to build substations where renewables connect to the transmission grid. Prefabricated substations are readily available from some of the leading …

At PJM, prefabricated substations might speed up interconnecting renewables Read More »

Originally published at Alt Energy Stocks Monthly Performance Returns for the Ten Clean Energy Stocks for 2021 model portfolio are shown below.  It was a good month for clean energy stocks as well as the broader stock market, with the portfolio up 4% for a 20% total return through the end of October.  Its clean …

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Contributed by James Viray, Gregory Carli, Michele Villa — GHD How can we radically collaborate to make the right choices – and the right investment decisions – to mobilize global markets and accelerate the establishment of a sustainable, low-carbon economy? In many ways, the climate change challenge we face in the next 10 years is …

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