March 2022

Comcast Signs 250 MW PPA With Constellation to Power Mid-Atlantic Operations

Blue Sky Solar Project Comcast has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for 250 MW of solar electricity from Constellation that will power approximately 12% of Comcast’s U.S. operations and the vast majority of its Mid-Atlantic operations with clean, renewable energy. The agreement will help to construct the Blue Sky Solar Project, currently being built […]

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‘Empty rhetoric:’ The solar industry’s public spat with Biden over tariffs

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SPP sets grid operator record with 90% renewable energy penetration

A Kansas wind farm (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector). Follow @EngelsAngle On March 29, at 2:42 a.m. in Southwest Power Pool grid, renewable energy supplied 90.2% electricity to the grid. This is a record for a U.S. region transmission organization. SPP stated that wind provided 88.5% of total energy demand during that time, surpassing the 84% record

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Southern Power Begins Operating CA Energy Storage Projects

Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power’s battery-based energy storage projects at its Tranquillity and Garland solar facilities in California are now fully operational. “These co-located solar and storage projects are a first of their kind for Southern Power,” says Bill Grantham, Southern Power’s president. “We expect these new battery-based energy storage projects

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Peak Power, Oshawa Project Exhibits Use of Aggregated Clean Energy for Utilities

Peak Power has partnered with Oshawa Power in order to create and execute an energy platform that shows how distributed energy resources (DERs) can improve reliability of a local grid. The project, funded by Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), supported by the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) Innovation Sandbox, and sited at Ontario Tech University,

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Manufacturers Ask Congress to Boost U.S. Clean Energy Production with Tax Incentives

Abigail Ross Hopper Over 100 producers and manufacturers wrote President Biden and Leader Schumer, Speaker Pelosi, and the chairmen of committees expressing their strong support for long term clean energy tax incentives in federal budget reconciliation legislation. “The pandemic and recent global conflicts have thrown energy markets and supply chains into turmoil, making it even

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