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DOE initiative targets clean energy’s interconnection woes

Contractors begin installing solar panels on the framework of phase 1 at Los Angeles AFB Space and Missile Systems Center. 2 MAR 10, U.S. Air Force Photo By Lou Hernandez/ Released Follow @EngelsAngle The Dept. The Dept. The Interconnection Innovation eXchange, funded by the Bipartisan infrastructure Law (i2X), will target long interconnection lines that threaten

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Ameresco, Bright Canyon Develop Solar, Battery Grid Project in Hawai‘i

Ameresco Inc. and Bright Canyon Energy, an energy infrastructure developer, are working on the proposed Kūpono Solar Project, a combined solar and battery system to be built at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam West Loch Annex in Hawai‘i. The project is designed to deliver 42 MW of renewable energy to Hawaiian Electric’s grid on the

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American Electric Power’s SWEPCO Adds 200 MW Solar Project in Louisiana

Nicholas K. Akins Southwestern Electric Power Co., a subsidiary American Electric Power (AEP), has added three renewable energy projects to its portfolio of 999 MW. These projects represent a $2.2B investment in clean, efficient resources. SWEPCO expects to issue another request for proposal (RFP) in the near term for additional renewable energy consistent with the

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Idemitsu Renewables Begins Operations for 73 MW California Project for EBCE

Idemitsu Renewables has successfully commenced commercial operation for Luciana, a 73 MW solar farm in Tulare County, Calif. It is expected that it will generate clean, affordable power sufficient to meet the needs of more than 20,000 California homes.  “Considering the unprecedented supply chain challenges the industry faced this past year,

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