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Solar company partners with Community Foundation to honor Spotsylvania donation pledge
This article discusses SPower’s partnering with with Community Foundation to honor Spotsylvania donation pledge.
The company building a 500-megawatt solar facility in western Spotsylvania partnered with a local nonprofit foundation to distribute $25 million throughout the county.
The fund is something the chief executive officer of Utah-based Sustainable Power Group pledged […]
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Clean Energy At 1 Cent Per Kilowatt-Hour
This CleanTechnica article discusses how Hawaii has moved into solar and other clean energy technologies – at 1 cent per kilowatt-hour.
According to the Hawaii State Energy Office:
“From July 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018, the program invested over $22 million to deliver more than 1.8 billion kWh in estimated […]
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Free Lance-Star Editorial: Preserve Ag land for agriculture
This editorial is way off base.
Why should agricultural land be off-limits for solar projects? Solar projects are more environmentally friendly than housing developments. And they are more economically beneficial as they don’t require massive outlays of tax dollars for roads, schools, etc.
Solar farms don’t use massive amounts of water […]
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Dominion submits $33M battery storage pilot plan
This article discusses Dominion Energy’s submission of a $33M battery storage pilot plan.
Dominion Energy Virginia announced Tuesday it is planning to spend around $33 million to build four electric power battery storage projects at three sites in central Virginia.
The pilot projects, totaling 16 megawatts, would be the utility’s first […]
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Fairfax County plans a historic solar buy—if Dominion Energy doesn’t stand in the way
This Virginia Mercury article by Ivy Main discusses Fairfax County’s plans to buy solar power, if Dominion Energy doesn’t stand in the way.
In June, Fairfax County announced it was seeking proposals from solar companies to install solar at up to 130 county-owned facilities and schools, with another 100 sites […]
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A pocket chart to maximize solar power deployment
This PV-Magazine article provides a pocket chart to maximize solar power deployment. Researchers have built a matrix outlining how solar power in various deployment models generates benefits greater than just clean electricity. This will help policy makers maximize energy decisions with limited resources.
Researchers have developed a matrix (below chart) […]
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The Green New Deal is a chance to make clean energy accessible to all
This article discusses why the Green New Deal is a chance to make clean energy accessible to all. Transitioning the U.S. economy from fossil fuels to 100% clean energy is a massive undertaking. But from an equity, economic, and environmental perspective, the opportunities far outweigh the costs.
Late last year, […]
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Trump Makes His Biggest Move Yet to Try to Save Coal Plants
This Bloomberg article discusses how Trump is trying to save coal plants. EPA scales back Obama’s Clean Power Plan curbs on emissions while solar, wind and natural gas have pared U.S. coal demand.
President Donald Trump is scaling back sweeping Obama-era curbs on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants burning […]
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Renewables would displace 86 GW of gas projects in Beyond Carbon campaign
This PV-Magazine article discusses how renewables would displace 86 GW of gas projects in Beyond Carbon campaign.
Solar, wind and storage would take the place of 150 proposed gas-fired generators in a Beyond Carbon campaign launched by Michael Bloomberg and the Sierra Club. Building on the success of the Beyond […]
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Report: Solar Industry Update – Q4 2018/Q1 2019
This National Renewable Energy Laboratory report discusses the solar industry update for Oct 2018 to March 2019.
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