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| | | | | Pattern Energy has closed $11 billion in financing and started full construction of SunZia, the largest clean energy project in U.S. history. | | |
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| | | BloombergNEF analyst and author Jenny Chase joined Episode 71 of the Factor This! podcast to discuss her spiciest predictions for 2024. | | |
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| | | An appeals court has rejected a lawsuit that sought to overturn California's controversial NEM 3.0 rooftop solar policy. | | |
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| | | The IEA projected that more than 440 gigawatts of renewable energy would be added in 2023, more than the entire installed power capacity of Germany and Spain together. | | |
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| | | Representatives from Colorado are proposing that wind energy companies should be required to remove decommissioned wind turbines from leased land before becoming eligible for federal tax credits. | | |
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| | | In Houston and across the nation, there are few solar-powered homes in lower-income areas. Panel installation can easily top $20,000, putting solar out of reach for many households with modest incomes. | | |
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| | | The proposal outlines a tiered system to determine which hydrogen producers get the most credits, with cleaner energy projects receiving more, and smaller, but still meaningful credits going to those that use fossil fuel to produce hydrogen. | | |
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| UPCOMING EVENTS  With abundant natural resources, the Southeast has a unique opportunity to maximize DERs, but the region still lags on the progress made in other parts of the country. Registration is live, join us alongside DISTRIBUTECH International on February 26, 2024, in Orlando, FL! |
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 As much as the moniker makes Chase squirm, she is the closest solar has to an oracle. Join Episode 71 of the Factor This! podcast to discuss her spiciest predictions for 2024, as well as the second edition of her book, Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon, which is available now. |
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| | | Reactions to COP28’s conclusion have been understandably mixed. Going into the talks, the world was more on track to avert catastrophic warming than it would have been without the 2015 Paris Agreement, but a long way from where it needs to be. | | |
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| | | Sustainable solutions to the wind industry’s growing numbers of old turbine blades call for marketing savvy, as well as creativity and engineering smarts. | | |
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| | | An equity-focused cooperative secured top spots in a competitive Illinois Power Agency procurement process. | | |
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| | | As global humanitarian incidents, natural disasters, and an impending climate crisis continue to throw a wrench in the works of centralized governments, microgrids are a way for the community to see their own needs met, writes Amanda Winstead. | | |
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| | | The center will coordinate the research of hundreds of scientists working on a range of projects focused on science, security, and energy resilience. | | |
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