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Hull Street Energy Will Acquire Texas Gas-Fired Plants From Atlas Holdings
BETHESDA, Md. and GREENWICH, Conn. (May 8, 2023) — Hull Street Energy and Atlas Holdings announced today the signing of a definitive agreement for Hull Street to acquire 100% of the Bastrop Energy Center and Paris Energy Center power plants from Mesquite Generation Holdings LLC, an affiliate of Atlas. Located in Bastrop and Paris, Texas, the facilities provide 855 […]
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Apex Advances 400MWh of Energy Storage with Powin Battery Technology
PORTLAND, Ore. & CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (May 9, 2023) — Apex Clean Energy and Powin LLC (Powin), a global energy storage platform provider, announced two new battery storage projects in Texas. Apex developed and will construct, own, and operate the projects; Powin is providing its Centipede™ Platform and StackOS™ battery management system. Angelo Storage, co-located with […]
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Atlas Power and Giga Energy Announce a Joint Venture to Harness Stranded and Flare Gas for Bitcoin Mining
Williston, North Dakota (May 8, 2023) — Atlas Power, a leading provider of bitcoin mining infrastructure led by CEO Kevin Washington and COO Jeff Young, and Giga Energy, a pioneer in innovative gas-to-energy solutions founded by Brent Whitehead and Matt Lohstroh, have announced a groundbreaking joint venture to utilize stranded and flare gas for bitcoin […]
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Valmet Converting Coal-Fired Boiler to Pellet-Burning at Finland Plant
May 4, 2023 — Valmet announced it will convert Helen Ltd’s coal-fired district heat boiler to bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) combustion to enable wood pellet firing at the Salmisaari ‘A’ power plant in Helsinki, Finland. The conversion promotes the company’s goal of phasing out coal and at the same time strengthens the construction of a […]
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Black & Veatch Expands Construction Solutions Through Acquisition of Bird Electric
Growing demand for infrastructure and resiliency in electrification, connectivity spurring growth in the market May 04, 2023 09:00 AM Central Daylight Time OVERLAND PARK, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Black & Veatch announced today that it has acquired Bird Electric Enterprises and Bird Electric Properties both part of BASElectric Holdings, LLC (collectively known as Bird Electric). The agreement, driven […]
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Northeast Power Coordinating Council’s Summer Reliability Assessment Forecasts Adequate Electricity Supplies
(The Assessment covers New York, New England, and Eastern Canada) May 04, 2023 09:59 AM Central Daylight Time NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Northeast Power Coordinating Council, Inc.’s (NPCC’s) annual reliability assessment forecasts the NPCC Region will have an adequate supply of electricity this summer. The overall NPCC coincident electricity summer peak demand is forecasted to be around […]
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DOE awards $165M GEODE grant to consortium formed by Project InnerSpace, the Society of Petroleum Engineering International, and Geothermal Rising
The consortium aims to accelerate development of geothermal by removing barriers to growth, supporting targeted, high impact R&D, and deploying ‘first of a kind’ projects May 04, 2023 02:58 PM Central Daylight Time BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Project InnerSpace, a non-profit organization focused on removing barriers to exponential geothermal growth by 2030, announced that the US Department […]
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Community benefits at the forefront of nearly $10 million in Washington state building electrification grants
OLYMPIA, WA (April 28, 2023) – The Washington State Department of Commerce today announced $9.7 million in Clean Energy Fund grants to support decarbonization of buildings throughout the state. The Building Electrification grant program funds deployment of grid-interactive buildings and installation of high-efficiency electric equipment. Eligible grant applicants included state and local governments, federally recognized tribal […]
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EnergyHub and Fermata Energy Partner to Enable Utilities to Accelerate EVs as Grid-Edge Resources
Grid-tied electric vehicles are batteries on wheels that can support grid resilience. To accelerate the deployment of vehicle-to-grid installations, EnergyHub, the industry’s leading grid-edge DERMS provider, and Fermata Energy, the leading V2G services provider, have partnered to accelerate utilities’ access to EVs as mobile distributed energy resources (DERs) As vehicles and buildings rapidly electrify, utilities are racing […]
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Google and EDPR Partner on 500 MW AC Environmental Justice Program, Marking the Largest Corporate Backing of Distributed Solar in the U.S.
New York, New York, April 25, 2023 — Google and EDPR NA Distributed Generation LLC (EDPR NA DG), the distributed generation (DG) business unit of EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA), are pleased to announce the signing of a framework agreement supporting more than 80 distributed solar PV projects totaling 500 MWAC. The deal aligns […]
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