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Historic Gemini Solar-Plus-Storage Project Now Fully Operational
One of the largest solar-plus-storage installations in the U.S. has entered commercial operation. Primergy Solar and Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners on July 18 announced that the Gemini Solar + Energy Storage…
DOE Loans Office Will Support Solar, Energy Storage Systems in Puerto Rico
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) on July 18 announced a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee of up to $861.3 million to Clean Flexible Energy,…
South Africa Extends Koeberg Unit 1’s Lifespan, Stands Firm on Nuclear Expansion Plans
South African state-owned utility Eskom has garnered the National Nuclear Regulator’s (NNR’s) approval to continue operating Unit 1 of the 1,860-MW Koeberg Nuclear Power Station for another 20 years, until…
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Shifting from Coal to Gas: One Co-op’s Award-Winning Journey
In 2018, Cooperative Energy, a generation and transmission co-op headquartered in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, had an issue to deal with. Several years earlier, it had joined the Midcontinent Independent System Operator…
Auditors Call EU Hydrogen Production Goals ‘Overly Ambitious’
A group that assesses the effectiveness of actions by the European Union (EU), including how energy initiatives impact the economies of EU member states, said the current goals for EU…
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Price Swings Mean Coal May Replace Natural Gas in European Power Mix This Winter
Higher prices for natural gas across Europe mean some countries, particularly in Eastern Europe, likely will burn more coal for power generation during the upcoming winter season. Coal remains a…
Industry Giants, German TSOs Team to Revolutionize HVDC Grid With Multi-Terminal Hubs
Three major high-voltage direct current (HVDC) technology giants—GE Vernova, Siemens Energy, and Hitachi Energy—will join forces with four German transmission system operators—50Hertz, Amprion, TenneT and TransnetBW—to develop multiterminal hubs with…
Struggling SolarEdge Technologies Will Cut 400 Jobs
SolarEdge Technologies said it would lay off about 400 workers, including 200 in its home country of Israel, as the company tries to become more financially stable. SolarEdge on July…
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A Blueprint for Quantum-Safe Utility Communications
Managing risk is nothing new to utilities. Providing the safe utility services like electricity, water, sewer, and wastewater management that everyone relies upon is hard work. Critical infrastructure assets are…
How to Stay in the Renewables Stone Age
In approving the development of a 2,800-acre wind farm across prime agricultural land in the east of England, the UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed…
Avangrid Brings First Phase of Solar Farm in Texas Online
Avangrid said it has started producing power from the first phase of the True North solar project in Texas, an installation the company said is its first solar installation in…
Offshore Wind Group Looks to Challenge China’s Dominance of Sector
Countries active in the offshore wind industry continue to consider steps to counter China’s dominance of the sector. The latest to announce a move is South Korea, where officials recently…
Logical Data Management for the Energy and Utility Industries
By now, with the most devastating effects of the pandemic behind us, it’s important to remember the key takeaway—there’s no such thing as “business as usual.” As a result, companies have…
Unlocking the Benefits of Virtual Power Plants with Digital Technology
Most people, when they imagine a power plant, picture equipment like smokestacks that stretch hundreds of feet into the sky, massive, spinning turbines and the hum of electric transmission lines…
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