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State regulatory staff recently recommended that utilities offer discounts for charging vehicles during off-peak hours. New Hampshire regulators are considering whether and how utilities should offer discounts to electric vehicle drivers…

Image: AAM Investment Group A 2.28MWh commercial-scale Tesla battery system added to a 1.4MW rooftop solar array will slash the grid electricity consumption of a South Australian poultry farm by more than 70 per cent, and its emissions by…

Batteries Published on July 8th, 2020 | by Frugal Moogal July 8th, 2020 by Frugal Moogal In part one, I discussed how technological breakthroughs can be exciting, but technology itself isn’t the catalyst to massive change. In…

Capital Dynamics, the Swiss asset manager that is now a heavyweight solar investor, will partner with energy developer Tenaska on a 4.8-gigawatt solar portfolio in the Midwest and the Southeast, the companies announced…

Queensland (QLD) Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced this morning on Twitter that a major UK Investment Firm, subsequently revealed to be United Green, has purchased a significant stake in the 300 MW Rodds Bay Solar Farm. This…

The State University of New York at Fredonia (SUNY Fredonia) announced that construction is starting on its first solar/battery project. The New York Power Authority (NYPA), as the campus’ energy advisor, is overseeing the project.…

West coast electricity utility PacifiCorp has issued its largest request for renewable energy capacity ever, seeking 4,300 MW in solar, wind and battery storage additions within the next three years. Oregon-based PacifiCorp is seeking…

Batteries Published on July 8th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan July 8th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan It’s true — there are many people not focused on making money who don’t become billionaires. It’s also true that Elon Musk wouldn’t be…

This special 20-page paper examines five solar market innovations that are lowering project costs and helping the industry achieve its "solar-plus decade," including: Automated permitting Agriculture-integrated solar Virtual power plants…

A key lithium-ion battery cathode material could be produced in Western Australia, a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) feasibility study has found. The study, released by the WA state government today, investigated whether superior…