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India’s largest utility, Tata Power, has announced that its portfolio of renewable energy capacity currently stands at 3883 MW. This marks a 7% increase from the corresponding quarter last year. The energy provider has expanded its…

Hawaiian Electric, which has committed itself to 100 percent renewable energy within the next 25 years, announced 16 new solar plus storage or standalone battery projects it has selected for procurement on the islands. HECO already is…

FERC Order 1000 opened higher voltage (345 kV and above) for competitive transmission. But not many projects in PJM’s expansion plan are of higher voltage. For renewable energy developers to benefit from storage as a transmission asset,…

Great River Energy (GRE) long-duration pilot project announcement generated many headlines recently. There were three things that the industry observers noted: 1) there is a new commercial grid-scale storage technology called aqueous air…

The growth of renewable energy in Australia has often been celebrated and demonised at the same time. We’ve seen calls to curb the export of solar produced by residential rooftop systems, as well as network operators touting these systems…

Investment firm, Energy Impact Partners (EIP), and NextPower III, a fund managed by NextEnergy Capital Group (NEC), announced the closing of an agreement of a 102 MW portfolio of community solar projects in upstate New York. This…

Global solar giant Q Cells has tapped the distributed energy management software platform of Australian start-up SwitchDin, to pair with its recently launched Q.Home solar and storage package, combining PV panels, a hybrid inverter, and…

Inovateus Solar, a solar developer, and En-Trust, an energy service and finance company for K-12 education, announced last week that they are collaborating on ten solar and energy efficiency projects for six Ohio school districts.…

Last week Enel X said it has partnered with the San Diego Blood Bank to deliver and manage a solar and battery storage system. By combining onsite solar generation with a battery storage system, the Blood Bank will be able to…