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• NY Green Bank raises $314 million to meet demand for clean energy project financing August 3, 2021
  The transaction with Bank of America is the largest ever conducted by a green bank in the United States.
  John Engel
• What’s in Congress’ infrastructure bill for renewable energy August 3, 2021
  Advocates called the bipartisan infrastructure bill a “down payment” on President Biden's climate and clean energy ambitions.
  John Engel
• August sizzle: POWERGEN+, POWERGRID webcasts hot on decentralized energy, T&D August 2, 2021
  From T&D to on-site power and distributed energy, the webcasts take the temperature of the state of power transmission and generation at its most advanced stages.
  rodw
• NextEra wing selling $290M solar-storage project to AES Indiana August 2, 2021
  The Indiana subsidiary of AES Corp. will acquire and oversee building of a 250-MW solar and 180-MWh energy storage facility in that state.
  rodw
• South Carolina’s Past Failures and New Policies Contribute to a Brighter Future for Solar and Battery Storage August 2, 2021
  South Carolina now stands among the more proactive Southern states in clean energy policy. But it wasn’t always that way.
  mariablaiscostello
• Given detailed analysis, grids can host the most solar August 2, 2021
  Originally published at ILSR.org Electricity customers are lining up to generate their own clean, affordable solar energy, but to get it to them, solar developers must navigate the impediments of a congested and outdated electricity grid. For this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Yochi Zakai, an attorney with Shute, Mahaly, […]
  John Farrell
• Utility giant NextEra adds 1.8 GW of renewables, storage to backlog August 2, 2021
  NextEra Energy added 1.8 gigawatts of renewables and storage to its backlog in the second quarter of 2021, the company reported last week.
  John Engel
• Biden administration advances offshore wind energy plans in California, North Carolina August 2, 2021
  The Biden administration – through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) – is advancing the process to bring offshore wind energy development to California and North Carolina.
  Renewable Energy World
• 20-MW, 80-MWh Santa Ana battery storage project operational in California July 30, 2021
  Calpine and GE Renewable Energy this month announced completion of a 80-MWh standalone battery storage system in southern California. The Santa Ana Storage Project, which uses GE’s Reservoir energy storage technology, entered into commercial operation. The 20-MW, 80-MWh capacity is supported by a 20-year Resource Adequacy Power Purchase Agreement. Calpine, which traditionally has been a […]
  rodw
• The era of green finance July 30, 2021
  Companies and investors alike are seeking to get behind, and capitalize on, the decarbonization tailwinds impacting the industry.
  Renewable Energy World