Category: Energy

1. The Maryland General Assembly passed Senate Bill 783, the Brighter Tomorrow Act, to lower the cost of developing solar projects and increase their value for energy consumers. 2. The bill aims to increase solar development in Maryland to meet clean energy goals, including creating a grant program for low-and-moderate income households to adopt solar.…

1. Battery energy storage systems (BESS) are perceived as fire and explosion hazards by some local communities in the US and UK. 2. Trina Solar, a leading solar PV manufacturer, has launched Trina Storage, a BESS subsidiary that focuses on manufacturing quality and product design to minimize safety risks. 3. Trina’s latest BESS solution, Elementa…

1. Electric Thames project is a collaboration between UK Power Networks, LCP Delta, and Marine Zero to assess the feasibility of using electric vessels to feed stored electricity back into London’s power grid. 2. Battery-powered vessels on the Thames would store green energy when it is cheap and feed it back to the grid during…

– TEXEL Energy is investing in Jord AB to adapt its energy production technology for generating electricity from Jord’s C4 grass pellets and briquettes. – Jord currently cultivates C4 grass in Senegal and the Dominican Republic, with the aim of converting it into renewable fuel for energy production. – The partnership between TEXEL and Jord…

1. The US electrical grid needs modernization to meet the increasing demand for power from electric vehicles, green steel, data centers, and heat pumps. 2. New technologies like the “magic ball” from Heimdall and advanced conductors for reconductoring can increase the capacity of transmission lines and allow for more clean electricity from renewable sources. 3.…

– UK could produce 13-times more renewable electricity using less than 3% of its land – Study finds 295,000 hectares of suitable land for solar and wind projects – England could produce 2.5-times more electricity than needed for households with identified land The University of Exeter conducted research commissioned by Friends of the Earth, finding…

1. AES Hawai‘i completed its first solar and storage project in Kapolei, combining 12.5 MW of solar generation with a 50-MWh battery energy storage system. 2. The project is located on 66 acres of University of Hawai‘i land, under a 25-year power purchase agreement with Hawaiian Electric. 3. Governor Josh Green congratulated AES Hawai‘i on…

1. Tantalus Systems selected by Bolivar Energy Authority to modernize distribution grid with Grid Modernization Platform (TGMP) 2. TRUSense Gateway by Tantalus to be used to integrate distributed energy resources and improve power quality data analysis 3. BEA to present deployment plan of TGMP and TRUSense Fiber Gateway at upcoming American Public Power Association’s Engineering…

– Qualifying for the 10% domestic content adder to the 48E ITC for using domestically-produced BESS is unclear and further guidance is expected – Accessing the 45X tax credit for battery cell manufacturing is crucial for BESS companies – Most announced cell manufacturing capacity in the US is focused on the electric vehicle market due…

1. Tantalus Systems announces grid modernisation initiatives in Tennessee and Massachusetts with Bolivar Energy Authority and a separate pilot programme in Connecticut with United Illuminating. 2. BEA selects Tantalus’ TRUSense Fiber Gateway to harness advanced fiber network capabilities and replace existing AMI solution for grid modernisation. 3. The Connecticut pilot programme, part of the IES…