Subprogram: Concentrating Solar Power Funding Number: DE-FOA-0001821 The SunShot Initiative intends to release a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for solar desalination technology, which supports research, development, and potential demonstration of early- stage technologies that can significantly reduce the costs of

AUTHOR:Gavin Bade@GavinBade PUBLISHED: March 28, 2017 Today, President Trump is poised to release a long-anticipated executive order to roll back the Clean Power Plan, the Obama administration’s signature climate initiative. The order is expected to be accompanied by directives to

AUTHOR Gavin Bade@GavinBade PUBLISHED Sept. 8, 2017 The hearing illustrated how politicians of all stripes are deploying the study’s findings to support their views on power sector transformation. The Department of Energy’s recently released grid study dominated the nomination hearing

DOEE and the Department of Employment Services (DOES) have partnered to develop Solar Works DC, a low-income solar installation and job training program. GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic will implement the first year of the program. In addition to preparing residents to

AUTHOR Krysti Shallenberger@klshall PUBLISHED Aug. 28, 2017 Dive Brief: Category 4 Hurricane Harvey slammed the Texas Gulf Coast from Corpus Christi to Houston, and at its peak, knocked out power for 300,000 customers on Saturday, according to the Electric Reliability

AUTHOR:Robert Walton@TeamWetDog PUBLISHED Aug. 25, 2017 Dive Insight: California-based Romeo Power, a startup energy storage manufacturer expected to begin shipping products next year, has secured $30 million in seed financing. Founded by engineers and designers from SpaceX, Tesla, Apple, Amazon

AUTHOR:Robert Walton@TeamWetDog PUBLISHED: Aug. 25, 2017 Dive Brief: Duke Energy has joined the lobbying effort against potential tariffs on imported chrystalline silicon photovoltaic solar modules, warning in a letter that higher prices could lead to a slowdown in the development

Author:Kristi E. Swartz, E&E News reporter Energywire: Friday, August 25, 2017 glethorpe Power Co., which owns 30% of the Vogtle nuclear plant, requested $1.6 billion in additional support from the Department of Energy during a quarterly meeting on Thursday, E&E

AUTHOR:Robert Walton@TeamWetDog June 19, 2017 Remember when no one wanted to talk with their utility? That’s not the case anymore By now it is a cliche that the utility industry has been “slow to change.” It makes sense, of course:

AUTHOR:Robert Walton @TeamWetDog PUBLISHED June 19, 2017 From smart thermostats to energy marketplaces, these are the trends shaping consumer engagement in the power sector Utilities have a range of reasons for wanting to better engage their customers, from staving off

AUTHOR:Gavin Bade @GavinBade PUBLISHED June 28, 2017 More and more, utilities are realizing they’re in the customer service business. It wasn’t always that way. Power companies used to refer to the individuals on the other side of the meter as

AUTHOR Robert Walton @TeamWetDog PUBLISHED Aug. 23, 2017 Dive Brief: The court’s decision could have wide-ranging implications for infrastructure, as it directs FERC to examine climate impacts of how the gas is being used. Sierra Club Staff Attorney Elly Benson,

Published by:Environmental Defense Fund EFD August 23, 2017. Pollution doesn’t stop at state borders. And in the case of Maryland, smokestack pollution from states like Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, and Kentucky is blowing downwind—putting you and your community in

NEWS Wednesday, April 26, 2017 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following is a statement from Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), on Suniva’s filing today of a Section 201 petition with the International Trade Commission:

NEWS House, Senate members say tens of thousands of U.S. jobs at risk in Suniva case before the International Trade Commission Friday, August 11, 2017 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, a bipartisan group of 16 senators and 53 members of the

AUTHOR:Peter Maloney@TopFloorPow Published Aug. 21, 2017 Dive Brief: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday rejected a request for a rehearing of a case in which the plaintiff challenged Connecticut’s renewable energy procurement program. In denying

AUTHOR: Peter Maloney@TopFloorPower PUBLISHED Aug. 8, 2017 It may not be 1.5¢/kWh for the storage component, but the Tucson Electric PPA is still low The power purchase agreement Tucson Electric Power signed with NextEra Energy for an “all-in cost significantly

AUTHOR:Robert Walton@TeamWetDog PUBLISHED Aug. 21, 2017 Dive Brief: The Austin City Council last week voted to target 65% renewable energy by 2027, one of the most ambitious clean energy goals in the nation and a step up from the previous

Driven by wind credits, low gas prices and consumer demand, rural co-ops are finding new ways to grow renewables AUTHOR:Herman K. Trabish PUBLISHED Aug. 21, 2017 The generation mix of rural electric cooperatives is changing at the same swift pace

August 22, 2017 Solar Eclipse Robert Walton @TeamWetDog PUBLISHED Aug. 22, 2017 Dive Brief: A total eclipse made its way across the United States yesterday, bringing millions outside to witness the event as solar output plunged in some key areas.