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Lightshift Energy, in partnership with Massachusetts public power utility Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department and the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company, on July 31announced the commercial operation of a five-megawatt battery energy storage system that will power two Wakefield high schools and operate as a resilient, grid-connected microgrid.
California public power utility Burbank Water and Power on July 31 announced the groundbreaking of what will become Burbank’s largest solar system.
Iowa public power utility Waverly Utilities (WU), in collaboration with Sandhills Energy, recently began construction on the state-of-the-art 3.6-megawatt solar generation facility.
The Emirates Nuclear Energy Company and Westinghouse Electric Company have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore collaboration opportunities for the deployment of advanced nuclear energy solutions in the United States, Westinghouse said on July 25.
NorthWestern Energy has signed a letter of intent to provide energy services for Quantica Infrastructure’s proposed data center development in Montana.
The Huntsville City Council in Alabama recently approved a resolution to form the North Alabama Public Energy District, comprised of Huntsville Utilities, the City of Athens, and the Water Works, Sewer and Gas Board of the City of Scottsboro.
The Midcontinent ISO on July 30 announced that Republic Transmission LLC will lead development of the Reid Extra High Voltage–Indiana/Kentucky State Line 345-kV Competitive Transmission Project.
Iowa public power utility Algona Municipal Utilities has received a $2 million Grid Resilience Grant from the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) for an Electric Grid Resiliency Project.