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The Inflation Reduction Act is accelerating demand for critical minerals and copper needed for the energy transition, according to analysis by S&P Global.
Apex Clean Energy and Google recently announced a power purchase agreement for the full 189-megawatt capacity of Timbermill Wind that Apex is building in North Carolina.
Public power utility crews have been helping electric cooperatives in Florida restore power in the wake of Hurricane Idalia, which hit the state in late August.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office and Office of Electricity plan to fund research to reduce costs of high-voltage direct current voltage source converter transmission systems, DOE reported in late August.
The American Public Power Association submitted comments on August 25 in response to the Environmental Protection Agency proposed National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines and New Source Performance Standards: Internal Combustion Engines; Electronic Reporting rule.
FuelCell Energy recently closed on a project debt financing transaction with Liberty Bank and Amalgamated Bank as senior lenders and the Connecticut Green Bank as subordinated lender for the company’s Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative fuel cell microgrid-ready project.
Starting on September 1, 2023, Texas public power utility New Braunfels Utilities is shifting to monthly power cost forecasting instead of quarterly forecasting.
The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced a $15.5 billion package of funding and loans primarily focused on retooling existing factories for the transition to electric vehicles.