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B2U Storage Solutions, a provider of large-scale repurposed battery energy storage systems, has started construction on its third grid storage facility and first in the state of Texas.
Joule Capital Partners, Caterpillar Inc. and Wheeler Machinery Co. on Aug. 7 announced an agreement to power Joule’s High Performance Compute Data Center Campus in Utah.
The U.S. District Court in Eugene has granted the Eugene Water and Electric Board's motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought under the Endangered Species Act pertaining to fish passage at EWEB’s Trail Bridge Dam.
The public power city of Ames, Iowa, recently received a Silver designation from the national Charging Smart program for achieving policies that facilitate the expansion of electric vehicles and EV charging infrastructure. Ames is the first community in Iowa to earn a Charging Smart designation.
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence, particularly the training of large-scale models that are used to power many of today’s widely used applications, is driving renewed growth in electricity demand, the Electric Power Research Institute said in releasing a new report with Epoch AI that forecasts that training a leading model could require more than 4 gigawatts of power by 2030.
The Michigan Public Service Commission on Aug. 7 approved a process for addressing requests filed under the Midcontinent Independent System Operator's Expedited Resource Addition Study, a temporary process meant to speed up the review of new electric generation projects to address resource adequacy and reliability needs in MISO’s territory in the near term.
Lynkwell has been selected by the Southern California Public Power Authority to provide electric vehicle charging station load management and network support services for their extensive existing infrastructure and future expansion, the company said on Aug. 8.
Energy Northwest recently announced that it has selected two experienced leaders from within the organization for key executive roles that will help shape the future of the Washington State joint action agency’s operations and strategic growth. Dawn Sileo has accepted the position of executive vice