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by info@greentechmedia.com on August 23, 2019 at 8:43 pm

On Thursday, Hawaiian Electric issued a long-awaited request for proposals for about 900 megawatts of renewable energy and energy storage projects. It’s the utility’s second major round of contracts in the past year seeking to marry variable solar and wind power with the capacity and flexibility of batteries.  But the Variable Renewable Dispatchable Generation and Energy Storage RFPs that opened on Thursday are a bit more complicated than their headline figures […]

by Iulia Gheorghiu on August 23, 2019 at 2:49 pm

The board also called for the addition of simple cycle gas units to follow the variable loads created by renewable energy additions. […]

by info@greentechmedia.com on August 23, 2019 at 1:40 pm

Senator Bernie Sanders, a leading contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential candidacy, on Thursday released his long-awaited climate platform. The document adopts the "Green New Deal" moniker and calls for a climate and justice-centered revolution “from the Oval Office to the streets.”  The Sanders Green New Deal promises a remake of essentially all aspects of U.S. society by eliminating support for the fossil fuel industry and buoying clean energy through investments in […]

by Thomas R. Brill and Steven C. Russo on August 23, 2019 at 1:30 pm

How should California, New York and other states plan to meet their new 100% zero carbon electricity market goals with minimal impacts on reliability and affordability? […]

by HJ Mai on August 23, 2019 at 1:12 pm

The Public Utilities Commission proposed changes to the state's primary storage incentive that would create a budget for low-income customers in wildfire threat areas. […]

by Robert Walton on August 23, 2019 at 12:57 pm

The closures are necessary to stay compliant with changes to Illinois' Multi-Pollutant Standard Rule, but the utility says changing economics made the early retirements "inevitable." […]

on August 23, 2019 at 11:38 am

BNEF's annual ‘solar module and inverter bankability’ ranked inverters for the first time this year. […]

on August 23, 2019 at 9:56 am

The PV-Tech market research team can now reveal that the four solar PV module suppliers meeting AA-Rated bankability status. […]

by Giles Parkinson on August 23, 2019 at 6:01 am

One year after Scott Morrison took the reins as PM – and appointed Angus Taylor federal energy minister – the divide over the country's energy and climate future is as deep and depressing as ever. How good is that? The post One year on, how good is Morrison’s climate and energy denial? appeared first on RenewEconomy. […]

by Allan O'Neil on August 23, 2019 at 5:39 am

Is it “millions of households and businesses face being plunged into darkness” or “a 99.998% chance of no cuts at all"? Actually, you'd be wrong on both counts. The post ConfUSEd by the ESOO? You’re not alone appeared first on RenewEconomy. […]

by Sophie Vorrath on August 23, 2019 at 5:29 am

SMH report claiming the federal government’s $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation is up for sale has been hosed down by both the Coalition, and the green bank itself. The post Is Coalition trying to sell the CEFC they could not close? Apparently not appeared first on RenewEconomy. […]

by Giles Parkinson on August 23, 2019 at 5:18 am

Queensland day-time prices hit zero or below for sixth day in a row, while prices go negative for 10th day in a row in South Australia. The post Solar sends Queensland wholesale day-time prices to zero six days in a row appeared first on RenewEconomy. […]

by Sophie Vorrath on August 23, 2019 at 4:52 am

GE Renewable Energy announced as co-developer and turbine supplier for "largest in the Southern Hemisphere" 800-1000MW Golden Plains wind farm in Victoria. The post WestWind taps GE to help deliver 1GW Golden Plains wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy. […]

by Sophie Vorrath on August 23, 2019 at 2:30 am

A $3.1m pilot project to produce green hydrogen via electrolysis at existing BOC gas facility in Queensland wins $950,000 from Australian Renewable Energy Agency. The post ARENA backs solar hydrogen plant in Brisbane as electrolyser costs tipped to plunge appeared first on RenewEconomy. […]

by Sophie Vorrath on August 23, 2019 at 2:09 am

5B plans to deploy "big field" Maverick models and set solar installation "speed record" for proposed 10GW mega-project in Northern Territory The post 5B plans solar “speed record” for 10GW plant in north Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy. […]