Sentences with phrase «first utility energy»

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DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Michigan regulators on Friday cleared DTE Energy's request to build a near - $ 1 billion natural gas power plant, the first approval of such a large facility for a regulated utility in decades and a move that coincides with the retirement of coal - fired plants.

The Austin Energy contract opened a market for big solar in sunny Southeastern states, Jim Hughes, chief executive of utility - scale solar developer First Solar told investors in April.

In June, the utility serving Scripps Ranch, Sempra Energy @sempra energ (sre) unit San Diego Gas & Electric, was the first to reach its limit, and the state's other large utilities are expected to reach theirs soon.

This contract, BART's first - ever PPA for utility - scale solar power, resulted from a renewable energy procurement process that BART launched in May 2017 as part of the organization's Wholesale Electricity Portfolio Policy («Policy»).

Bay Area Rapid Transit Signs First - Ever Utility - Scale Solar PPA with Canadian Solar Subsidiary Recurrent Energy

Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) notes that this bill makes Colorado one of the first states to declare that utility customers have a right to install energy storage, and SEIA's interest in the new law shows the growing importance of energy storage to solar maEnergy Industries Association (SEIA) notes that this bill makes Colorado one of the first states to declare that utility customers have a right to install energy storage, and SEIA's interest in the new law shows the growing importance of energy storage to solar maenergy storage, and SEIA's interest in the new law shows the growing importance of energy storage to solar maenergy storage to solar markets.

This is the first time a utility has contracted for a system that stores and releases solar energy after sunset, and will help KIUC meet its goal of using renewable resources to generate half of Kaua`i's electricity by the end of 2019.

Its business is evolving worldwide, enabling First Solar to become a global integrated solar power company able to manufacture panels and build out vast solar farms to deliver cost - effective renewable energy to utilities, independent power producers and consumers.

It will soon add another accolade to the mix: the state's first city - owned utility to run on 100 percent renewable energy.

This tail - wagging - the - dog scheme is approaching a critical test in Boulder, Colorado, where Minneapolis - based utility Xcel Energy is rolling out one of the first systemwide installations of a smart grid.

Although Bevirt still insists that wind turbines can fly in the jet stream, he accepts that the first units will probably have to operate at just a few thousand feet to prove they can be trusted by utility companies and big - time energy spenders.

The first requests were from individuals committed to green power, says a spokesperson for the local utility, Xcel Energy.

The utility [First Energy] that owns that line would normally be looking and taking preventative action, but they didn't even know the line had tripped.

Back then, a neighboring utility, First Energy, lost track of what was running and what wasn't, which allowed a cascade to begin.

It is Morocco's first utility - scale solar energy plant, with the goal of supplying power to over 1 million Moroccans by 2018 and helping Morocco produce 42 percent of its electricity through renewables by 2020.

The development of Ford's first production plug - in hybrid leverages more than 200,000 miles of road testing conducted in collaboration with a coalition of 10 utility companies, the US Department of Energy, the New York State Energy Research and Development Administration and the Electric Power Research Institute.

While investors pulled money out of utilities sector ETFs in the first half of 2015, the sector had the second most inflows during the third quarter, behind energy.

Atlantic (SSE), Bristol Energy, British Gas, Co-operative Energy, Economy Energy, EDF, E.on, Extra Energy, First Utility, Fischer Energy, Flow Energy, GB Energy, Manweb (Scottish Power), M&S Energy (SSE), Npower, Our Power, Ovo Energy, Sainsbury's Energy, Scottish Gas (British Gas), Scottish Hydro (SSE), Scottish Power, Southern Electric (SSE), Spark Energy, SSE, SWALEC (SSE), Utilita, Utility Warehouse.

The first and most obvious point of consideration in ascertaining the utility of the statement comes from the recognition that it refers to «experts on climate and energy policy» making predictions regarding the actions of China.

A direct result of California's push toward renewables is CalRENEW - 1, the first utility - scale photovoltaic (PV) solar energy project to gain regulatory approval under the state's RPS program.

US utility Florida Light & Power (FPL) has followed up the US» first DC - coupled grid - scale battery system with the announcement of a solar - plus - storage project pairing 10MW / 40MWh of energy storage with an existing 74.5 MW PV plant.

He began his career with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities where he directed the regulatory effort making Massachusetts among the first states to incorporate energy efficiency into the utility planning, resource acquisition and ratemaking processes.

Get excited about this first - of - its - kind, comprehensive look at utility - sector energy efficiency performance by joining our countdown to its release.

He spent the first 17 years of his career as an attorney with a focus in energy and utilities.

The installation is the first Wisconsin utility - scale solar installation located on a closed landfill site and represents another step in modernizing our Town of Beloit energy campus.

UTILITIES: DTE Energy is the first utility in Michigan to offer green bonds to finance clean energy proEnergy is the first utility in Michigan to offer green bonds to finance clean energy proenergy projects.

In a preliminary clean energy future summary paper prepared by LADWP, the first «key» consideration explicitly raises the utility's concern with maintaining system reliability without flexible natural gas plants.

At the county level significant moves are being made for a wind farm in Lake Erie along with solar farms atop land fills - all fought by the worst utility in the country - First Energy.

Developed by Australia's international renewable energy company, Windlab, with support from Vestas, the global leader in sustainable energy solutions, the innovative 60.2 MW Kennedy Energy Park phase I is the world's first utility - scale, on - grid wind, solar, and battery energy storage prenergy company, Windlab, with support from Vestas, the global leader in sustainable energy solutions, the innovative 60.2 MW Kennedy Energy Park phase I is the world's first utility - scale, on - grid wind, solar, and battery energy storage prenergy solutions, the innovative 60.2 MW Kennedy Energy Park phase I is the world's first utility - scale, on - grid wind, solar, and battery energy storage prEnergy Park phase I is the world's first utility - scale, on - grid wind, solar, and battery energy storage prenergy storage project.

To that end, Cypress Creek is preparing to deploy its first 6 megawatts of energy storage later this year for a municipal utility in North Carolina.

Wind power's low cost and stable energy prices motivated utility and non-utility customers to sign contracts for 3,500 MW of U.S. wind capacity in the first quarter of 2018, a high water mark in recent years, according to a new report released Wednesday by the American Wind Energy Association (energy prices motivated utility and non-utility customers to sign contracts for 3,500 MW of U.S. wind capacity in the first quarter of 2018, a high water mark in recent years, according to a new report released Wednesday by the American Wind Energy Association (Energy Association (AWEA).

A utility encouraging its customers to use less energy and reduce their monthly bills might seem counterintuitive at first glance, but energy efficiency measures have benefits for property owners and utilities alike.

One of the first utility - scale wind power systems to incorporate short - term, grid - scale battery storage, the GE Brilliant 1.6 - 100 addresses one of the criticisms (if not the biggest and most frequently cited criticism) of wind energy: its intermittent nature.

If actual additions ultimately reflect these plans, 2016 will be the first year in which utility - scale solar additions exceed additions from any other single energy source.

Now that Ohio - based utility First Energy has declared bankruptcy, there is the possibility that its three nuclear plants could be purchased by Exelon, which has proven capable of operating its plants at a cost that is roughly one - quarter less than other nuclear operators.

First - of - its - Kind Offering Allows Massachusetts to Use Offshore Wind to Replace Retiring Fossil - Fired Power Plants New Bedford, Mass. — December 20, 2017 — Deepwater Wind will propose to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts an innovative offshore wind solution that, for the first time, will allow a utility - scale renewable energy project to replace the retiring fossil fuel - fired power -LSBFirst - of - its - Kind Offering Allows Massachusetts to Use Offshore Wind to Replace Retiring Fossil - Fired Power Plants New Bedford, Mass. — December 20, 2017 — Deepwater Wind will propose to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts an innovative offshore wind solution that, for the first time, will allow a utility - scale renewable energy project to replace the retiring fossil fuel - fired power -LSBfirst time, will allow a utility - scale renewable energy project to replace the retiring fossil fuel - fired power -LSB-...]

The PTC was first enacted as part of the 1992 Energy Policy Act as a replacement for prior incentives for wind generation under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 and an investment tax credit (ITC) first made available under the Energy Tax Act of 1978.

Regulators rejected the first in 2015 for a lack of specificity and the second version, filed in April 2016, was rendered moot when the PUC turned away NextEra Energy's bid to buy the utility.

In late May, the nation's first clean energy partnership between a city and its utilities released its first two - year work plan.

As more states realize the potential of solar energy, and solar - plus - storage deployments gain traction in both residential and utility - scale projects, approximately 106 gigawatts of new PV is expected to go live in 2018, making this year the global solar market's first - ever triple - digit year, according to GTM Research.

First, 15 % of both the clean energy fund and utility retained revenue must be used to «prevent or eliminate the increased energy burden of people with lower incomes.»

Instead, Newsom pointed to government subsidies for other renewables and said he expects utilities, such as the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. — which signed the first U.S. commercial wave - energy contract with Finavera in December — and taxpayers to help foot the bill.

Vulcan Solar is located within the footprint of the Blackspring Ridge Wind Project, a 300MW facility, and will be the first utility scale «Hybrid Renewable Energy Project» in Canada and one of the largest hybrid facilities in North America.

The U.S. Department of Energy, along with several electric utilities, built and operated the first demonstration solar power tower near Barstow, California, during the 1980s and 1990s.

As significant is that in April 2016, as part of the nation's first auction for grid connections, Germany's federal agency for electricity and gas, Bundesnetzagentur, selected three offshore projects by DONG Energy and one by German utility EnBW — a combined capacity of 1,490 MW — for zero - subsidy bids.

New York's Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) initiative is transforming how utility stakeholders view the power sector's future, but for the first time polling has revealed widespread support from consumers themselves.

The innovative 60.2 MW Kennedy Energy Park phase I is the world's first utility - scale, on - grid wind, solar and battery energy storage prEnergy Park phase I is the world's first utility - scale, on - grid wind, solar and battery energy storage prenergy storage project.

Minnesota's largest utility is planning a pilot community solar program specifically targeted to low - income customers, an important first step in bridging significant gaps in accessing the benefits of the state's burgeoning clean energy economy.

Kennedy Phase I is reported to be the world's first utility - scale, on - grid wind, solar and battery energy storage project.

But in January, MISO integrated a 100 - MW community solar project from Minnesota (selling power to Xcel Energy) into its wholesale market, a first, according to Utility Dive.