Tag: renewable energy

December 4, 2017

California, the Golden State, is also the golden child of the renewable energy and climate change revolution. The state carved out ambitious renewables and climate goals in the past decade, and set in motion proceedings aimed at accommodating the growing […]

October 17, 2017

California’s utilities are at the frontline of meeting renewable energy goals, but often they are not the ones leading the charge. “We are not the driver; that is the challenge for us,” Mark Irwin, director of contract origination at Southern […]

October 16, 2017

Utility-scale solar has become an important and growing part of the electric generation portfolio in the Unites States. Existing or “traditional” utility-scale solar is designed and operated to generate and deliver the maximum amount of electricity in real time. Operational […]

September 21, 2017

Republic Services unveiled their latest landfill gas-to-energy facility at the Pinehill Landfill in Northeast Texas. The renewable energy facility is set to generate 404.7 million cubic feet of renewable natural gas per year, reducing carbon emissions equal to that of […]

August 8, 2017

WPPI Energy and Invenergy on Aug. 3 unveiled an agreement that will advance plans for constructing the 132-megawatt Bishop Hill III Wind Energy Center in Henry County, Illinois. WPPI Energy, a not-for-profit, regional power company, has entered into a power […]

September 28, 2016

California Gov. Jerry Brown on Sept. 26 signed into law several pieces of legislation that are aimed at boosting energy storage in the state. “Collectively, these bills will grow the behind-the-meter and utility-scale energy storage markets, create new clean energy […]