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Virtual power plant

Chile – First Virtual Power Plant in Development

Chilean power distribution company Chilquinta Energía is to introduce what is believed to be Latin America’s first virtual power plant.

Energy Investment

DOE Invests $27 Million in Battery Storage Technology and to Increase Storage Access

The U.S. DOE today announced $17.9 million in funding for four research and development projects to scale up American manufacturing of flow battery and long-dur…

Wind Farm

Colbun to Build Major Wind Farm in Northern Chile

Chilean generator Colbun plans to install Latin America's largest wind farm in the Atacama desert, expanding Chile's burgeoning renewable energy base which the …

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Chile Kickstarts Construction of Largest e-Fuel Project in LatAm

Chile on Friday commenced in its southern region of Magallanes the construction of the largest project in Latin America to produce synthetic gasoline from green…

Electricity Transmission

Clean Energy Developers are Unfairly Burdened with Transmission Upgrade costs

As the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission begins to study transmission reform, a new report out today from ICF Resources and the American Council on Renewable…

Solar Power Plant

EDF Renewables Couples LA Solar Plant with Massive Storage Unit

EDF Renewables North America has coupled its 300 MW solar energy system in California with a 600 MW battery energy storage plant to ensure consumers are able to…

Hydrogen Production

New Partnership to Deploy Waste-to-Hydrogen Technology in Latin America

Commercial-scale waste-to-green-hydrogen, renewable electricity and biochar facilities are set to be developed in Latin America as region looks to accelerate it…

United States

Electrify America and NFI Industries Collaborate on US’ Largest Heavy-Duty Electric Truck Charging Infrastructure Project

NFI will deploy 60 battery-electric drayage trucks, becoming the first 100% zero-emission fleet operator and truck shop in California.

Hydrogen Project

First Green Hydrogen for Vehicles in Chile

Anglo American has launched the first green hydrogen fuelling station for zero-emission vehicles at its copper business in Chile.

Substation

Kiewit to Build First U.S-Made Offshore Substation

Ørsted and Eversource have announced the commencement of the first American-built offshore wind substation, which will be deployed at the developers’ South Fo…

Energy Security

G7 Comments on Oil Tanker Attack

The G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, and the high representative of the Europ…

Hydrogen Fuel Stations

PDC Machines, Ivys Energy Solutions to Produce the Largest Self-Producing Commercial Hydrogen Refuelling Station in North America

PDC Machines and Ivys Energy Solutions have today (August 5) announced the deployment of what they say will be the largest self-producing commercial hydrogen re…

United States

Former AWEA Group to Merge with Energy Storage Association

The boards of directors of the American Clean Power Association and the U.S. Energy Storage Association have voted to pursue a merger of the two trade associati…

Solar Power Plant

Enel Green Power Grows US Portfolio with 450MW Solar+Storage

Enel Green Power North America has acquired a 3.2GW solar portfolio, including 450MW solar-plus-storage projects, from Dakota Renewable Energy.

Solar Inverter

SolarEdge Launches Next Generation Inverters up to 120kW in North America

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc., a global leader in smart energy technology, has introduced a new range of commercial inverters with Synergy Technology, now availa…