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New York gets federal funding to demonstrate fire-safe long-duration energy storage

The New York Power Authority, Urban Electric Power, and EPRI will develop installations demonstrating 10-24 hours of long-duration storage.

$860M DOE loan to facilitate utility-scale solar + storage in Puerto Rico

Collectively, the project comprises 200 MW of solar PV and up to 285 MW (1,140 MWh) of stand-alone BESS capacity.

Let it flow: HYDROVISION keynote kicks off 30th anniversary of the hydropower event

Denver Water’s Tom Roode and DOE hydropower program manager Corey Vezina set the table for the 30th anniversary edition of HYDROVISION.

DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office commits $3M to commercialize three clean energy solutions

The FY24 TCF Base CLIMR lab call invited proposals from national laboratories to advance energy technologies and strengthen existing practices.

Report: Transparency, standards needed for U.S. clean hydrogen to take off

A new report from Troutman Pepper law firm says transparency on tax credits and standards for hydrogen certification are needed to unlock clean hydrogen’s ceiling.

DOE to provide $7 million for studies on geothermal potential

This work will aim to address the challenge of grid stability through studies on how geothermal power can support and stabilize the grid as it incorporates higher shares of variable renewable energy sources.

University of Arkansas leads DOE project to enhance solar inverter cybersecurity

In the project, researchers dismantled conventional commercial solar inverters, stripping away their existing controls and technology. Next, they integrated the…

DOE partnering with developers to turn former nuclear weapon sites into solar and storage

NorthRenew Energy Partners and Spitfire propose solar and battery storage projects to produce 400 MW of clean electricty on the INL site….

DOE-led projects to investigate how large-scale solar siting affects public perception

Community opposition is among the top three leading causes of project cancellations, and researchers say it has ramped up in the last five years….

Feds release new principles for voluntary carbon markets

The statement and principles are meant to affirm that high-integrity VCMs can play a meaningful role in reducing and removing global greenhouse gas emissions. …

DOE-funded wind testing center upgraded to accommodate longer turbine blades

When WTTC opened in 2011, it tested land-based wind turbine blades that typically spanned around 50 meters (164 feet). Today, the WTTC is testing both land-base…

Spokane deploys Washington’s first solar permit software, SolarAPP+

Solar Automated Permit Processing Plus (SolarAPP+) was developed by NREL to allow for instantaneous permit review of residential applications, typically saving…

Treasury, IRS issue additional guidance on domestic content bonus

The Inflation Reduction Act’s domestic content bonus applies to facilities and projects built using the required amounts of domestically produced steel, iron, a…

DOE investing $71M to expand US solar manufacturing

The selected projects are meant to address gaps in the domestic solar manufacturing capacity for supply chain including equipment, silicon ingots and wafers, an…

DOE offers up to $1.66B for Plug Power’s hydrogen production

The loan would help finance the construction of up to six facilities across several states to produce clean hydrogen utilizing the company’s own electrolyzer …