Renewable Energy World

• Minnesota to require 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040 February 3, 2023
  Minnesota utilities would be obligated to transition to 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040 under a bill passed by the Legislature.
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• Northern Illinois now has 75 operating community solar farms February 3, 2023
  By the end of this year, ComEd expects to have doubled the number of community solar projects interconnected to its electric grid to more than 150.
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• DER developers and utilities taking on interconnection challenges at GridTECH Connect Forum on Feb. 6 February 2, 2023
  The conference program will feature in-depth and intimate conversations about interconnection collaboration, fleet electrification, vehicle-to-grid integration, demand response, and more with a focus on the California market.
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• Renewable Properties and PG&E ink PPAs for community solar projects February 2, 2023
  Totaling nearly 30 MW, the five solar projects are part of California’s Disadvantaged Communities and Community Solar Green Tariff programs.
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• Fight over rapid shutdown patents for solar PV has both sides claiming victory February 2, 2023
  The fight was over rapid shutdown technology, a safety function for rooftop mounted solar photovoltaic systems.
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• This microgrid can power an entire North Carolina town during an outage February 2, 2023
  During its testing phase, Duke Energy’s microgrid was able to pick up the town’s entire load from a black start without any help from the energy grid.
  John Engel
• Maine regulators allow wind, utility project to move forward February 1, 2023
  The unanimous vote by the Maine Public Utilities Commission on two projects bearing a net cost of $1.8 billion comes after Massachusetts endorsed the proposal, becoming a partner on the 1,000-megawatt project and allowing the costs to be shared by a larger pool of ratepayers.
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• ChargePoint and Stem to pair EV charging with energy storage February 1, 2023
  The companies hope to lower operating costs, improve resiliency, and help achieve sustainability goals by leveraging EV charging and energy storage with AI-drive energy management software.
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• Solar PPA prices keep rising, but wind gets some relief February 1, 2023
  Prices for solar power purchase agreements continued their push higher to end 2022 in North America, a sign that an already tight offtake market was again hampered by supply chain constraints and trade disputes.
  John Engel
• OPG cleared to use Percepto drone to monitor dam at hydroelectric station February 1, 2023
  PTransport Canada has approved Ontario Power Generation Inc. to operate Percepto's drone-in-a-box solution at McConnell Lake Control Dam.
  Elizabeth Ingram