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The high stakes of Wyoming’s electric power future

PacifiCorp recently released its 2021 Integrated Resource Plan, which forecasts future demand for power in the region and the sources of electrical energy PacifiCorp has determined will be necessary to meet this demand most efficiently and reliably. The Wyoming Public Service Commission has solicited public comments leading up to its review of the Read more…

By ARE, 3 yearsFebruary 11, 2022 ago
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Appeals court rules SRP liable for higher solar rooftop electric rates

A major Arizona utility’s can be held liable for violating antitrust laws through its policies of charging higher rates for electricity to its customers who choose to install rooftop solar panels, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Read more…

By ARE, 3 yearsFebruary 10, 2022 ago
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Local Government Guide for Solar Deployment

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) designed this guide to assist local government officials and stakeholders in boosting solar deployment. The content is based on the Solar Power in Your Community guidebook, updated in 2022, which contains case studies with approaches to reduce market barriers that have Read more…

By ARE, 3 yearsFebruary 10, 2022 ago
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Albany County Commission approves Rock Creek Wind Project

The Albany County Board of Commissioners have approved a wind energy conversion systems permit for the Rock Creek Wind Project by a 3-0 vote. The commission had tabled the project following a public hearing Dec. 7 after commissioners asked for more time to ask questions and took the issue up Read more…

By ARE, 3 yearsJanuary 26, 2022 ago
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City Climate Corner Podcast – ICLEI and the Race to Zero (Carbon)

EPISODE SUMMARY ICLEI, Local Governments for Sustainability, has been helping local governments with climate action for three decades. Learn how they’re evolving with some exciting new tools, cohorts, and programs. And hear how the Race to Zero is showing cities that it’s possible to cut carbon emissions by 60% in Read more…

By ARE, 3 yearsJanuary 26, 2022 ago
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USDA Launches Pilot Program to Deploy Renewable Energy Infrastructure to People in Rural Towns

Funding Will Help People in Particularly Underserved Rural Communities Cut Energy Costs, Increase Energy Resiliency and Address Climate Change WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 19, 2022 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the Department is making up to $10 million available to help people living in rural Read more…

By ARE, 3 yearsJanuary 26, 2022 ago
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FedEx receives its first electric delivery vans from GM’s BrightDrop

FedEx is the first customer to receive electric delivery vans from General Motors’ new EV-focused company BrightDrop. The logistics giant says it will integrate the EVs into its fleet starting in 2022. BrightDrop, which is GM’s new dedicated electric delivery van spinoff, said it delivered five of its larger-sized EV600 Read more…

By ARE, 3 yearsJanuary 26, 2022 ago
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This Colorado ‘solar garden’ is literally a farm under solar panels

When Byron Kominek returned home after the Peace Corps and later working as a diplomat in Africa, his family’s 24-acre farm near Boulder, Colo., was struggling to turn a profit. “Our farm has mainly been hay producing for fifty years,” Kominek said, on a recent chilly morning, the sun illuminating Read more…

By ARE, 4 yearsDecember 2, 2021 ago
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Farming and solar power set to combine in Netherlands-based pilot project

Swedish energy firm Vattenfall has been given a permit to build the project in the Netherlands. The idea of deploying solar panels on farmland has been around for many years. Swedish energy firm Vattenfall has been given a permit to build a project in the Netherlands that plans to combine Read more…

By ARE, 4 yearsOctober 21, 2021 ago
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Plug-in cars are the future. The grid isn’t ready.

By 2035, the chief automakers will have turned away from the internal combustion engine. It’ll be up to the grid to fuel all those new cars, trucks and buses. Maple Ridge in Lewis County is New York’s largest wind farm. (Kate Lovering for The Washington Post)By Will Englund October 13, 2021|Updated October Read more…

By ARE, 4 yearsOctober 21, 2021 ago

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