Regulators in California said on Thursday that they had fined Pacific Gas & Electric $125 million for its role in causing the Kincade fire, which injured four people and destroyed hundreds of buildings in 2019. As part of a settlement with the regulator, the California Public Utilities Commission, the company will pay the state $40 […]
WADING RIVER, N.Y. — If Bill Jacobs were a petty man, or a less religious one, he might look through the thicket of flowers, bushes and brambles that encircle his home and see enemies all around. For to the North, and to the South, and to the West and East and all points in between, […]
More than half the money went to California, New Jersey and Washington State. The largest single recipient was a $68 million flood-control project in Menlo Park, Calif., where the median household income is more than $160,000, the typical home costs more than $2 million and only one in five residents are Black or Hispanic. The […]
London-based solar investment and asset manager NextEnergy Capital (NEC) announced it has launched a new fund that aims to raise £500m to invest into subsidy-free solar power plants in the UK. The private 10-year solar infrastructure NextPower UK ESG (NPUK ESG) fund, managed by NextEnergy Capital, will have an expected generation capacity of c.1 GW […]
Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company Masdar announced it has signed an agreement with the Government of the Republic of Armenia to develop a 200 MW solar photovoltaic plant, which will be Armenia’s largest utility-scale solar plant. Located between the Talin and Dashtadem communities of Armenia, the Ayg-1 solar PV plant will be in an area […]
EVLO, a Hydro-Québec subsidiary specializing in energy storage systems, has launched its most advanced storage system, EVLO 1000. EVLO 1000 is a 1 MWh battery energy storage system designed for large-scale projects. Aimed mainly at electricity generators, transmission providers and distributors, the system has varied applications, including renewable energy integration, microgrids, peak shaving, backup power […]
DEPCOM solar construction Koch Engineered Solutions LLC (KES), a unit of Koch Industries Inc., has acquired DEPCOM Power Inc., an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm that builds utility-scale solar power plants as well as manages ongoing operations, maintenance and refurbishment services. “The acquisition of DEPCOM is a milestone for KES, adding expertise in renewable […]
Boaz Soifer BayWa r.e., a renewable energy developer, services and systems provider, has acquired Beacon Solar, the solar distribution division of Beacon, a publicly traded roofing distributor in the U.S. Beacon Solar will be fully integrated into BayWa r.e. Solar Systems LLC, the U.S. solar distribution business. The addition of the Beacon Solar network will […]
Florida Blue, the state’s Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, is reducing its overall carbon footprint by at least 50% by making its headquarters and other Jacksonville facilities 100% powered by solar energy. The company is the first corporate participant to sign onto Jacksonville electric utility JEA‘s SolarMax program, an energy sustainability project that focuses on […]
With the new “RDK2” development kit, Rutronik is creating a unique offering to accelerate the pre-development and the market launch of products. The modular toolkit is particularly suitable for the development of proof of concepts. The areas of application are diverse. For example, the board can be used for applications in the areas Internet of […]