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Hear this story aired on WJCT News 89.9 An appeals court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit alleging Jacksonville’s public utility company violated state law when it amended a program that provides loans to customers who generate electricity from rooftop solar panels. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeals ruled that the Solar … Read more

Current events have made it clear that we cannot trust that the current will always last. Be it due to storms, earthquakes, or weather-related blackouts and blackouts, having a generator nearby is increasingly becoming a source of calm. (Bonus: For better or worse, it can make your house the most popular house on the block … Read more

After soaring in 2020, clean energy stocks saw a sharp correction about a week after 2021. We can see this in the exchange traded fund iShares S&P Global Clean Energy Index Fund (ICLN), which gained 137% in 2020 but has lost 18% to date. No wonder clean energy stocks needed a correction. This was an … Read more

Battery storage in the converted gas turbine halls of the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility. The recently completed 100 MW Phase II has stayed online. Image: Vistra Energy. The preliminary assessment of a battery module overheating incident that occurred over the weekend in the world’s largest project for battery energy storage systems (BESS), Moss Landing … Read more

Energy storage combined with solar energy in behind-the-meter (BTM) applications reached around 550 MW in 2020, which, according to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL), corresponds to around 17% of the total US battery storage capacity installed during the year. Berkeley Labs reports that residential complexes account for about two-thirds of total BTM solar storage capacity, … Read more

September 7, 2021 Caterpillar will begin offering generator sets that run on 100 percent hydrogen, including fully renewable green hydrogen. They will be available on an order basis by the end of 2021; however, the company will shortly launch commercially available power generation solutions that can be configured to run on up to 25 percent … Read more

Highlights: As the sun spreads to newer areas including coastal areas, it is important to be prepared for preventive maintenance. backgroundThe working environment of a PV system is relatively complex and extreme environments such as high / low temperatures, humidity, salt spray, heavy sand and other harsh environments can test the reliability and environmental adaptability … Read more

Nat und Abi Rodriguez leben seit drei Jahren auf der Straße, sagten sie kürzlich in einem Interview mit Insider. Abi (links) und Nat (rechts) springen vor ihrem Van in die Luft. Nat und Abi Nat, ein Koch, und Abi, ein Fotograf, begannen vor drei Jahren nach ihrer Heirat mit Vanlife, sagten sie Insider. Sie teilen … Read more