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California power aggregators sign on for 50-MW slice of compressed-air long-duration energy storage
Long-duration energy storage developer Hydrostor has signed a 50-MW offtake agreement with California Community Power (CC Power) for the Willow Rock Energy Storage Center. The 500-MW/4,000-MWh advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) project can store energy for eight hours of continuous discharge to the grid, and will provide reliable capacity to the six community choice…
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EPA no longer considers greenhouse gases a pollutant
The Environmental Protection Agency has reversed landmark environmental laws made to curtail greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonize pollution sources, calling the Obama- and Biden-era motions “illegal.” The agency rescinded “Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases,” which established in 2009 that greenhouse gases are a threat to public health, under the Clean Air…
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Treasury issues FEOC guidance for energy project developers and domestic manufacturers
The Dept. of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have issued guidance for energy project developers and manufacturers determining whether the components they use are receiving material assistance from a prohibited foreign entity (PFE) and therefore ineligible for certain tax credits. This is the foreign entity of concern (FEOC) clause included in the…
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Commerce releases final AD/CVD amounts in battery anode case
The Dept. of Commerce has revealed its final determinations in its antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of active anode material (AAM) from the China. Final AD rates stayed the same as the preliminary decision, while general CVD rates increased. Final dumping margins Exporters AD rate Tesla, Panasonic, Hunan Zhongke Shinzoom, Jiangxi Zichen Technology,…
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Monitoring made inverters more essential to solar project performance
Monitoring advancements have made solar inverters into multi-faceted devices capable of engaging an increasing number of energy loads. Gone are the days where solar system owners would discover their arrays were malfunctioning when they received an unexpected power bill. Now, major solar inverter manufacturers have granular monitoring measures in place to detect the slightest dip…
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