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The Expert Take: Katherine Hamilton on our energy transition

Generation 180 Interview

At Generation180, we’re working to inspire and equip individuals to get involved in the energy transition. It’s complex and it’s big. So to provide a better sense of where we’re headed, we’re providing a deeper dive into what’s happening with this transition—where are we right now, how far we’ve come, and, most importantly, where we need to go.

As part of our online Boot Camp project, we recently spoke with Katherine Hamilton, an energy expert with over 30 years of industry experience. Katherine has worked with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and is currently the chair of 38 North Solutions and former co-chair of a World Economic Forum council on advanced energy technology. Here [is] what’s on Katherine’s mind and what she sees as the role of “everyday energy leaders.” Read more here.

LINKS TO MORE INFORMATION ABOUT GENERATION 180

SUSTAINABILITY JOBS

Jobs You Can Do With a Sustainability Degree, Earth911

GREEN SCHOOLS

Iowa City schools anticipate cutting carbon emissions in half in five years, Iowa City Press-Citizen
Iowa City schools appear on track to reduce carbon emissions by more than 45% by 2030, the goalpost student climate activists have pushed for in Iowa City, according to a consultant’s report. But the report indicated that reducing carbon emissions to a net-zero by 2050, another goal pushed for by climate activists, will require the district to take action.

REGENERATIVE FARMING & CLIMATE RESILIENCY

Black farmers embrace and implement solutions for climate resiliency, by Leah Penniman, Co-Director Soul Fire Farm, GreenBiz

Leah Penniman is a farmer, educator, soil steward and food justice activist. She is co-director and program manager of Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York, and the author of Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land.

RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM (REAP)

The Rural Energy for America Program provides guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses to purchase or install renewable energy systems or make energy efficiency improvements.

Program Status: Open
Program Information
Program Fact Sheet
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NEW REPORT

Building a 100 Percent Clean Future Can Drive an Additional $8 Billion a Year to Rural Communities, by Bidisha Bhattacharyya, Ryan Richards, and Rita Cliffton, Center for American Progress. Bidisha Bhattacharyya is the deputy director for Climate and Energy Policy at the Center for American Progress. Ryan Richards is a senior policy analyst for Public Lands at the Center. Rita Cliffton is a research associate for Climate and Energy Policy at the Center.
Download the Report Here.

ENVIRONMENT AMERICA

Environment America releases 2020 state legislative agenda priorities, News Release
State affiliates of Environment America, a national nonpartisan advocacy group, delivered meaningful progress on several environmental and public health issues in 2019. But given the obstacles that still exist at the federal level on those issues and more, states will have to continue to lead in 2020. Here is a roundup of the top issues and bills that Environment America’s 29 state affiliates will be working on across the country this coming year:

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

2020 will be a key year (and decade) for electric vehicles, GreenBiz
This article is adapted from GreenBiz’s weekly newsletter, Transport Weekly, running Tuesdays. Subscribe here.

ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED READING

How States Will Continue to Drive Climate Action in 2020, Natural Resources Defense Council
Five 2020 trends show how utilities can take a leadership role in the clean energy transition, contributed opinion by Scott Smith and Marlene Motyka, Renewable Energy World. For more information on these trends, see: Deloitte 2020 Power & Utilities Industry Outlook.
Dominion’s planned US offshore wind project could be world’s largest at 2.64 GW, Renewable Energy World
Local Solar Installers Embrace Big New Opportunity: Home Battery Add-Ons, Greentech Media

Black Hills Energy program offers customers a renewable energy option

By Sunday Miller, KEVN, Black Hills Fox News

Black Hills Energy’s new “Renewable Ready” program allows certain customers to decide what percentage of their energy they want to come from a renewable resource. Solar, hydro, wind are all forms of renewable energy, and the company is ready to harness that power in its subscription-based program. “Instead of building your own facility, instead of placing either a wind or solar facility on your property, this allows you to buy into a larger scale renewable facility, in this case wind, and basically decide for yourself as a customer, do I want 10 percent, 20 percent, 50 percent or 100 percent of my energy to come from a renewable resource,” said Bret Jones, regional manager of Black Hills Energy. This new program offers larger customers, like the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, an alternative electricity option to power their facilities.
Read more here.

Image: Renewable Ready – Black Hills Energy is building a wind farm in Wyoming to provide a renewable energy source for customers.

About Black Hills Corporation
Based in Rapid City, South Dakota, Black Hills Corporation serves over 1.27 million customers in more than 800 communities in Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming.

Related
Civic center commits to green energy, Rapid City Journal
The venue is among the first major entities in Rapid City that has been announced as a customer of the wind farm that Black Hills Energy aims to build outside Cheyenne, Wyoming. Civic center directors have said that the complex will be powered solely with energy generated by the $57 million plant.

ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED READING

MISO seeks to make solar a dispatchable, intermittent resource, PV Magazine
MISO is seeking input as it transitions solar power to being more highly integrated into its energy forecast modeling. This is happening as the volume of solar is booming, and follows on the grid operator’s success with wind power.
What’s Behind the World’s Biggest Climate Victory? Capitalism, Bloomberg
The market triumph of renewable energy marks the biggest victory yet in the fight against global warming. Solar and wind are proliferating not because of moral do-gooders but because they’re now the most profitable part of the power business in most of the world. This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 220 news outlets to highlight climate change.
University of Illinois Reportedly Close to Signing $20M Solar Farm Deal, Energy Manager Today
Illinois marijuana growers will face energy efficiency and reporting rules, Energy News Network. When Illinois’ new law legalizing recreational marijuana takes effect Jan. 1, growers will face some of the strongest energy efficiency and reporting requirements in the country. Marijuana can be an energy intensive crop. Resource Innovation Institute offers a tool called PowerScore, where growers fill out a survey on their energy, water and waste practices and receive an efficiency ranking.
Salt Lake residents given community-wide discounts on rooftop solar energy, KUTV
Open houses planned for Southwest Missouri wind project, Joplin Globe
The military’s next essential tool: battery storage, Contributed Opinion, Chicago Tribune
Elk River Municipal Utilities to grow with technology partner, Sponsored Advertising Feature, American Public Power Association. After out-growing the capabilities of their previous billing and accounting software, in 2013 ERMU became a member of National Information Solutions Cooperative, a technology solutions partner. For more information about NISC enterprise software solutions, visit NISC’s website.

POTENTIAL ON-BILL FINANCING MODEL

Holland leads with energy financing program, but work remains, by Andy Balaskovitz, MiBiz
A financing program in Holland that helps residents pay for energy efficiency and renewable energy upgrades remains one of the only such programs in Michigan, and could be a model for more to come. Known as on-bill financing, the program allows Holland Board of Public Works customers to obtain a loan through the utility’s nonprofit arm to pay the upfront cost of projects.

NEW CLIMATE ACTION RESOURCE

‘How We Respond’ Shows What U.S. Communities Are Doing to Address Climate Change, American Association For The Advancement of Science. Communities across the United States are working with scientists and using scientific information to respond to climate change, according to the “How We Respond” report released Sept. 16 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. This new resource shares perspectives, multimedia and project details that 18 communities have developed to address local impacts of climate change or reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Dane County Featured In National Climate Change Study, Wisconsin Public Radio

VERGE VANGUARD 2019 AWARDS

GreenBiz names 2019 VERGE Vanguard award winners
GreenBiz Group today named the 2019 VERGE Vanguard, honoring 20 dreamers, pioneers, entrepreneurs, designers, engineers, business leaders, policymakers and investors on the cutting edge of sustainability and technology.

GREEN BIZ WEBCAST

5 Steps for Embedding ESG Into Your Corporate Culture: September 17, 2019 at 12 PM
If you can’t tune in live, please register and we will email you a link to access the archived webcast footage and slides, available to you on-demand after the webcast.

Southwest Power Pool moves to boost reliability, storage amid CEO resignation

By Julia Gheorghiu, Utility Dive

The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Board of Directors on Monday approved 21 stakeholder policy recommendations on critical issues, such as enhancing reliability and cost allocation for new transmission. The SPP’s Holistic Integrated Tariff Team (HITT), made up of 15 stakeholders, offered recommendations to prepare the regional transmission operator for the grid of the future, including improvements to the wholesale energy market.

The transmission operator’s generation portfolio has changed dramatically over the past decade, with 50 GW of wind, 28.5 GW of solar and 5.7 GW of storage in its interconnection queue as of June. Stakeholder recommendations focused on this reality, asking SPP staff to create a white paper on energy storage and the future impacts of a battery storage buildout. Read more here.

MORE NEWS, OPINION & RESOURCES

The Common Sense Colloquy: Q&A with Abby Hopper of SEIA, Solar Energy Industries Association. This blog was originally published by RenewPR as part of the Common Sense Colloquy series.
Invenergy to sponsor youth leadership organization, the National FFA, Windpower Engineering
Invenergy, a Midwest-based developer and operator of sustainable energy, recently announced a historic sponsorship of the National FFA Organization. Invenergy is the first sustainable energy company to establish a nationwide investment of this scale with the organization.
Empire Electric catches renewable fever, spreads it to neighbors, PV Magazine
By 2023, Empire plans to add it its generation portfolio nearly 700 MW of renewables, with 600 MW of wind leading the way. This is a ton of development for pretty much any utility, and for one serving just 173,000 customers, it’s enough to meet demand multiple times over, even if every single customer had a business or small factory, which they do not. Hats off to Empire District Electric Co. for recognizing that the energy revolution is coming and embracing that future.
College harnessing power of the sun, Jacksonville Journal-Courier
The project is a part of the Illinois Power Agency’s Adjustable Block Program, which provides incentives for solar photovoltaic systems to help the state reach its goal of producing 25% of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2025.
Iowa Republicans care about clean energy, too. Contributed Opinion by former state legislator Bryan Sievers, Quad City Times
Senate committee passes bill that includes climate change section, American Public Power Association
As scientists predict ‘killer heat’ in near future, ag companies and farmers prepare, by Christopher Walljasper, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
California farmers are planting solar panels as water supplies dry up, Los Angeles Times
Electric Vehicles 101, Natural Resources District Council
This is the ninth blog in a series about our Midwest electric vehicle adventure.
This Is What the Midwest EV Revolution Looks Like, Natural Resources District Council
The rapid maturation of the U.S. energy storage market, PV Magazine
This op-ed by global law practice Eversheds Sutherland looks at some of the financial drivers and supporting policies that underlie the rapid development of the U.S. energy storage market.
Investments in Energy Storage Grow as Battery Costs Fall, Power Magazine
Research company BloombergNEF (BNEF) in its latest forecast published Wednesday said energy storage installations worldwide will grow across the next two decades, from the 9 GW/17 GWh of capacity deployed as of last year, to 1,095 GW/2,850 GWh by 2040, as battery costs fall by half by 2030 compared to today’s levels. It said two markets—stationary storage and electric vehicles—will drive demand for batteries.
The Opportunity to Save Money, Energy, and Carbon With Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings, Rocky Mountain Institute. This blog coincides with the launch of Rocky Mountain Institute’s (RMI’s) latest report, Value Potential for Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings in the GSA Portfolio: A Cost-Benefit Analysis. The report provides lessons that could help any building owner to unlock the cost-, energy-, and carbon-savings potential of grid-interactive efficient buildings and is based on our work with the US General Services Administration.

Small Missouri utility proposes big pivot to clean energy in latest resource plan

Written by Karen Uhlenhuth, Energy News Network

Missouri’s smallest investor-owned utility is charting a dramatically different course two years after being acquired by new owners. The Empire District Electric Co. in Joplin, Missouri, serves about 173,000 customers in southwestern Missouri and parts of Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Its current capacity consists of about 65% natural gas, 30% coal and 5% renewables in the form of wind and hydropower. Read more here.

Photo Credit: Lucia Bourgeois / U.S. Department of Energy

ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED READING

Boston, San Francisco and Seattle Rank Highest on National ‘Clean Energy Scorecard’, Energy Manager Today. For the first time, the ACEEE Scorecard tracks policy efforts to advance renewable energy in addition to energy efficiency, because both are needed to build a clean energy future and address climate change. It is the most comprehensive national report that tracks city progress toward climate goals.
Corporate Investment In Solar Energy Surges, Forbes
Behind Adobe’s bold plan to build an all-electric building, GreenBiz
RE100 Update: Adobe is among 191 RE100 companies that have made a commitment to go ‘100% renewable’. A growing number of them are encouraging their suppliers to do the same. Read about the actions they are taking and why.
Center Stage Podcast: Encouraging sustainability leaders to chase their moonshots, GreenBiz
Proposed legislation would extend solar investment tax credit 5 years, Utility Dive
Wholesale electricity market design for rapid decarbonization: A decentralized markets approach, Utility Dive
CEFC looks to energy storage, grid stability, after record spend on renewables, Renew Economy The federal government’s green bank says it will sharpen its focus on energy storage and other technologies to support the stability of the national grid, as it caps off another 12 months of record investment in renewable energy.
NextEra inks 700 MW wind + solar + battery project, largest in the US, Utility Dive
The false promise of nuclear power, Opinion Contributors Jay Lifton and Naomi Oreskes, The Boston Globe. The financial group Lazard recently said that renewable energy costs are now “at or below the marginal cost of conventional generation” — that is, fossil fuels — and much lower than nuclear.
Solar panels cast shade on agriculture in a good way, News Release, EurekaAlert

Tri-State announces transformative Responsible Energy Plan

Tri-State News Release

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association is pursuing an aggressive Responsible Energy Plan to transition to a cleaner energy portfolio, while ensuring reliability, increasing member flexibility and with a goal to lower wholesale rates.

“Our membership and board are unified in our pursuit of a cleaner, reliable and lower-cost resource portfolio,” said Rick Gordon, chairman of the cooperative’s board of directors. “We are making a strong and unequivocal commitment to transform Tri-State’s resource portfolio in a prudent and responsible manner.” Continue reading here.

From Tri-State’s Website

Our cooperative approach to a clean grid starts now.
We are pursuing an aggressive transition to a cleaner energy portfolio.

How we are transforming

Developing a Responsible Energy Plan [to] comply with aggressive carbon reduction, renewable energy and resource planning requirements, ensure reliability and affordability and strive to lower wholesale rates while maintaining our strong financial position.
Engaging with former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter and the Center for the New Energy Economy to facilitate a stakeholder process that will contribute to our Responsible Energy Plan.
Creating more opportunities for our members to develop local renewable energy by considering the types of memberships and contracts we offer.
Increasing our renewable resources, with new wind and solar projects and a request for proposals for even more projects.
Exploring opportunities with solar and energy services providers to make more community-scale solar, energy storage and electric vehicle infrastructure more available to our members at a lower cost.

Learn more about Tri-State’s Responsible Energy Plan.

Additional Recommended Reading

Rural Electricity Provider Announces Early Coal Plant Closure, Focus on Renewables, by Grace Hood, Colorado Public Radio. Tri-State hopes its renewable energy plan will lower electricity bills for 1.3 million customers, while cleaning up power delivered across rural parts [of] Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico.
US report says a Green New Deal must help electric co-ops switch to renewables, by Miles Hadfield, Co-operative News. As more and more electric co-ops across the USA signal a growing interest in renewable energy, a report has called for a new program to transition rural economies to clean power. The document, Rural Electrification 2.0, says: “The US public is increasingly demanding clean energy to pursue energy independence and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.”
Rural America could power a renewable economy – but first we need to solve coal debt, Clean Cooperative

The global transition to clean energy, explained in 12 charts

By David Roberts, Vox

Renewable energy is starting to make a dent in electricity – Fifth Chart:
All the growth and investments in renewable electricity are starting to add up. Renewables represent more than a third of the world’s installed capacity and, as the graphic below shows, more than 26 percent of global electricity produced.

That said, hydropower, at almost 16 percent, makes up more than half the renewables total. What people tend to think of as renewables, wind and solar, make up only a combined 8 percent. Even in electricity, renewables have a long way to go. Read more here.

FEATURED GLOBAL INITIATIVE: CLIMATE ACTION 100+

To date, more than 300 investors with more than $33 trillion in assets under management have signed on to this initiative. Climate Action 100+ is coordinated by five partner organizations: Asia Investor Group on Climate Change, Ceres, Investor Group on Climate Change, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, and Principles for Responsible Investment.

MORE NEWS & RESOURCES

United States Spend Ten Times More On Fossil Fuel Subsidies Than Education, Forbes
IMF leader Christine Lagarde has noted that the investments made into fossil fuels could be better spent elsewhere, and could have far reaching positive impacts: “There would be more public spending available to build hospitals, to build roads, to build schools and to support education and health for the people. We believe that removing fossil fuel subsidies is the right way to go.”
Previously Posted Resource: According to the International Monetary Fund, the United States subsidizes fossil fuels at a cost of $649 billion a year.
How did solar energy get so cheap? UW prof probes history of technology, Wisconsin State Journal. Greg Nemet, a professor with UW-Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs, released a book this month titled How Solar Energy Became Cheap that explores the policies, programs and business models that made it happen and looks at how those could be applied to new technologies.
Wood Mackenzie Boosts US Solar Market Forecast as Florida Blossoms, Greentech Media
“Solar’s growth is increasing everywhere, including traditional solar states — but also pretty rapidly in less traditional solar states,” Colin Smith, senior solar analyst at WoodMac, said in an interview.
New York Senate passes the biggest renewable energy mandate in the nation, PV Magazine
New Efforts To Increase Solar Power In North Dakota, KX Net
Kansas high school to save estimated $30K annually using solar energy, Education Dive
Renewables would displace 86 GW of gas in Beyond Carbon campaign, PV Magazine
Solar panel reliability: How reliable is solar power?, SolarReviews
Solar Workforce Diversity Series: Solar training programs aim to open doors for former prison inmates, Energy News Network
Solar carports go national: photo essay, PV Magazine
Even if your car is baking in the hot summer sun, you can imagine it staying cool under one of these solar carports recently built all across the country. Technologies include prefabricated framing, double cantilever canopies, and water management systems.
Solar air conditioners – how solar can cool your home, SolarReviews
Utilities’ energy storage growing like gangbusters, GreenBiz
Why Electrified Transportation Needs Microgrids, Greentech Media
Nissan Leaf batteries are lasting a very long time, Green Car Reports News Release, KFXL Fox Nebraska

Tri-State power wholesaler requests new solar projects as United Power, other members seek flexibility

By Sam Lounsberry, Longmont Times-Call

As Westminster-based regional power wholesaler Tri-State Generation and Transmission on Thursday announced it is seeking proposals to build a number of solar projects between 10 and 200 megawatts, its largest member United Power continues asking its parent for policy changes to allow more renewable energy development at the local level.

Tri-State’s pursuit of more solar power comes after announcements earlier this year of two projects — one wind farm and another solar farm being built by Boulder-based Juwi — totaling 204 megawatts, and the power wholesaler for 43 electric cooperatives and power districts serving rural communities across Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska and New Mexico claims its pursuit of a new solar project this year represents its increasing interest in owning solar. Continue reading here.

Photo: United Power’s recently-installed Tesla battery. United Power has said it has lost out on large commercial customers to nearby Xcel Energy’s service territory because the local utility can only offer so much renewable power on its grid under current Tri-State rules limiting its members from generating more than 5% of their demand loads themselves through renewables or other means.

NEWS FROM OTHER STATES

Iowa officials consider energy storage tax credit, ‘value of storage’ study, Energy News Network
Iowa study recommends closer look at storage’s benefits, American Public Power Association
Minnesota law opens clean energy financing program to new construction, Energy News Network
Six Flags Great Adventure says park is ‘almost fully-powered by solar energy’, Fox Business
New Jersey charts path to 100% clean energy by 2050, with 3.5 GW offshore wind by 2030, Utility Dive
New Jersey Drafts Pathway To 100% Clean Energy, Solar Industry
The State of New Jersey has released a draft energy master plan (EMP), which provides an initial blueprint for the total conversion of the state’s energy profile to 100% clean energy by 2050.
Hawaii’s On-Bill Financing Program Unlocks Energy Upgrades for the Masses, Greentech Media The Aloha State’s GEM$ program enables renters and low-income households to install solar and energy-saving equipment with no upfront costs.
Solar panels drop Richmond family’s energy bill to $8: ‘I can’t believe it!’, WTVR

GLOBAL NEWS

Off-Grid Solar Energy Use Is About to Explode Thanks to These Key Regions: Employment could triple by 2020, Inverse

EV NEWS

Largest EV charging companies in US join forces to expand customer access to stations, Utility Dive. Electrify America and ChargePoint announced a “roaming partnership” on Tuesday to allow customers of each electric vehicle (EV) charging network to charge on either network with a single account and no additional fees.
Utility, EV coalition calls for 50% transportation energy reduction by 2050, Utility Dive
Rivian will repurpose used EV batteries for solar power in Puerto Rico, ENgadget

Kennedy’s role involves exploring energy solutions

By Laura King-Homan, The Wire, OPPD Blog

Courtney Kennedy doesn’t just tour wind farms. Kennedy, OPPD’s manager for alternative energy programs, and her team also research new alternative energy technologies, explore partnerships with large customers and work with system planning groups on how to best meet OPPD’s future load needs with alternative energy solutions. In short, Kennedy and her team are where the utility, and customers, can turn to get answers about renewable energy. Continue reading here.

Photo Credit: Omaha Public Power District

NEWS FROM OTHER STATES

Sedgwick County school now has Kansas’ largest privately-owned solar power system, The Wichita Eagle
In Michigan: Consumers Energy gets nod to embark on 5-GW solar plan, phase out coal, Renewables Now
Google plans $17M expansion in Michigan to add ‘significant’ number of jobs, FOX Business
N.J. offers initial blueprint for shift to 100% clean energy by 2050, American Public Power Association. The draft Energy Master Plan is available here.
World’s largest battery system planned for Nevada solar plant, PV Magazine
Five Texas Electric Coops Sign Collective Solar Power Purchase Agreement, Solar Magazine
Though small, the collective negotiation and purchase marks a first for the Texas solar power market, as well as a first for Rocky Mountain Institute’s (RMI) SHINE distribution-scale, community solar energy program.
Six Flags Great Adventure Now Powered by Solar Energy, Finger Lakes Times
This Virginia city is rooted in tobacco, but its revival is drawing power from solar, Energy News Network
Walmart, US Solar Announce Agreement for 36 Community Solar Gardens, PR Newswire

How PV is changing the world of energy

By Sandra Enkhardt, Senior Editor of PV Magazine Deutschland

The annual expansion of photovoltaics throughout the world surpassed the 100 GW mark last year. The multi-terawatt market is looming on the horizon and PV is becoming a “game changer” in the global energy system in five specific areas, according to a consortium of research institutes. Read more here.

ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED READING

Colorado Gov Polis unveils roadmap to 100% carbon free by 2040, signs 11 clean energy bills, Utility Dive
Pennsylvania’s State College Adopts 100% Renewable Energy Goal, North American Windpower
State College is the 17th community in Pennsylvania to commit to 100% clean, renewable energy and the first outside of southeastern Pennsylvania. It is also the 126th municipality to adopt this goal nationally, says the Sierra Club.
Anheuser-Busch Embraces Solar to Power Past Its 100% Renewables Target, Greentech Media
The brewing giant announced a 222-megawatt solar project with Recurrent Energy in Texas, a fast-growing hot spot for corporate solar deals.
Wisconsin Sees Growing Interest In Wind Production: Declining Costs, Federal Incentives Driving Factors, Wisconsin Public Radio
North Dakota’s First All-Electric School Bus Unveiled, School Transportation News
Energy storage deployments double *and* triple in first quarter, PV Magazine
Wood Mac reports that in the first quarter of 2019 energy storage power deployed grew 232% year over year to 149 megawatts, while capacity increased 110% to 271 megawatt-hours as Arizona, New Jersey and New York saw strong growth.
How Microgrid Infrastructure Will Enable the Electrification of Transportation, Microgrid Knowledge. Schneider Electric’s Andy Haun explores the role microgrid infrastructure will have in the electrification of transportation.
Renewable energy 101: Key terms you need to know, CNBC
Sustainable Energy breaks down some of the most important words and terms in the renewable energy world.

INTERVIEW

#Solar100’s Nat Kreamer: Clean Energy’s Captain America, PV Magazine Guest Post
Richard Matsui, Founder & CEO of kWh Analytics, speaks with Nat Kreamer, CEO of Advanced Energy Economy: Nat Kreamer served in the Afghan War with special forces in the U.S. Navy, helped found what is now the largest residential solar company in the United States, held the position of board chair at Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), and was recognized by President Obama as a “Champion of Change” for his work as a veteran in clean energy. Now he’s bringing these experiences to his role as CEO of Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), where he leverages policy advocacy and inter-industry collaboration to advance clean energy.

Young’s focus: Supporting businesses, building teams

By Paula Lukowski, The Wire, OPPD Blog

An engineer by trade, Wyndle Young enjoys math and science, but he also has an affinity for music, entertainment and sports. That combination has come in handy for Young. He has shaped a successful career on the customer-side of the energy business over the past 27 years by blending his technical and social interests. Now, he is developing a new business strategy for small and mid-size commercial customers as manager of Mid/Small Commercial & Industrial Sales & Services for OPPD. The department develops, implements and manages core business and product and service programs for approximately 40,000 commercial customers. Continue reading here.

Additional Recommended Reading

OPPD solar program sold out, waitlist has begun, by Laura King-Homan, The Wire
It only took 49 days for OPPD residential customers to purchase all available shares of the utility’s new community solar program.
5,000 Square Miles, by Paula Lukowski, The Wire
Legislation would make public power eligible for storage grants, American Public Power Association Blog. The American Public Power Association is voicing support for legislation recently introduced in the House and Senate that would boost research and development of technologies to increase energy storage capabilities and make public power utilities eligible for storage technical assistance and grants.

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Tag Archives: energy storage

The Expert Take: Katherine Hamilton on our energy transition

Generation 180 Interview

Black Hills Energy program offers customers a renewable energy option

By Sunday Miller, KEVN, Black Hills Fox News

Southwest Power Pool moves to boost reliability, storage amid CEO resignation

By Julia Gheorghiu, Utility Dive

Small Missouri utility proposes big pivot to clean energy in latest resource plan

Written by Karen Uhlenhuth, Energy News Network

Tri-State announces transformative Responsible Energy Plan

Tri-State News Release

The global transition to clean energy, explained in 12 charts

By David Roberts, Vox

Tri-State power wholesaler requests new solar projects as United Power, other members seek flexibility

By Sam Lounsberry, Longmont Times-Call

Kennedy’s role involves exploring energy solutions

By Laura King-Homan, The Wire, OPPD Blog

How PV is changing the world of energy

By Sandra Enkhardt, Senior Editor of PV Magazine Deutschland

Young’s focus: Supporting businesses, building teams

By Paula Lukowski, The Wire, OPPD Blog