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The U.S. Department of Energy announced $40 million in funding to advance the development and deployment of clean hydrogen technologies. In a related move, DOE also launched a $20 million university research consortium to help states and Tribal communities implement grid resilience programs and achieve decarbonization goals.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A ratepayer protection that state regulators included in a recent order approving Dominion Energy Virginia’s application to build and recover the costs of a massive offshore wind farm would force the utility to scrap the project, Dominion said in a filing this week.

Contributed by Dean Barlow, Gripple

More and more EPC (Energy Procurement and Construction) companies and solar developers are being asked to explore the best methods of utilizing otherwise unusable land for use as utility-scale solar farms.

Miami-based battery energy storage system provider On.Energy has raised $100 million to finance projects in the U.S. and Canada.

On.Energy has delivered, and currently operates, more than 30 BESS diversified across industries such as airports, hotels, retailers, plastics, and power generation.

Fervo Energy has raised $138 million to develop and deploy its next-generation geothermal technology.

Earlier this year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration stated that in 2021 over 17 GW of wind capacity came online in the United States, increasing U.S. wind energy generation by 30% to 135.1 GW. Another 7.6 GW was expected to come online in 2022.

PINEVILLE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana utility and a New York-based renewable energy company say a big solar farm will be built near a coal-fired Louisiana plant that closed last year.

Cleco Power and D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments LLC have a long-term agreement under which Shaw Renewable will build a 240-MW solar installation and Cleco will buy power from it, according to a news release.

Sunrun CEO Mary Powell (Courtesy: Sunrun)

NEW YORK (AP) — As the head of the nation’s largest rooftop solar installer, Mary Powell has a stake in the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act, which includes tax credits to make rooftop solar more affordable.

On an otherwise normal flight from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to Washington, D.C.'s Reagan National Airport on Wednesday, a United 737 Max 8 passenger flight operated with 100% sustainable aviation fuel -- a first, and monumental, step for the aviation industry. (Courtesy: United)

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