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The UK government has today (Tuesday 17 August) unveiled its long-awaited strategy for developing a hydrogen energy economy.

By Kevin Ross, Editor-in-Chief of Enlit Europe and Power Engineering International

It comes at a time when there is high scrutiny of the country’s climate policies in the countdown to COP26 in Glasgow in November.

A retired New Jersey landfill – once an environmental and financial burden to the community because of its improper closure in the 1980s — will soon become home to the largest solar project of its kind in North America.

CEP Renewables began the development of a 25.6 megawatt (dc) solar project in Mount Olive, New Jersey at the former Combe Fill North Landfill site. Once completed, the solar project will be the largest on a capped landfill in North America.

Congress is considering a Clean Electricity Payment Program in the massive reconciliation package. It’s not a Clean Energy Standard, but it can accomplish the same goal, advocates say.

The U.S. needs 1.03 million new charging stations to support President Biden’s goal of electric vehicles making up 50% of car sales by 2030, new analysis shows.

Construction costs for U.S. onshore wind generators declined by 27% from 2013-2019, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. But new guidance from Wood Mackenzie signals turbulent costs over the next year and a half.

CS Energy is expanding its footprint in the Southeast with three new solar + storage projects under construction in Florida.

On its quest to develop negative carbon footprint projects, Strategic Biofuels claims to have successfully completed a carbon capture and storage test at its diesel fuel plant in Louisiana.

Florida Power & Light crews have installed the first battery modules and more than two-thirds of the containers for its massive Manatee solar-storage hybrid project.

By Nicholas Nhede, Smart Energy International

Dominion Energy has announced a new target to convert its vehicle fleet of more than 8,600 units to electric models.

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