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Southern California Edison Proposes $760 Million Charge Ready 2 Program to Expand Electric Vehicle Infrastructure

June 27, 2018 Anand Gupta

Plan supports SCE’s clean energy vision of 7 million electric cars on state highways by 2030 ROSEMEAD, Calif.: Two years ago, Southern California Edison launched Charge Ready, a pilot program to increase the availability of charging for passenger electric vehicles. After having recently installed Charge Ready’s 1,000th EV charging station, SCE today filed its plan […]

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Trump to Hit Refiners With a Biofuels Boost

June 26, 2018 Anand Gupta

Refiners would have to blend 19.88 billion gallons of biofuels into petroleum next year under an administration proposal set to be unveiled Tuesday, as President Donald Trump tries to strike a balance between two competing constituencies. The Environmental Protection Agency is set to maintain a 15 billion gallon quota for conventional renewable fuels such as […]

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India offers huge opportunity for US energy sector: Perry

June 26, 2018 Anand Gupta

Washington: India offers an “amazing opportunity” for US energy sector as it is a huge market for the American energy products including clean coal technology, Energy Secretary Rick Perry has said. Perry, who visited India in April this year as part of the Trump administration’s move to enhance bilateral energy cooperation, said he had “very […]

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Dominion Energy Publicly Launches New Debt Program

June 26, 2018 Anand Gupta

RICHMOND, Va.: Dominion Energy, Inc. (NYSE: D), today announced the public launch of a new financing program, Dominion Energy Reliability Investment, allowing qualified investors the opportunity to invest directly in new debt that will be issued by the company. Dominion Energy Reliability Investment will pay a floating rate of interest competitive with other short-term cash […]

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pi-top Announces Sponsorship of Solar Car Challenge

June 26, 2018 Anand Gupta

pi-top Announces Sponsorship of Solar Car ChallengeAward-winning Educational Program Teaches High School Students Vital Skills for Future Success; Company to Provide Technology Platform and Engineering Resources; pi-topHELIOS to Enable Teams to Track Telemetry Data, other Vital Race Information -Learning company pi-top™ today announced its sponsorship of the Solar Car Challenge, an award-winning national educational program […]

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4.2 MW Project Commissioned in the USA with Vikram Solar Modules

June 25, 2018 Anand Gupta

India: Vikram Solar, one of India’s leading module manufacturers and a prominent rooftop solar & EPC solutions provider, announced today the commissioning of a 4.2 MW solar plant using Vikram Solar modules. This ground mounted project marks the entry for Vikram Solar Limited (module supplier for the project) and Greencells USA Inc (EPC handler for […]

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IRS Ruling on U.S. Credit an Unexpected Gift to Solar Developers

June 25, 2018 Anand Gupta

The Internal Revenue Service is extending incentives for solar power and other clean energy sources by as long as four years. Developers can claim a 30 percent tax credit for solar projects as long as they prove they’ve started construction by the end of 2019, according to an IRS notice Friday. That means breaking ground or investing […]

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Renewable energy seeks demand, investment to survive Trump squeeze

June 25, 2018 Anand Gupta

NEW YORK: The wind and solar industries hope demand for carbon-free power from U.S. cities, states and corporations can offset headwinds from President Donald Trump’s tax policy and tariffs, developers said this week. The Trump tax overhaul trimmed production and investment tax credits, and the administration also slapped a 30 percent tariff on imported solar […]

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EPA Said Ready to Propose 19.9 Billion Gallon Biofuel Target

June 25, 2018 Anand Gupta

Oil industry opposition prompted Trump administration officials to at least temporarily abandon a proposal that would force larger refineries to use more biofuel to make up for exemptions granted to smaller facilities, according to two people familiar with the plans. The Environmental Protection Agency is on track to issue a slate of biofuel quotas without […]

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Tamil couple in New Jersey provide free solar solutions

June 23, 2018 Anand Gupta

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Form a foundation to provide street lights, power plants to villages in Tamil Nadu With the objective of ‘giving back to society,’ a Nagarathar couple living in New Jersey has formed Solar Village Foundation (SVF), a charitable trust, to provide free solar solutions to villages in Sivaganga district and other parts of Tamil Nadu. Within […]