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Hawaii campus joins U.S. trend to go all green

March 22, 2018 Anand Gupta

NEW YORK – A campus in Hawaii is joining a handful of U.S. colleges and universities aiming to use 100 percent renewable energy, it said on Tuesday, part of a growing nationwide trend of schools going green. The move by the University of Hawaii campus on Maui island is forward-looking and makes economic sense given […]

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NJR Clean Energy Ventures Announces Sale of Two Dot Wind Farm

March 22, 2018 Anand Gupta

WALL, N.J. — NJR Clean Energy Ventures (CEV), the non-regulated clean energy subsidiary of New Jersey Resources (NYSE: NJR), today announced the sale of its 9.7 megawatt (MW) wind farm in Two Dot, Montana to NorthWestern Energy (NWE) for $18.5 million. CEV entered into a purchase and sale agreement with the natural gas and electricity […]

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Microsoft adds 315 megawatts of new solar power in Virginia in largest corporate solar agreement in the United States

March 22, 2018 Anand Gupta

As the initial and primary offtaker of a 500-megawatt project, Microsoft will reach approximately 1.2 gigawatts in its global energy portfolio. REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. announced on Wednesday the purchase of 315 MW of energy from Pleinmont I and II, two new solar projects in the commonwealth of Virginia. This represents the single largest […]

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Flushing Community Schools to Save $45,000 Annually with 1.1 MW Solar Project by Standard Solar

March 22, 2018 Anand Gupta

The first-of-its-kind public-private partnership (P3) solar project in Michigan, the arrays will be constructed on seven schools in the district ROCKVILLE, Md. — Standard Solar, Inc., a leading solar energy company specializing in the development and financing of solar electric systems nationwide, today announced it will design, build, finance, operate and maintain solar arrays at […]

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WindWISDEM, a Ystrategies Portfolio Company, Announces Breakthrough Software-Based Repowering Solution for Wind Farms

March 22, 2018 Anand Gupta

Lowers Cost of Extending Production Tax Credits SAN FRANCISCO — WindWISDEM Corp., a Ystrategies Corp. (OTC: YSTR) portfolio company and cloud computing software service provider that optimizes wind farm performance, today announced that it is launching a software-based repowering service for wind farms looking to extend production tax credits (PTC) for an additional ten years. […]

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New NPG Research Shows How Great Hopes for Renewable Energy Cutter CO2 Emissions will be Negated by U.S. Population Growth

March 21, 2018 Anand Gupta

ALEXANDRIA, VA: Does the answer to winning the battle against climate change lie in turning over great swaths of land and coastal waters to massive solar and wind farms? According to a newly released study by Negative Population Growth (NPG) the answer is a definite “NO!” In presenting that conclusion in his latest well-documented NPG […]

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ALLETE Clean Energy to Build Montana Wind Energy Facility to Supply Electricity to NorthWestern Energy under Power Sale Agreement

March 21, 2018 Anand Gupta

Project will expand wind portfolio to more than 700 megawatts across six states DULUTH, Minn. — ALLETE Clean Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ALLETE Inc. (NYSE: ALE), announced today it will construct, own and operate an 80-megawatt wind energy facility near Great Falls, Montana, that will supply electricity to NorthWestern Energy under a signed power […]

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Sunny U.S. Southeast Is Finally Becoming a Hot Spot for Solar

March 21, 2018 Anand Gupta

The reason why the sunny U.S. Southeast resisted solar power for years is the same reason that explains its about-face: cost. The region was long the country’s smallest solar market, in part because state regulators argued it was just too expensive. Now that prices have come down sharply, area utilities are embracing power from the […]

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McDonald’s sets greenhouse gas reduction targets

March 21, 2018 Anand Gupta

McDonald’s Corp on Tuesday announced an approved, science based target to cut greenhouse gas emissions and battle climate change, saying it is the first restaurant company to do so. Under a plan several years in the making, the fast-food company – along with its franchisees and suppliers – aims to cut its greenhouse gas emissions […]

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NJR Clean Energy Ventures Announces Sale of Two Dot Wind Farm

March 20, 2018 Anand Gupta

WALL, N.J. – NJR Clean Energy Ventures (CEV), the non-regulated clean energy subsidiary of New Jersey Resources (NYSE: NJR), today announced the sale of its 9.7 megawatt (MW) wind farm in Two Dot, Montana to NorthWestern Energy (NWE) for $18.5 million. CEV entered into a purchase and sale agreement with the natural gas and electricity investor-owned […]