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PV Plant Owned by First Solar Is Being Paid to Help Balance Chile’s Electric Grid

GreenTechMedia

Back in 2016, First Solar proved in a California pilot project that utility-scale solar farms can provide critical transmission grid services. based solar module maker has taken the next big step in turning this capability into a real-world grid resource: convincing a grid operator to pay for it.

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Financing zero: The road to emission-free fleets

GreenBiz

In recent years, electric vehicle (EV) adoption has accelerated in the world of personal cars. Now, as ambitious climate goals gain momentum and renewable energy prices drop, attention is turning towards scaling such systems for commercial transport. Financing zero: The road to emission-free fleets. Tali Zuckerman.

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Unlocking Funding and Trust with EU-Backed Green Hydrogen Certifications

Hydrogen Fuel News

European Commission Grants Certification Schemes for Renewable Hydrogen and RFNBOs The European Commission has taken a major step towards decarbonizing the energy and industrial sectors with its formal approval of certification schemes for Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin (RFNBOs), including renewable green hydrogen.

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Report details China’s complex energy landscape and its enormous green energy shift

Envirotec Magazine

Wind is China’s largest source of electricity after coal and hydropower, delivering 9.4% of the total electricity supply in 2023. The seeming enormity of the green energy shift taking place in China is given shape by what’s described as the most comprehensive English-language report on China’s energy transition.

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RWE’s Green Vision Meets TotalEnergies’ Ambition – A Partnership to Watch

Hydrogen Fuel News

This partnership not only represents the largest contracted green hydrogen supply from a German electrolysis facility but also sets the stage for meaningful progress in decarbonizing energy-intensive sectors. This plant will use renewable electricity, such as wind and solar power, to split water into hydrogen and oxygen through electrolysis.

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Norwegian Oil Giant’s Plan to Capture UK’s Carbon Is Fraught With Risks

DeSmogBlog

Norwegian state-owned oil and gas company Equinor, the North Sea’s largest fossil fuel producer, is positioning itself to play a key role in plans to turn Britain into a world leader in capturing carbon. Currently, this policy would lock the UK into using fossil fuel-based energy generation to well past 2050.”

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Solar advocacy groups unveil playbook used by pro-fossil fuel groups to stall rooftop solar

Renewable Energy World

Special interest groups across the country are working to stall the growth of rooftop solar, according to a new report released last week by Environment America Research & Policy Center and U.S. receive fair compensation for the clean energy they supply to the electric grid, said the groups. PIRG Education Fund.