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Southern California Edison to buy 261 MW of energy storage projects; largest grid-connected storage purchase in US

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In addition to five offers with new natural gas generation plants, SCE selected 69 offers from preferred resources and energy storage facilities. Preferred resources are methods of delivering electricity that are cleaner, or more environmentally sustainable, than traditional resources. NRG Energy. Ice Energy Holdings, Inc.

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Biden sets 2030 net GHG reduction target for US of 50-52% below 2005 levels

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Will Scargill, Managing Energy Analyst at GlobalData, a data and analytics company, commented on achieving the targets: Achieving major reductions in carbon emissions in this decade requires rapid gains and the best way to achieve that will be through electrification. Speeding up this shift will be vital to meeting climate targets.

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GE VC Firms Announce $200M Open Innovation Challenge to Accelerate Power Grid Technology Through Open Collaboration

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GE announced a $200-million open innovation challenge that seeks breakthrough ideas to create a smarter, cleaner, more efficient electric grid, and accelerate the adoption of more efficient grid technologies. Proposals are sought in three, broad categories: Renewables, Grid and Eco Homes/Eco Buildings.

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Accedian, New Context, and Savari partner on next-generation smart infrastructure

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Smart infrastructure ESG and SDG initiatives will provide tangible health benefits with cleaner air and healthier climates as a result of the mass electrification of power grids derived from renewable energy resources like solar, thermal, water, and wind to fuel limitless fleets of electric vehicles producing zero or low carbon emissions.

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Opinion: Reinventing fuel-based power for a more secure and resilient grid

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With battery storage able to provide a unique role in balancing a renewable electricity grid, Toby Gill, CEO of Intelligent Power Generation, asks could innovations in green hydrogen and biofuel technologies contribute to a more optimized and economical energy mix? A line of electricity pylons in the UK countryside.

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Nevs in strategic cooperation with China’s State Grid for EVs

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As the largest public service company in the world, SGCC ranked 7 th on Fortune Global 500. SGCC constructs and operates power grids as its core business, to provide safer, cleaner, and more economic and sustainable power supply. million employees.

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Gravity Batteries, Green Hydrogen, and a Thorium Reactor for China

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2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. Well, let's think. Most of the world’s hydrogen comes from deeply polluting methods.

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