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Asheville Citizen-Times Duke Energy postpones new Lake Julian plant until 2027Asheville Citizen-TimesASHEVILLE – Duke Energy plans to delay construction of a natural gas “peaker” plant near Lake Julian, a move the company attributes to the success of its local Energy Innovation Task Force. A company filing with state regulators shows the project to …Duke Energy…

Albany Times Union Albany wins $1.4 million for clean energy projectsAlbany Times UnionNYPA’s efforts are part of a statewide mandate to reduce energy consumption at state facilities by 20 percent by 2020. The New York Energy Manager facility was created in part to oversee that project, and the $1.4 million awarded to Albany was part…

Chesapeake Energy (CHK) Presents at Barclays CEO Energy-Power 2017 Conference (Transcript)Seeking AlphaI am Tom Driscoll with Barclays, for those of you I haven’t met. Delighted — this is my first presentation I am introducing for today; delighted to have Doug Lawler here from Chesapeake, Chairman, President and CEO of Chesapeake. Prior to Chesapeake …

Big Energy Backs Hydrogen Power StorageBloombergThe secret to switching the global energy system entirely to renewables may lay in the universe’s most abundant substance. Hydrogen has drawn backing from big energy companies from Royal Dutch Shell Plc to Uniper SE in addition to carmakers BMW AG … and more »

Solar Competition Clouds Wyoming Wind Energy PlansU.S. News & World ReportSolar Competition Clouds Wyoming Wind Energy Plans. A major Wyoming wind project designed to deliver electricity to California faces growing competition from solar energy. Sept. 5, 2017, at 2:38 p.m.. Solar Competition Clouds Wyoming Wind Energy … and more »

Fast Company A powerful solar storm is headed toward us, bringing hazards and rare light showsFast CompanyImage: NOAA. The sun’s magnetic activity operates on a roughly 11-year cycle, and activity of this intensity takes place for about 100 total days of that cycle. But we’re currently experiencing the downside of a not particularly strong solar…

South Washington County Bulletin Community solar garden planned on Aggregate land in Grey Cloud Island TownshipSouth Washington County BulletinAggregate Industries will lease their land to Minnesota Solar Connection that will produce about 1 megawatt of power. The proposed solar garden lies inside the solar overlay district the town board established last year that between Grey…

Greentech Media A Maturing Solar Market Ripens Toward String Inverters, but With Central ArchitectureGreentech MediaUntil very recently, the vital ingredient to launch and grow a market for solar energy in the United States has been the same: government support. Few people know that better than Allan Gregg, CTO of inverter manufacturer Sungrow USA. “I’ve been…

Fox News Check out this camera gear wrecked by the August solar eclipseFox NewsWhile plenty of photographers managed to score some pretty stunning shots of the solar eclipse last month, there were a few that declined to fully research how to go about taking a picture of a partially (and totally) obscured, intensely bright light…

Forbes Houston, We’ve Got A Problem. It’s Called Global Warming.ForbesHurricane Harvey poured more rain on Texas and Louisiana last week than this country has ever seen from a single storm. The city of Houston is now suffering from historic flooding, with many calling this a “1000-year flood.” Congress is likely to pass …Global warming may…