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Clean Energy Group offers two small-grant programs to help overcome the challenges to developing solar and battery storage projects at critical community-serving facilities.
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The Technical Assistance Fund (TAF) helps environmental justice communities gain access to early-stage project development funding, expert guidance and advisory support, and the technical resources needed to develop community- led solar and energy storage projects that can serve as local resilience hubs during times of crisis.
The Resilient Power Leadership Initiative (RPLI) provides community-based organizations with funding support to build the internal capacity to advance resilient power solutions.
From 2014 through 2022, CEG’s resilient power funding programs …
View Full ResourceResearchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) released a new report highlighting key developments across multiple sectors of the hydropower industry. The fourth edition of the U.S. Hydropower Market Report combines the latest data from public and commercial sources, as well as research findings from other DOE research and development projects, to provide a comprehensive picture of developments in the U.S. hydropower and pumped storage hydropower (PSH) fleet and industry trends. The report highlights developments from 2020-2022 (since the publication of the last report) and summarizes this information …
View Full ResourceThe passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and the refocused Canadian Federal Budget are a major boost for clean energy in North America. They are accelerating the buildout of renewable energy and the growth of whole new demand sectors for that clean energy, from EVs through to electrolyzers producing green hydrogen.
By more than doubling electrification in the region and transitioning to an almost fully decarbonized electricity mix, vast amounts of energy waste will be eliminated in North America. Combined with the plunging costs of renewables and battery storage, the positive impacts of reduced energy intensity on economic activity are …
View Full ResourceA common question in grid integration work is, “What is the role of storage in integrating variable renewable generation?” This paper presents a methodology that investigates this question for 2-, 6-, and 10-hour storage for 134 model balancing areas in the contiguous United States. The scenario considered is the role of storage in transitioning to a low-carbon grid (95% carbon reduction by 2035) in the period spanning 2022–2036. The team investigated the marginal quantity of variable generation (VG) that could be supported and the unmitigated fossil generation avoided per megawatt of storage deployed. The main findings were (1) the results …
View Full ResourceKnowledge of basic nuclear physics data is essential for the modelling and safe operation of all types of nuclear facilities. The de facto international standard format, Evaluated Nuclear Data File 6 (ENDF-6) format, was designed originally for 1960s era punch-card readers. The replacement of the system of codes built off this format has been recognised as an important initiative. The ability to use increasingly high-fidelity nuclear physics, coupled to accurate uncertainties, is crucial for advanced simulations. This in turn requires more detailed and accurate data, then requiring improvements to the data storage standards, simultaneously enabling robust Quality Assurance and transfer …
View Full ResourceBidirectional charging has significant potential in transforming how consumers view and use their electric vehicles (EVs). Bidirectional charging allows EVs to become a flexible resource for power systems. At high rates of adoption, EVs can have significant impacts on coincident- system and feeder-level peaks. To mitigate these load impacts, utilities and EV charging site hosts often utilize a variety of managed charging solutions to optimize EV charging. As part of the continuum of managed charging solutions, bidirectional charging creates an opportunity for EVs to be used as an energy resource and to discharge back to the grid. Bidirectional charging’s ability …
View Full ResourceThe U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) aims to accelerate the advancement and deployment of solar technology in support of an equitable transition to a decarbonized economy no later than 2050, starting with a decarbonized power sector by 2035. Its approach to achieving this goal includes driving innovations in technology, hardware, and soft cost reductions to make solar even more affordable and accessible for all. As part of this effort, SETO tracks solar cost trends to focus its research and development (R&D) investments on the highest-impact activities.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) publishes benchmark reports …
View Full ResourceEnergy storage systems of various kinds are becoming increasingly important components of the emerging, decarbonized energy systems of the future. This research — which includes a specialist survey of over 400 senior executives with involvement in energy storage systems — reveals the extent and direction of current trends in this critical area. Most agree that to support electrification and decarbonization goals, we need to rapidly expand energy storage capacity and services. However, this expansion is hampered by several major barriers which are delaying progress towards cleaner, more resilient and more efficient energy systems.…
View Full ResourceThe Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) made some significant investments in industrial decarbonization, particularly for clean hydrogen and carbon capture, storage, and utilization. However, analyses show that the IRA does not adequately incentivize the full range of renewable thermal solutions. To accelerate the decarbonization of thermal energy for industry and buildings, the RTC has developed a set of recommendations for our advocacy efforts that build on the IRA and IIJA while addressing some critical policy gaps.…
View Full ResourcePlummeting prices for wind, solar and storage have made them the cheapest choice for almost all new power projects. And yet, renewables still aren’t growing fast enough to meet our climate goals because financing risk continues holding them back. New Energy Innovation research highlights the biggest financing risks renewable projects face and how public policy can overcome them. Mitigating financing risk can lower renewable energy costs by up to 50 percent while speeding up deployment.
Because of significant reductions in the cost of clean energy, economics are no longer the prime barrier to expanding clean energy: Solar, onshore and offshore …
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