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Iconic Australian beer brand XXXX will be brewed using 100% clean energy from Lightsource bp’s 176 MW Woolooga solar farm.

Drinkers encouraged to ‘give a XXXX’ as brewer goes solar

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Lion-owned XXXX Brewery has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to satisfy 100% of the electricity needs for the 144-year-old XXXX brewery in Brisbane, Australia, from the AUD 130 million ($90 million) Woolooga solar farm.

The Woolooga project – under development near Gympie, Queensland, by oil giant bp’s renewables joint venture with UK solar company Lightsource – has already commenced generation. It is expected to achieve full production early this year.

Lion’s latest XXXX brand campaign asks Australians to “give a XXXX” about the world and environment, and claims the offtake agreement will see the company reach its target of 100% purchased renewable electricity by 2025 in Australia, two years ahead of schedule.

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Source: PV Magazine

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Mama’s Kitchen's 13.26kW-DC rooftop solar project will save approximately 36,000 lbs. of CO2 emissions annually.

Mama’s Kitchen completes solar installation project

Mama’s Kitchen, the nonprofit organization known for its mission to deliver nutritious home-cooked meals to critically ill San Diegans, recently completed a solar installation project made possible by a $25,000 grant from the Solar Moonshot Program and local partners Hammond Climate Solutions Foundation, Aloha Solar Power and Left Coast Fund.

The 13.26kW-DC rooftop solar project will save approximately 36,000 lbs. of CO2 emissions annually (the equivalent of 271 new trees plants), helping the nonprofit to keep delivering medically-tailored, delicious meals to critically ill San Diegans, but in a more environmentally-friendly way than ever before. Over the next few decades, the clean energy project will be helping reduce the impacts of the climate crisis and lessening climate injustices.

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Source: Patch

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Wood Mackenzie found that reaching 100% renewable electricity would require adding 200,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines

How states are reimagining power grids to take advantage of wind and solar

For years, many states have set ambitious goals and incentives to promote renewable electricity projects. Now, more of those states are turning their attention to the transmission lines, substations, and transformers needed to get that electricity from wind farms and solar plants into homes and businesses.

Congress has invested billions in boosting clean energy. But the money won’t lower emissions as much as predicted without “more than doubling” the last decade’s rate of grid expansion, Princeton University researchers noted last year. That expansion is needed to support the new renewable energy projects coming online, as well as the growing number of electric vehicles, heat pumps, and other technologies requiring electricity.

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Source: Fast Company

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The CPUC is considering asking electricity providers in the state to procure 4GW of new capacity to ensure grid reliability.

CPUC proposal would order an additional 4 GW of clean energy resources to bolster grid reliability

In June 2021, the CPUC approved an 11.5 GW procurement package of clean energy resources to come online between 2023 and 2026, in order to replace the then-planned retirement of the 2.2-GW Diablo Canyon nuclear plant as well as a series of natural gas plants slated to retire. Regulators ordered power providers to bring online 2 GW of resources in 2023, another 6 GW in 2024, and installments of 1.5 GW and 2 GW in 2025 and 2026, respectively.

However, circumstances have changed since that initial order was approved, regulators say. New forecasts point to increasing electric demand, beyond what regulators initially anticipated, likely due to extreme weather, a greater expected increase in electric vehicles, higher usage of air conditioning, and electrification of the built environment. At the same time, California expects to have less access to imported electricity from its neighboring states, as they face similar trends.

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Source: Utility Dive

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Ivy Energy's Virtual Grid uses smart grid logic and proprietary algorithms to distribute solar energy between multiple units accurately.

How Ivy Energy is influencing policy and bringing affordable clean energy to Californians

The recent Russian invasion of Ukraine, causing soaring gas prices, and the effects of climate change, has made it imperative for most nations to incentivize homeowners to switch to sources of green energy, like solar. In California, owners of single-family homes have greatly benefited from solar energy adoption. But only a few tenants of multifamily buildings have seen any benefit. Luckily for tenants of multifamily buildings, Ivy Energy is on a mission to change that.

Ivy Energy is a cleantech software company that developed a proprietary solar energy billing software called Virtual Grid. Virtual Grid uses smart grid logic and proprietary algorithms to distribute solar energy between multiple units accurately. It makes it easy for property owners to invest in solar for their community and deliver monthly energy savings to tenants while generating a new income. The Ivy team comes from various backgrounds, including real estate development, energy monitoring software, and solar industry operations.

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Source: yahoo!

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Peninsula Clean Energy says it can deliver affordable clean energy to its Bay Area territory nearly every hour of the year by 2025.

24/7 carbon-free energy is about to become a reality in California

Five years ago, California community energy provider Peninsula Clean Energy decided that buying enough clean energy to match its average annual electricity demand wasn’t enough. Instead, it wanted to deliver clean energy to its customers during every hour of every day — what it calls ​“24/7 carbon-free energy.” And last week, Peninsula explained how it plans to get there.

The goal of 24/7 carbon-free electricity is also being pursued by corporate giants Google and Microsoft, cities including Los Angeles and Des Moines, Iowa, and a growing number of other companies and communities across the world. But Peninsula Clean Energy appears to be the first energy provider to set a target of getting there by 2025, well ahead of other zero-carbon mandates at the utility or state level.

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Source: Canary Media

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In total, 326 companies contracted 77.4GW of wind and solar energy by the end of 2022, which is enough energy to power 18M American homes.

Amazon, Meta and Google buy more clean energy than any other companies

Technology companies are leading the charge of companies buying wind and solar power.

Amazon, Facebook parent company Meta, and Google, owned by parent company Alphabet, are the top three corporate purchasers of wind and solar energy, according to a report published Wednesday from the American Clean Power Association, an industry group.

Amazon had contracted 12.4 gigawatts of clean wind and solar energy in the United States through September 2022, while Meta had contracted 8.7 gigawatts and Google had contracted 6.2 gigawatts, according to the report.

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Source: CNBC

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The CPUC approved 3 energy project contracts proposed by San Diego Gas & Electric, and 4 contracts proposed by Southern California Edison.

California greenlights more than 800 MW of storage and solar

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The CPUC’s 11.5-GW mid-term reliability procurement order sought to meet the state’s grid needs between 2023 and 2026, given the then-planned retirement of the 2.2-GW Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant by 2025, as well as the closure of several natural gas plants. The state is now considering extending the life of the Diablo Canyon plant through the end of the decade. However, it continues to focus on procuring new clean energy resources to meet grid needs, with the 2021 decision requiring 2 GW to come online by August, another 6 GW by mid-2024, followed by installments of 1.5 GW and 2 GW in 2025 and 2026, respectively.

In September 2021, SDG&E issued a request for offers to meet its share of these procurement needs, and then reopened the solicitation last April for new bids as well as updates to previous ones. It filed a proposal with the commission in October, seeking approval of two lithium-ion battery storage projects – the 80-MW Bottleneck project and 100-MW Cald project – as well as a 20-MW hybrid solar and storage facility. SCE, meanwhile, also launched an RFO in 2021, and filed its latest proposal with the commission in October, proposing four storage projects, ranging from 69 MW to 230 MW, for a combined capacity of 619 MW.

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Source: Utility Dive

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The most significant event for the clean energy economy in 2022 which is the IRA, is going to have reverberations throughout 2023 and beyond.

Four big things to expect in clean energy in 2023

In 2023, the country’s first super-size offshore wind farms will come online, or at least get close to it. U.S. sales of electric vehicles will continue to accelerate, likely hitting 1 million units per year for the first time. And, state lawmakers in Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan and Minnesota are poised to pass climate and clean energy legislation.

Meanwhile, the most significant event for the clean energy economy in 2022—the Inflation Reduction Act—is going to have reverberations throughout 2023 and beyond as federal agencies work to implement the law and consumers and companies begin to see its benefits.

That’s a lot. And that’s just the top of my list of what to watch and expect this year.

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Source: Inside Climate News

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‘Agrivoltaics’ projects seek to grow clean energy and food that would boost solar installations and give farmers more revenue.

US seeks perfect ‘Reese’s Cup’ mix of farming and solar panels

Flat, sunny acres of land are prime real estate for solar energy developers who hold a key role in helping the US meet its climate goals.

But developers are often eyeing fields of wheat, corn, and hay; ranches roamed by cattle and sheep; and plots bursting with berries and lettuce. If built there, solar panels can level farms that feed the country. Yet federal energy officials and university researchers believe there’s no conflict.

The Energy Department is scaling up the emerging field of “agrivoltaics,” which seeks innovations in both solar technology and farming techniques that can produce clean energy and food at the same time, on the same plot of land.

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Source: Bloomberg Law

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