Startup Introduces New Climate Change Tool For Rural Electric Cooperatives
Rural electric cooperatives are among the utilities that can benefit from low cost, AI-enabled guidance on strategic responses to climate change.
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USDA Strikes Again: $6 Billion For Rural Clean Energy Projects
A new $6 billion round of clean energy funding will benefit rural communities in about two dozen US states, unless the incoming Trump administration figures out a way to stop it.
A Flow Battery Stealth Attack Is Coming For Your Fossil Fuels
Five electric cooperatives in the US will each host a new vanadium flow battery from the UK firm Invinity, in a long duration energy storage demonstration project overseen by the US Department of Energy
Escalante Solar Named Solar Project of the Year, Retired Coal-Fired Site Supplies Carbon-Free Electricity to…
The diligence of builders and installers, the ingenuity of engineers, the guidance of developers, and the commitment of numerous nearby companies, governmental organizations, and nonprofits have been recognized as a well-done collaborative accomplishment out west. Leaving coal behind and jumping into the solar future, the Escalante Solar project has just … [continued]
Agrivoltaics To Save US Farmland From Buildings
Agrivoltaics supporters and emerging farmers join forces with member-owned rural electric cooperatives to push for dual use farmland.
Volunteer State (Finally) Discovers Solar Power — With A Regenerative Twist
A new 70-megawatt solar power and regenerative agriculture project could help propel Tennessee into the renewable energy big leagues.
Solar Power Bridges The Political Divide In New & Different Ways
Solar panels are sprouting up in farms and rural communities all over the countryside, winning hearts and minds, if not votes.
“Mystery” US Energy Storage Company Breaks Through Veil Of Silence
The firm FlexGen is set to make its mark its mark on the US energy storage industry, with an assist from North Carolina’s powerful network of rural electric cooperatives.
Colorado Law Creates Transparency at Rural Electric Co-ops
Originally published at ILSR.org After moving to Colorado, Joe Smyth found he was barred from participating in his generation and transmission cooperative — despite a Colorado law promoting co-op transparency. For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Joe Smyth, researcher at the Energy and … [continued]
US Energy Dept. Aims For Affordable Solar Power, With A Little Help From Friends
Oil and gas stabbed in back by new US Energy Dept. plan for getting more affordable solar power to more people, more quickly.
