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A Major Florida Utility Company is Investing $6 Billion in Solar Instead of Nuclear
Duke Energy Florida has decided to cease plans to construct a nuclear power plant in western Florida. Instead, they will be investing $6 billion in growing the region’s solar energy capacity. A Florida utility, Duke Energy Florida, has decided to…
Tesla Powers Up Nantucket With Grid Storage Installation
There are thousands of islands around the world that have no access to a conventional utility grid. Most of them rely on diesel generators for their electricity. Trendy Nantucket, once home to the world’s largest whaling fleet, is connected to…
Daytona International Speedway Making Solar Energy History
Daytona International Speedway’s legendary race track may be home to NASCAR racing, but for nearly two years it has also been a live laboratory for solar energy research. The Florida Power & Light Solar Circuit, built in February 2016, is…
Hive Energy, Wirsol Propose to Build 350-MW UK Solar Farm
UK solar developer Hive Energy confirmed today it will join forces with Wirsol Energy Ltd to develop a 350-MW-plus, subsidy-free solar photovoltaic (PV) project on the north Kent coast in South East England. The two firms have proposed to develop…
MGE’s Proposed Saratoga Wind Farm Wins PSC Nod
Madison Gas & Electric has the green light from state regulators to build a wind farm in northeastern Iowa in 2018 to serve its customers. It is one of several wind projects on the drawing board, in the works, or…
Flexible Rollup Solar Panels Bring Electricity To Remote British Island
Flat Holm island is an uninhabited rocky outcropping in the Bristol Channel that separates England from Wales. It is much admired for its rugged beauty and abundant avian population but like many islands in the world, a diesel generator is…
Scottish Supreme Court Gives Final Go-Ahead For 450 Megawatt Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm
A long-running legal battle between Mainstream Renewable Power and RSPB Scotland over the fate of the 450 megawatt Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm has finally come to a close, with Scotland’s Supreme Court rejecting RSPB’s application to appeal a…