Henry Harrell"s Blog: September 27 Green Energy News

Headline News:

Record hurricanes and rains have struck throughout the world, bringing chaos to many places. There are many indications that more storms and persistent rainfall events are coming with climate change. But more accurate data, supercomputer modelling, and machine learning are giving us a clearer picture of which areas are likely to be most affected. [BBC]

Launch of a Japanese weather satellite (Getty Images)

British renewable energy developer Anesco has officially unveiled the UK’s first subsidy-free solar farm. Located in the southern English county of Bedfordshire, the 10-MW Clayhill solar farm is the UK’s first ground-mounted installation to operate without any form of government support. Notably, it has a 6-MW battery unit onsite. [RenewEconomy]
According to the Greenfield, Massachusetts, mayor’s office, residents and businesses enrolled in the Greenfield Light and Power program have saved a total of $208,000 in the first half of 2017, and municipal electricity accounts have saved $35,000. It is noteworthy that the savings all come while customers are using 100% “green” electricity. [Recorder]
The South Carolina attorney general’s office declared that a 2007 state law that allowed utility giant SCANA to hike electricity customers’ rates to pay for a bungled $14 billion, now-defunct nuclear power project is “constitutionally suspect.” He said Power company ratepayers have “paid billions of dollars and got absolutely nothing.” [The State]
New York has received over 200 large-scale renewable energy proposals totaling 13 GW in response to two requests for proposals to help meet its goal of getting 50% of the state’s electricity demands from clean power sources by 2030. The state expects to invest up to $1.5 billion in new clean energy projects through the two RFPs. [reNews]

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