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Utilities, data centers, and grid flexibility: How does the customer benefit?

2 days ago | renewableenergyworld.com | Paul Gerke

Utilities are doing all they can to accommodate large load customers like AI data centers, but some worry those efforts come at a cost to other customers. On this episode of the Factor This podcast, West Monroe Partner Sam Uyeno explains how the proliferation of data centers could actually lower electricity prices and provide greater grid benefits. “We are now seeing unprecedented load growth that we haven’t been able to deal with before,” Uyeno explains.
RWE cuts capital expenditure by $11bn citing investment risks

3 days ago | renewableenergyworld.com | Pamela Largue

RWE has released its earnings for fiscal 2024, which show the German energy company reducing its 2025-2030 investment program by €10 billion ($11 billion). In response to regulatory uncertainties, supply chain constraints and geopolitical risks, RWE plans to implement stricter investment criteria for new projects.
Following January battery fire, PG&E plans to re-open Moss Landing facility soon

3 days ago | renewableenergyworld.com | Sean Wolfe |Paul Gerke

Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) said it plans to restart operations at the Moss Landing battery storage facility as soon as June, after Vistra Energy’s “flagship” California storage system, went up in flames in January, shutting down Highway 1, evacuating more than 1,500 people, and closing local schools and businesses. PG&E made the announcement last week in a letter to chair of the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, Chris Lopez, KSBW reports.
AGL acquires Upper Hunter pumped hydro projects

4 days ago | renewableenergyworld.com | Pamela Largue

Australian energy company AGL Energy has acquired two pumped hydro energy storage projects held by Upper Hunter Hydro Top Trust and its trustee (UHH). The two early-stage projects are located in the Hunter region, New South Wales, a region with favorable topography for pumped hydro projects according to AGL. The Glenbawn and Glennies Creek projects have 770MW and 623MW capacity respectively, each with 10 hours of energy storage potential.
SunPower wants to reserve stock for new hires, 'Silicon Valley style'

4 days ago | renewableenergyworld.com | Paul Gerke

The executive team leading the new SunPower has devised a plan to attract and incentivize employees to encourage growth “Silicon Valley style,” but to make it work, the company needs a concession, or rather 21.6 million of them, from its largest shareholders. SunPower (SPWR) is hosting its annual virtual meeting of stockholders on May 29, 2025. The residential solar company, which just posted its first profitable quarter in four years, is seeking approval for three proposals.
Check out this gorgeous map of US data center infrastructure

4 days ago | renewableenergyworld.com | Paul Gerke

Leonardo da Vinci preferred a palette. Michelangelo massaged marble. Banksy? Savant with spray paint. Billy Roberts does his best work with data. Roberts, a gifted cartographer for the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), makes maps. Gorgeous, sprawling, informative maps. His latest masterpiece was illustrated for the eyes of an energy industry audience: Data Center Infrastructure in the United States, 2025.
Rollover credits? Sunrun's latest service offers some breathing room

1 week ago | renewableenergyworld.com | Sean Wolfe

Sunrun, a provider of clean energy as a subscription service, introduced Sunrun Flex, a solar and battery storage solution intended to adapt to customers’ changing energy needs. Sunrun claims Flex provides protection against increased energy use from life events, such as growing a family or purchasing an electric vehicle.
Are Trump's cleantech cuts undermining his mineral plans? – This Week in Cleantech

1 week ago | renewableenergyworld.com | Paul Gerke

This Week in Cleantech is a weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in clean energy and climate in 15 minutes or less, featuring Paul Gerke of Factor This and Tigercomm’s Mike Casey.
Beyond mesh networks: Itron introduces solar-powered access point for gas and water utilities

1 week ago | renewableenergyworld.com | Paul Gerke

Many of us take a reliable network connection for granted, but not the folks working for gas and water utilities at the grid edge. They know how tough it can be to do their jobs in areas without adequate overhead infrastructure to mount and power network devices. Itron, an innovator in energy, water, smart city, IIoT, and intelligent infrastructure services, has come up with a solution.
Factor This finance and development roundup: Cypress Creek, Doral Renewables, EDP Renewables, Pivot Energy

1 week ago | renewableenergyworld.com | Paul Gerke

I dipped my toes into the waters of generative AI for the first time this week, but you guys can keep the pool for now. I have no interest in using artificial intelligence to refine my writing (sorry, you’re stuck with parentheticals like this), and although I’m learning Chat GPT 4o makes a pretty handy graphic artist, it is not as good at creating a home run prediction algorithm to help me break the New Jersey sportsbooks. Perhaps Claude would be a better choice for that task?