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5 days ago | utilitydive.com | Emma Louise Penrod

Flow batteries are not, strictly speaking, a new technology. Yet even with improvements to decrease the cost, the flow batteries have never really caught on — until, perhaps, recently. Energy storage developer XL Batteries said in May that it had penned a contract to pilot a 333-kW organic flow battery at a data center owned by Wyoming-based Prometheus Hyperscale. And other energy storage companies, focused on other types of batteries, have made similar announcements in recent months.

1 week ago | utilitydive.com | Diana DiGangi

The Senate Finance Committee on Monday released its version of the budget bill the House passed in May, offering gentler cuts to the Inflation Reduction Act but still slashing tax incentives, especially those for wind and solar energy. The bill allows transferability for the full life of certain IRA energy tax credits, breaking with the House, which proposed ending transferability for 45Q, 45Z and 45X tax credits after 2027.

1 week ago | utilitydive.com | Lamar Johnson

Meta announced a deal with geothermal energy producer XGS Energy Thursday that will provide the tech and social media giant with carbon-free power to support its New Mexico data center operationsIn exchange, Meta will support XGS’s development of 150 MW of next-generation geothermal energy production capacity in the state, according to the June 12 release. New Mexico Gov.

1 week ago | utilitydive.com | Diana DiGangi

Google and conductor manufacturer CTC Global on Tuesday said they are partnering to ask states, utilities and transmission developers to identify areas to deploy advanced conductors, which can carry more power than standard transmission lines but use existing towers and poles. Responses to a request for information are due on July 14, and a request for proposals will “shortly follow,” Google and CTC Global said in a release shared in advance with Utility Dive.

2 weeks ago | utilitydive.com | Diana DiGangi

The popular levelized cost of electricity metric doesn’t consider several key variables that are important for long-term system planning and deep decarbonization, according to a Tuesday report from the Clean Air Task Force. LCOE is widely used by regulators and developers, but system planning “should rely on more in-depth analyses,” the task force said.