The move comes as interest in green hydrogen grows as a tool to decarbonize specific industries, including heavy-duty transportation, heavy manufacturing and aviation.

A new Berkeley Lab study identifies the most prevalent community concerns around projects, as well as strategies for developers and others to improve those perceptions.

The company’s PoweredUp Network program offers qualifying homeowners solar-plus-battery storage systems at zero upfront costs.

GridBeyond report notes that while a reduced reliance on imported fossil fuels and increased renewable use can lead to greater energy security and independence, grid operators have to overcome certain challenges connected to them, such as intermittency. 

The NREL behavioral study analysis, funded by the DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office, was based on a survey of 869 households in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The new batch of projects are among 12 utility-scale solar installations that are part of Alliant Energy’s clean energy blueprint.

The industry had policy support, including funding for regional clean hydrogen hubs, and some interesting project announcements this year.

The company’s thermal energy storage demonstration system at the State University of New York in Purchase uses crushed rocks to store energy from renewables or the grid.

Blue hydrogen is a form of the resource produced from fossil fuels, where the carbon dioxide is then captured and stored.

There are more than 3,000 such carbon emitters in the country, collectively producing some 266 million metric tons of CO2 annually according to a report by the EFI Foundation and Horizon Climate Group.