Here’s how you can help bring emergency solar to New Orleans
The Footprint Project is seeking hardware and monetary donations to construct solar power plus energy storage mobile microgrids in New Orleans. It also is the focus of a GoFundMe page.
Hurricane Ida knocked out 2,000 miles of transmission lines; outages could last ‘for weeks’
Entergy counted 216 substations and 207 transmission lines as being out of service. One line that crosses the Mississippi fell into the river.
Grid failures cut electric power to New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Ida
All transmission lines to the city were affected, and officials scrambled to provide power for the city’s water and sewer systems.
McDonald’s, eBay sign up to purchase solar from 345 MW Louisiana project
The two companies have signed on to purchase shares of the energy generated by Lightsource bp’s upcoming 345 MW Ventress Solar project.
Sunrise brief: EQT Infrastructure acquires Cypress Creek Renewables
Also on the rise: nearly 1 GW of solar has been proposed for development in Louisiana, Generac acquires an American microinverter manufacturer, and EVgo goes public.
Koch units sign on to green hydrogen project slated for Louisiana
The project is expected to produce the equivalent of 1,000 MW of green hydrogen produced by electrolysis and is part of a multi-year, $9.2 billion energy investment.
In major shift, the MISO territory has 57 GW worth of big solar projects in its interconnection queue
MISO’s renewables mix is set for a potential shift from wind to solar — if it can confront the challenge of transmission costs.
Morning Brief: Trump lies about fracking employment, Feds revive and seek input on west energy corridor
Also: Don’t build a battery that costs $1 billion, only works 2% of the time and only moves around 100 GWh of electricity. Instead, build an Energy Imbalance Market or an Extended Day Ahead Market for $100 million that moves around hundreds of GWh of electricity
Morning Brief: Community solar as energy reparations, LIPA could replace more than half of its aging peaker plants with energy storage
Also in the brief: Germany had a strong solar September, solar siting in Maryland generates friction, threatening climate goals.
Morning Brief: Installer Sigora Solar acquires Aztec, Generac acquires Enbala, Louisiana goes solar
Also in the brief: Macquarie Group and Siemens AG are forming Calibrant Energy, a venture that will invest in the energy-as-a-service sector in the U.S.
