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ABB launches flexible, modular residential storage solution

The company's new inverter and energy storage solution includes a high-voltage battery capable of storing up to 12 kWh.

PG&E's local clean energy plan gets regulatory nod

Local clean energy resources will be used, allowing an older fossil fuel-based plant to retire. The utility estimates the market solicitation could result in 20 MW to 45 MW of clean energy resources.

DOE terminates partnership with Clean Line Energy Partners

The $2 billion project aims to deliver 3.5 GW of low-cost wind power to Tennessee and the southeastern United States.

Massachusetts ditches Northern Pass, looks to CMP for clean energy goals

The state will pivot instead to Central Maine Power's New England Clean Energy Connect that will add 1,200 MW of transmission capacity to help meet its renewables goals.

Bomb cyclone showed coal retirements could raise risks for grid, DOE says

DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory examines the role of fossil fuels during the bomb cyclone and sees risks to grid resilience and reliability from the loss of coal capacity.

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