Tag: Battery Storage
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BLM proposes opening 22 million acres of federal land, including in Colorado, for solar development
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management spent $4.3 million producing a proposal to open another 22 million acres of federal lands across 11 western states, including Colorado, to development of solar farms and battery storage. The agency is holding two virtual, and six in-person, open house meetings across the West in February and March to…
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Rust never sleeps — Xcel iron-air grid battery project gets $10 million boost
A new, longer-duration grid scale battery storage technology under development is getting a big financial boost. Xcel Energy is partnering with Form Energy, an energy storage technology company, to build a 10-megawatt commercial iron-air battery demonstration project at the soon-to-be shuttered Comanche power plant site near Pueblo. A commitment of $10 million in grant funding…