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		<title>How to make distributed storage work in your state</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new white paper crafted by the Center for Renewables Integration and Pure Power Engineering identifies persistent challenges to bringing distributed energy storage projects online.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Europe and Asia are feeling the pressure from Iran war energy crisis – This Week in Cleantech</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean Wolfe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On this episode of the This Week in Cleantech podcast, Akshat Rathi from Bloomberg discusses the energy crisis caused by the war in Iran, which is causing some governments to pursue structural shifts away from fossil fuels toward renewables.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Green light for green energy: Cypress Creek secures $3.5B for Arkansas solar and battery storage megaproject</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Gerke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cypress Creek Energy has closed on $3.5 billion for construction and long-term operation of the first two phases of the Steel River Energy Center in Mississippi County, Arkansas.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>US automaker implores utilities to explore V2G, makes big bet on the grid battery of the future</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean Wolfe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[General Motors is pushing for broader adoption of vehicle-to-grid technologies while investing in sodium-ion batteries for grid applications.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The first vertically integrated solar facility in the U.S. is now in operation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean Wolfe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Qcells has begun manufacturing solar cells at its Cartersville, Georgia factory, aiming for full production by Q3 2026, adding significant capacity.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Grid congestion cost PJM $1 billion in one month</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Gerke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A lack of adequate transmission capacity cost PJM a staggering $1 billion in a single month, May 2026, according to software company Grid Raven and its new public Congestion Tracker.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What does a successful utility wildfire program look like?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean Wolfe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A framework engineered by SEPA, Rhizome, and others maps utility wildfire actions from pre-season mitigation through recovery, including the technologies that support each stage, real-world utility programs and outcomes, the regulatory landscape, and investment justification frameworks that make decisions defensible.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How are utilities prepping for the 2026 hurricane season?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean Wolfe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The start of June marked the beginning of the Atlantic Hurricane season, and U.S. utilities are making final preparations before any storms make landfall.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why Duke Energy&#8217;s PowerPair pilot program should be expanded</title>
		<link>https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/policy-and-regulation/why-duke-energys-powerpair-pilot-program-should-be-expanded/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Gerke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Utilities across the United States should be paying attention to the positive results of Duke Energy's solar-plus-storage PowerPair pilot in North Carolina, writes contributor Jake Duncan of Vote Solar.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The key to grid-wide resilience: end-to-end layers of automation</title>
		<link>https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/grid-modernization/the-key-to-grid-wide-resilience-end-to-end-layers-of-automation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michele Stowers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Utilities must embrace scalable, layered upgrades to achieve grid-wide resilience that empowers electrical distribution systems to meet today’s challenges and prepare for tomorrow’s complexities, writes Lea Maurer of S&#038;C Electric Company.]]></description>
		
		
		
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