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BOSTON A Wakefield solar company that is working on projects that pair solar generation with storage systems has absorbed a firm that specializes in battery storage.
Agilitas Energy last week announced that it had acquired Boston-based New England Battery Storage, which focuses on utility-scale battery storage.
Terms were undisclosed.
Jim Gordon, who previously led the unsuccessful Cape Wind offshore wind project and has since turned his attention to solar power, serves as an adviser to NEBS. Included in the acquisition were two operational ISO-New England merchant battery energy storage systems and one front-of-the-meter battery energy storage system in Maine totaling 25 MWh.
Why the Northeast Could Be America’s New Energy Capital Our Climate: A series exploring a world of fear and promise. After decades, offshore wind is finally taking off. Photo: Mischa Keijser/Getty Images/Cultura RF
For decades, the strong winds blowing off the Massachusetts coast have beckoned developers with visions of wind turbines for clean, carbon-free energy, but the opposition could be just as fierce. One effort
to build a wind farm five miles off the coast of Cape Cod, called Cape Wind, was scrapped after nearly 20 years of opposition from locals, including liberals such as the Kennedys.
But since then, the price of wind energy has plummeted and the political climate has changed, opening the possibility that offshore-wind farms could turn the Northeast into America’s next energy boom land. In the next five years, offshore-wind-farm developers plan to bring online 9,100 megawatts from 13 offshore-wind projects along the
Vineyard Wind Blows In
Americaâs first major offshore wind project is a triumph for clean energy and a stark reminder that the U.S. is way behind in combating the climate crisis.
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A National Wildlife Federation group takes a boat tour of the Block Island, Rhode Island, Wind Farm, June 2017.
This week, the Interior Departmentâs Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) approved an 800-megawatt, $2.8 billion wind energy project in Massachusetts waters south of Marthaâs Vineyard. The project, named Vineyard Wind, is the first utility-scale offshore proposal to clear federal regulatory hurdles. While itâs a big step in the direction of the 30 gigawatts of installed wind power that President Biden wants to see up and running by 2030, its long-in-coming approval is a stark reminder of the consequences of delays and missed opportunities in Americaâs race against climate change.