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Costco Is Planning a New Microgrid for its Tire Center Warehouse

From EEPower.com: Shannon Cuthrell

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Image: EEPower.com by Trinity Energy (Costco’s Norwalk, CT Warehouse)

Costco is planning a new microgrid (off the grid) for its tire center warehouse in Norwalk, CT. “The modular battery and solar system, engineered and installed by Washington-based Trinity Energy, is designed to deliver up to 2 MWh per day without being tied to the grid. By choosing an off-grid design, Costco avoids interconnection delays and upgrade costs that often stall commercial electrification projects, while gaining a reliable on-site power supply.

Trinity Energy’s microgrid systems are flexible due to their modular architecture and scalable as off-grid infrastructure for sites like fleet depots, multi-family properties, and hospitality buildings. The company’s installations often integrate solar generation, battery storage, energy distribution systems, and inverters.”

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Power Suppliers Are Expediting Plans for Renewable Systems to Benefit from Rapid Dissolving Tax Credits

UtilityDive.com by Diana DiGangi:

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Power companies are accelerating their planned power projects for connecting renewable energies to the grid to benefit from the swift dissolving ‘Inflation Reduction Act tax credits.’

Several power utilities, such as “Xcel Energy, WEC Energy Group, CMS Energy, and Ameren are planning to accelerate projects originally slated for 2030–31 into 2027–28.”

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Copper Prices Are Expected to Rise!

TheAlantic.com: Annie Lowrey

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Copper prices for all imported copper into the U.S. are expected to rise as much as 50% or more due to the threat of new tariffs that are expected to begin as early as August 2025.

The electric power and electronics industries will be impacted the most with paying nearly double for copper related materials needed for new construction, new assembly, power grid improvements, maintenance replacements, and necessary repairs.

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Are the Expected Trump Tariffs Going to Cripple the Power Energy Sector?

Utility Dive: Brian Martucci

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The threat of trade tariffs by the Trump administration are causing disarray, madness and confusion with the Power Energy markets, and particularly the battery energy storage sector. With no major signs of improvements in inflationary pressures, will new tariffs aid or harm the somewhat “booming energy storage industry?”

How will new imposed tariffs affect the nations battery storage performance and valuation based on cost fluctuations for batteries, energy storage demand (variations for new orders), goods for raw materials (delays in supply chain), and so on?

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The Forecast for Renewable Resources Could Rise 300 Percent Based on Future Energy Demands

NBCNews.com – Energy, Spencer Kimball (CNBC)

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NBCNews.com-Renewables Farm, Palm Springs, CA (Mario Tama-Getty Images)

“Renewable energy demand will triple over the next seven years as data center growth accelerates to facilitate the proliferation of artificial intelligence, NextEra Energy CEO John Ketchum said Wednesday.

NextEra added 3,000 megawatts of renewable and storage projects to its order backlog in the second quarter. Of those, 860 megawatts — or 28% — come from agreements with Google to power the tech company’s data centers.”

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New EV Prototype Is a Game Changer in Rapid Battery Charging

FoxNews.com – Kurt Knutsson (CyberGuy Report)

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Nyobolt-EV Prototype (FoxNews.com)

Battery technology combined with innovative electric vehicle (EV) designs continue improving in efficiency, durability, reliability, and responsiveness. “Imagine pulling up to a charging station, plugging in your electric vehicle and driving off with a near-full battery in less time than it takes to grab a coffee.”

A new protype, “Nyobolt, a U.K.-based battery technology company, has recently unveiled a working prototype of an electric vehicle that can charge from 10% to 80% in just under five minutes. That’s not a typo, folks.

We’re talking about adding 120 miles of range in just a matter of a few minutes with Nyobolt’s lightning-fast charging. Nyobolt’s prototype is charging twice as fast as the speediest EVs currently on the market.”

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