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The Green Investment Group (GIG), a company owned by financial services group Macquarie, is investing an unspecified sum into esVolta, a US-headquartered developer and owner of utility-scale energy storage projects.
esVolta has 600MWh+ of contracted energy storage projects in California, including the 75MW / 300MWh Hummingbird Energy Storage project which is one of several new facilities enabling investor-owned utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to retire a 605MW natural gas plant in Coyote Valley, California. Elsewhere in the state - which has aggressive policy goals to reach 100% clean energy by 2045 - the developer was picked by Community Choice Aggregator (CCA) groups to help support their supply of electricity to retail customers with a 15MW / 60MWh standalone battery storage project. In February 2020, esVolta closed a sen
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BP Plc paid almost $24.4 million to the U.S. Treasury to cover allegations company traders manipulated natural gas markets in 2008, but is still challenging the fine in court, U.S. energy regulators said in a filing.
The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) alleged BP violated the Natural Gas Act by manipulating the next-day gas market at Houston Ship Channel from mid-September through Nov. 30, 2008.
FERC said in a filing late Jan. 5 that BP paid the fine on Dec. 28 but noted the company said it intends to seek review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
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Генштаб предупредил о рисках кибератак на системы по ядерному оружию rbc.ru - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rbc.ru Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.