Tag: renewables

October 17, 2022

Dominion Energy has proposed nearly two dozen new solar and energy storage projects, according to new filings with Virginia regulators. If approved by the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), the projects will provide more than 800 MW of electricity. Ten […]

October 10, 2022

Now, more than ever, it’s clear that energy transformation is both inevitable and imminent. The far-reaching repercussions of climate change that once felt far off now seem devastatingly close. From flash floods to raging wildfires, more people are experiencing the […]

September 23, 2022

Entergy received approval from the Louisiana Public Service Commission to add 475 MW of solar, nearly tripling the company’s total renewable generating capacity in the state. Under newly approved contracts, the utility will receive power from four solar farms across […]

September 8, 2022

The forecast for U.S. solar energy installations in 2022 have been revised downward in a report published by Wood Mackenzie and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) on Sept. 8, due in large part to supply chain constraints and an […]

September 6, 2022

Renewables developers Ameresco and Inovateus Solar have completed a 2.62 MW solar project at a former General Motors Powertrain Division Plant turned brownfield site in the US state of Illinois. The Danville solar system includes more than 6,600 solar modules […]

August 31, 2022

A new report by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) examines the types of clean energy technologies, along with the scale and pace of deployment needed for the U.S. to reach 100% clean electricity by 2035. The NREL study, Examining […]

August 11, 2022

From powering the first combustion engines to becoming a vital part of the modern-day refining industry, the relationship between hydrogen (H2) and energy spans centuries. It is the most abundant element on our planet. The gas burns clean, it’s light, […]

August 4, 2022

The Department of Energy plans to offer $26 million for up to nine projects that show how the grid can reliably run with only solar, wind and energy storage. The Solar and Wind Grid Services and Reliability Demonstration funding to […]

July 29, 2022

Vietnamese officials said a U.S. utility company plans to develop a $13 billion, 4-GW offshore wind farm that would be sited off that country’s central province of Binh Thuan. Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade in a statement issued July […]

July 29, 2022

The Build Public Renewables Act passed the state Senate in June but was never brought for a vote in the Assembly. After the legislative session ended, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D, called a hearing when clean energy and consumer advocates […]

July 28, 2022

The unexpected inflation reduction legislation announced by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has lawmakers and clean advocates scrambling to read the 725-page bill. The sweeping bill includes nearly $370 million on energy and climate change initiatives. […]

July 11, 2022

One of the most remarkable trends in the energy sector in the last decade is the meteoric rise of renewables. The U.S. Department of Energy reported that land-based wind generation capacity in the United States grew from 40 gigawatts (GW) […]

June 29, 2022

Despite headwinds caused by the coronavirus pandemic and supply chain constraints, U.S. energy sector jobs grew by 4% from 2020 to 2021, outpacing overall employment. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released the 2022 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER), […]

June 27, 2022

Exciting electrochemical storage technologies are emerging as the world races to meet bold climate-action goals designed to foster carbon neutrality and temper the long-term effects of global warming. Battery energy storage systems (BESS) are essential to this pioneering revolution as […]

June 24, 2022

N.C.–Generate Capital, a leading sustainable infrastructure investment and operating platform, today announced it has made a strategic growth investment in Pine Gate Renewables, a leading renewable energy developer for utility-scale solar and storage. The investment includes a $200 million equity […]

June 17, 2022

Abigail Ross Hopper was in unfamiliar territory. As CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, the industry’s leading trade group, she didn’t expect to be lining up against an administration with arguably the most ambitious clean energy and climate goals […]

June 6, 2022

As CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association from 2004-16, Resch led the industry through its first development boom. He watched as the U.S. solar market undergo a shift to become heavily reliant on modules manufactured in China. U.S. solar […]

May 6, 2022

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) over the past week separately expressed concerns about power supply uncertainties in the face of upcoming warmer-than-normal temperatures. MISO raised an alarm on April 28 when […]

April 14, 2022

A study conducted by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) shows more than 1.1 TW of solar and energy storage capacity were in the U.S. power grid’s interconnection queue at the end of 2021. Notably, that total is more […]

March 11, 2022

The AES Corporation (NYSE:AES) is one of the largest regulated electric utilities in the world, boasting operations in fifteen different countries including the United States. As I have pointed out quite a few times in the past, utilities are among […]