By [email protected] A Maine bill framed as the state’s own Green New Deal passed its final legislative hurdle on Tuesday. Originally mandating an 80 percent renewable portfolio standard for electricity providers by 2040, the latest version of the bill does not include that goal. Other legislation with an RPS is also being considered in Maine….
By [email protected] Energy storage has been used to serve multifarious grid needs, but salmon-induced demand mitigation may be a new one. The remote town of Cordova, Alaska, located on the coast between Anchorage and Juneau, inaugurated its first utility-scale lithium-ion system last week to manage the peaks when the seasonal salmon catch comes in and…
By [email protected] Bifacial modules will get a pass on the Trump administration’s solar import tariffs, giving a boost to a small but quickly growing solar technology as the U.S. market prepares for the federal Investment Tax Credit’s phase-down. Officials said in a filing that the U.S. Trade Representative will publish a Section 201 tariff exclusion…
By Kelsey Misbrener SEIA announced that Renewable Energy Vermont (REV) is now an official affiliate. REV becomes the 15th SEIA state affiliate, and the first in New England, growing a network of organizations committed to building and advancing solar markets around the country. “We are thrilled to see this partnership come together and to expand…
By Blagojce Krivevski Volkswagen AG is investing some €900 million in joint battery activities with Northvolt AB. Part of the sum is intended for a joint venture with the Swedish battery cell producer, a further share will go directly to Northvolt AB. In return, Volkswagen will acquire about 20 percent of the shares in Northvolt…
By [email protected] The global offshore wind operation and maintenance (O&M) market is expected to grow by 17 percent annually to more than €11 billion ($12 billion) by 2028, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie Power and Renewables. Europe is the largest contributor with €6.7 billion in value, while the Asia-Pacific region is keeping up…
By National Wind Watch BISMARCK – In what one commissioner called a “historic” decision, North Dakota utility regulators denied a siting permit for a wind farm in the state’s northwest corner following opposition from state and federal wildlife agencies Wednesday, June 12. Public Service Commissioners unanimously rejected NextEra Energy’s application for siting permit, the first…
By National Wind Watch An attorney representing opponents to the Alle-Catt Wind Farm said Tuesday the developer violated the state Attorney General’s Code of Conduct in failing to publicize potential conflicts of interest among municipal officials and their relatives with wind contracts. Ginger Schroder, an attorney from Farmersville who represents residents opposed to the proposed…
By National Wind Watch YORKSHIRE – Nearly 200 people attended a public hearing on the proposed Alle-Catt Wind Farm Tuesday night at Pioneer Central School auditorium. After a 1 ½ hour question-and-answer session with representatives from Alle-Catt developer Invenergy, the Public Service Commission hearing started through a list of 40 people who had asked to…
By National Wind Watch Only a handful of people were at Whiteness and Weisdale hall at a morning exhibition by Viking Energy where three large construction compounds that will shortly be going for planning permission were outlined. The largest of these, on the east side of the A970, near Sand Water, will cover an area…
By National Wind Watch The Marion County Planning Commission/Board of Zoning Appeals had its third meeting Monday to consider recommending a conditional use permit to Expedition Natural Renewal Solutions. The first two meetings on June 3-4 provided ENRS officials time to discuss the reasons why a CUP should be granted, and also to provide those…
By National Wind Watch France has approved 21 onshore wind power projects with a total capacity of 516 megawatts as part of a long-term objective to increase electricity generation from renewable sources, the environment and energy ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry said 150 new wind turbines will be installed across France in the coming…
By National Wind Watch Vineyard Wind is seeking approval from the Edgartown conservation commission to run two export cables off the coast of Chappaquiddick as part of the wind farm it intends to build about 15 miles south of the Vineyard. The cables are meant to transfer electricity generated from 84 wind turbines to a…
By National Wind Watch Can a wind farm owner sue a neighbor for interfering with the breeze? That question is high on the radar of renewable energy law experts as government officials push for more offshore wind development and as analysts predict that solar, wind and other alternative domestic power sources could overtake coal. An…
By National Wind Watch Residents of Wainscott and Sierra Club activists were the most vocal of attendees at public hearings June 11 on the cable connection for the South Fork Wind Farm, a 15-turbine project proposed 35 miles off the coast of Montauk. The original developers, Deepwater Wind, now a partnership between Danish energy company…