By National Wind Watch A big step in the fate of the proposed Alle-Catt Wind Farm will take place on Wednesday. The New York State Board of Electric Generation Siting and the Environment will conduct a hearing on the application of Alle-Catt Wind Energy LLC for a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need. The…
By WPED Staff Investor-owned utility American Electric Power (AEP) is moving forward on 1,485 MW of planned wind projects in Oklahoma. AEP will invest approximately $2 billion in this new renewable energy to serve its Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) and Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) customers. North Central includes three wind generation facilities…
By Kelsey Misbrener Enel X, the Enel Group’s advanced energy services business line, continues to grow its energy storage business in California, signing an agreement to manage a battery storage system as part of a solar + storage project at the San Diego Blood Bank. By combining onsite solar generation with a battery storage system,…
By Kelsey Misbrener A new information services product that harnesses a massive project performance dataset and suite of financial analytics that industry leaders use to make long-term asset and contract decisions for wind and solar energy has revealed that the low energy demand during the coronavirus shutdown, combined with low natural gas prices and high…
By [email protected] Southern Company has joined other major U.S. utilities in setting a net-zero carbon target for 2050, aiming to balance the emissions from its sizable fossil-fuel-fired generation fleet and sprawling natural-gas business with reductions to be gained by expanding its portfolio of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Wednesday’s announcement puts Southern Company in the…
By [email protected] Southern Company has joined other major U.S. utilities in setting a net-zero carbon target for 2050, aiming to balance the emissions from its sizable fossil-fuel-fired generation fleet and sprawling natural-gas business with reductions to be gained by expanding its portfolio of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Wednesday’s announcement puts Southern Company in the…
By [email protected] (Stephen Edelstein) The next-generation Hyundai Santa Fe crossover will be offered with hybrid and plug-in hybrid powertrains in Europe. Hyundai has not confirmed either of them for the United States, but the plug-in hybrid seems likely to be the larger SUV that Green Car Reports was tipped would fit into the automaker’s lineup…
By Kelsey Misbrener C2 Energy Capital has completed two community solar projects totaling 5.5 MW. Located in the towns of Johnstown and Caledonia, New York, the solar power generation systems are owned and operated by C2 Energy Capital. The clean power plants are part of New York’s Community Distributed Generation (CDG) program that allows both…
By [email protected] Wisconsin utility Alliant Energy will spend $900 million buying 675 megawatts of utility-scale solar projects as it moves to replace uneconomic coal-fired plants with renewables. Alliant, which serves about 1 million customers in the Midwestern states of Wisconsin and Iowa, currently relies on renewables for about 20 percent of its generation capacity, largely…
By [email protected] A fundamental problem facing subsidy-free solar and wind in renewables-heavy grids is emerging as coronavirus cuts energy demand in Europe. The decline in demand is driving up the proportion of clean energy on many grids and highlighting an issue flagged by researchers in February: that merchant plants may be more expensive to run…
By Michael Mazengarb Renewables beat gas to second place in Australia’s electricity market in 2019. Coal slumps to its lowest share of generation ever, official statistics show. The post Renewables share overtakes gas generation for first time, as coal falls to record low in 2019 appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more…
By Energy in Depth Virginia has seen a nearly 40 percent jump in power generation over the past decade. Over that same period, thanks to increased reliance on natural gas, the state’s emissions have fallen.Unfortunately, a story published by Ben Storrow at E&E News falsely blames natural gas for increased emissions levels in the state…
By Giles Parkinson Huge spinning machines arrive in South Australia to herald the demise of the state’s gas generators, and lay the pathway to 100 per cent renewables. The post Big spinning machines arrive in South Australia to hasten demise of gas generation appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles:…
By Jacquie Ashmore As the world marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, no one could have foreseen the gravity of our current climate crisis – or how a once-in-a-generation global pandemic would be part of the conversation. How will COVID-19 impact renewable energy growth and climate policy, and what potential exists for enduring climate…
By [email protected] A recent petition to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission could trigger nationwide changes to solar net metering. On April 14, the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) petitioned FERC to assert jurisdiction over any on-site, behind-the-meter generation that injects energy onto the grid. If FERC asserts such jurisdiction in the manner requested by NERA,…