By Lily ONeill Brad Riley Ganur Maynard and Janet Hunt Renewable energy projects are essential for transitioning Australia to a zero-carbon economy, but they come with a caveat: most traditional owners in Australia have little legal say over them. The post Why most Aboriginal people have little say over huge clean energy projects planned for…
Analysis by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory highlights potential for enormous growth in the sector Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
By Energy in Depth After a bruising defeat in New York state court late last year, supporters of climate litigation have finally ramped back up with new legal strategies and new branding. Key players in the campaign are “getting more creative” according to the latest news reports and continued to have sustained support from powerful…
By [email protected] Most of New York’s fossil-fueled peak power plants would be vulnerable to competition if longer duration storage technologies hit the market, a new study says. The Empire State passed a law to eliminate carbon from the grid by 2045. Now it’s getting to work on replacing its peaker fleet. Since those plants are…
By Energy in Depth The U.S. federal government is pushing the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a ruling that revived Oakland and San Francisco’s lawsuits targeting energy companies for the alleged costs of climate change. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an amicus brief in support of the companies’…
By Simon Goess Coal phase-out and building energy legislation completedThe coal phase-out and the associated structural aid are now cast into two laws and were adopted at the beginning of July 2020. We examine the regulations on the coal phase-out in detail here. The overview: The phase-out of coal-fired power generation in Germany is to…
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By National Wind Watch BRANCH COUNTY – The Sherwood wind turbine zoning ordinance will take effect, approved by township voters, 321 to 157. Branch County Concerned Citizens had mounted a campaign to lobby to create the law and to pass it. A petition to put the proposal to a vote was filed after it was…
By WPED Staff Pillsbury lawyers represented CMS Enterprises in the purchase of a majority 51% stake in the Aviator Wind project in Texas. Kansai Electric Power Co. has secured the other 48.5% of the 525-MW project. Once operational, Aviator Wind will be the largest single-phase wind project in the ERCOT area and the largest single-phase,…
By Kelsey Misbrener Solar Alliance Energy announced it is working with Husqvarna, Leeper Hardware and Appalachian Outreach as part of a test to determine the capabilities of the Husqvarna Automower robotic mower at an operating solar system in Tennessee. The test will provide valuable information regarding the performance of the Husqvarna Automower at an operating,…
By National Wind Watch Three GOP members of a key committee say they plan to block state regulators from expanding their authority to turn over private property for wind energy developments. Some Iowa counties have passed local zoning ordinances restricting where wind turbines may be placed. Critics say those restrictions would be overruled by the…
By EDF Energy Exchange By EDF BlogsBy Michelle AllenAfter years of legal and legislative wrangling at state and federal levels, the first round of Volkswagen settlement funds will soon begin to flow to grantees. Thanks to the leadership of Rep. Chuck McGrady (R-Hendersonville), the General Assembly unanimously passed legislation in June to release $31 million…
By [email protected] Ryan Wiser leads the Electricity Markets and Policy Department at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where Mark Bolinger is a research scientist. *** Aging is a fact of life, for people and equipment alike. But the negative impact of aging on wind and solar power plants is being reduced thanks to maturing technologies and…
By Simon Holmes à Court We now know that we can have an affordable, reliable and low emissions power system – and it needs a lot less coal and fossil gas“Good, fast, cheap. Pick only two” is a maxim that applies to almost any endeavour. An equally pithy idea dominated energy discussions a few short…
By Ralph Cavanagh A celebrated political adage goes something like “a billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money.” Everyone who is part of the giant 14-state western power grid just learned of a $1 billion reduction in their utility bills, courtesy of a regional initiative called the Energy Imbalance Market…