By Michelle Froese The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has launched a new tool that can help utilities, institutions, state, and local policymakers, and the public get better answers about the changing economics of today’s power sector. With NDRC’s new tool, users can elect a state and compare the cost of building and operating a…
By James McGhee I’m a big proponent of fixed-rate electric service plans. But with the current market conditions in Texas, I’m a down-right activist against indexed pricing! With ERCOT experiencing record demand this week, there’s a push for new power plans to enter the industry to help ensure there is adequate supply.With supply barely meeting…
By National Wind Watch A technical fault at the world’s largest offshore wind farm was among a series of failures that resulted in Britain’s worst blackouts in a decade, according to initial analysis by National Grid. Hornsea One wind farm off the coast of Yorkshire and Little Barford gas-fired power plant in Bedfordshire both suddenly…
By Michelle Froese U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, visited the LM Wind Power Little Rock plant this week to watch production of the giant turbine blades that drive wind farms throughout the region. The plant is an example of the good manufacturing jobs that wind…
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By [email protected] Everything about offshore wind just keeps getting bigger. Last month alone, New York awarded America’s single-largest renewables procurement to offshore wind, and General Electric unveiled the world’s largest-ever turbine nacelle, also for offshore wind. Offshore wind projects, meanwhile, are already exceeding the capacity (if not the capacity factor) of small nuclear reactors. There…
By [email protected] From New England to the West, there’s a trend picking up in electricity markets: aggregation of distributed resources. Utilities have long been remotely switching off air conditioners to manage demand. But a range of emerging resources — solar paired with batteries, smart thermostats, intelligent water heaters, electric car chargers — are creating new…
By [email protected] Utility Pacific Gas & Electric said it would honor all existing power purchase agreements in a forthcoming plan to reorganize and emerge from bankruptcy. Whether or not legacy power contracts would survive has been a hot topic within power industry circles since the utility’s role in deadly wildfires sent the company into bankruptcy….
By yezin taha By Yezin Taha, CEO, Nevados EngineeringImage (1) Nevados Engineering all-terrain tracker arrays on rolling hills on an East Coast turkey farm. The noticeable slope is visible, as well as the articulation in the front row.The decreasing costs of solar power plants have led to unprecedented growth in solar energy generation. However, the…
By National Wind Watch PORTLAND – An Oregon Supreme Court ruling could bring an end to permits for two big energy projects in Eastern Oregon and eight more statewide. The Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council in October 2017 adopted a swifter, less public method to amend permits, or site certificates, for wind farms, thermal power…
By National Wind Watch Today’s ruling also expected to terminate two long-pending energy projects PORTLAND, OR – Today the Oregon Supreme Court held in favor of a coalition of nine conservation organizations, invalidating rules adopted in 2017 by the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council (EFSC) that had dramatically reduced transparency and discouraged public participation in…
By [email protected] The Southern California city of Glendale officially dropped a $500 million gas peaker project that it nearly approved last spring, and instead picked up the mantle of clean energy leadership. The city council voted in April 2018 to pause development on the 262 megawatt repowering of the Grayson Power Plant and examine clean…
By Kelsey Misbrener On July 23, 2019, Glendale Water & Power (GWP) received approval from the Glendale City Council to move forward with a plan to repower the aging Grayson Power Plant with a combination of renewable energy resources, energy storage and a limited amount of thermal generation. The plan includes a 75-MW, 300-MWh Battery…
By National Wind Watch BELLEVUE – The approval of a bill to save Ohio’s nuclear power plants won’t affect plans to place a wind farm in Erie and Huron counties. Apex Clean Energy wants to construct up 71 wind turbines in the two counties in with its Emerson Creek project. Its proposal is being reviewed…
By Michael Mazengarb Study by leading German economic think-tank finds every 1,000MW of nuclear power plant built since 1951 resulted in an average economic loss of $A7.7 billion. The post “Nuclear energy is never profitable”, new study slams nuclear power business case appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew…