The Minnesota Commerce Department will accept applications for the fourth year of its Made in Minnesota Solar Incentive Program from Jan. 1 until Feb. 28.
The program has funded almost 1,100 solar electric and solar thermal projects in the state.
“The Made in Minnesota program is helping dri... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced this week the selection of six projects to receive $12.9 million in federal funding for work related to biofuels, bioproducts, biopower and/or refinery-compatible intermediates.
The funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is titled Project Definition f... Read More »
Ohio Gov. John Kasich vetoed Substitute House Bill 554 this week, which would have made energy efficiency and renewable energy requirements for utilities voluntary until 2019.
Ohio’s energy standards were frozen two years ago and the bill would have effectively extended the freeze. Unless the l... Read More »
The Hawaiian Electric Companies recently submitted their Power Supply Improvement Plan Update, detailing how they intend to reach the state’s renewable energy milestones on or before mandated scheduling.
The goals outlined in the plan, filed last week with the Hawai’i Public Utilities Commis... Read More »
The Arizona Corporation Commission voted recently to change the way distributed generation is compensated in the state, promoting equity to all renewable energy customers and doing away with net metering.
After a three-year exploration into the cost and value of solar technology as well as input ... Read More »
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently issued two combined operating licenses to Duke Energy for the William States Lee III nuclear power plant near Gaffney, South Carolina.
The licenses allow Duke Energy to construct and operate two AP1000 nuclear reactors at the Lee site. The Com... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced last week that it will invest $18 million in five projects related to alternative fuel technologies, the development and demonstration of plug-in electric vehicles, and accelerated adoption of vehicles that operates on fuels such as biodiesel, E85, natur... Read More »
Venkrat Srinivasan was recently named the next director of the Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS), which focuses on the development and commercialization of energy storage and battery technologies.
ACCESS, founded in 2015, is a center within the U.S. Department of En... Read More »
Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power acquired two wind facilities in Texas, expanding the company's wind power capabilities to more than 1,000 megawatts and wholesale renewable portfolio to more than 3,000 MW.
With the addition of the 174 MW Salt Folk Wind Facility and the 126 MW Tyler Bl... Read More »
Virginia Petroleum Council Executive Director Miles Morin recently sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) outlining the beneficial impact the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline would have on Virginia's energy infrastructure.
In the letter to FERC Secretary Kimberly Bose, ... Read More »