As the fate of nuclear plants across the country hang in the balance, and uncertainty mars the opening of new plants, the nuclear industry faces a “watershed year,” Nuclear Energy Institute’s John Kotek warned on Thursday in an address at a U.S. Energy Association forum.
Kotek, the vice pr... Read More »
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently proposed to approve new mandatory Reliability Standards to address cybersecurity risks related to the supply chain for grid-related cyber systems.
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) proposed the standards in response... Read More »
Rocky Mountain Power recently installed two DC fast-charging stations in Kimball Junction, Utah, between Salt Lake City and Park City to encourage Uber and Lyft drivers to use electric vehicles as part of the company’s Live Electric campaign.
“The goal of the Live Electric campaign is to ince... Read More »
The New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment (granted approval on Wednesday to Cassadaga Wind LLC to build and operate a wind farm facility in Chautauqua County, New York.
“In keeping with Governor Andrew Cuomo’s goal to develop clean energy resources in New York... Read More »
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is moving forward in support of the electric car market with a new program that will result in as many as 7,500 electric vehicle (EV) chargers at condos, apartment buildings, and workplaces in California.
"California continues to lead the nation in ... Read More »
Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and Notre Dame University recently developed an integrated theory-experiment technique that could help advance the process of creating hydrogen fuel from water and sunlight.
The technique can be used to interrogate chemistry at interfa... Read More »
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners closed a $268 million tax equity and construction financing deal on Tuesday that will pave the way for the 200 megawatt (MW) wind project in Oklahoma known as “Persimmon.”
Quinbrook previously secured a 75 percent controlling ownership stake in the wind far... Read More »
During 2017, wholesale electricity prices at major trading hubs in the eastern United States changed little from 2016, while average monthly wholesale prices in California and Texas increased, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Prices in California increased by 18 perc... Read More »
A new study from researchers at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the University of Texas at Austin reveals information about how perovskite solar cells degrade, which could enable improvements in performance and durability.
The research included t... Read More »
ALLETE Clean Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of ALLETE Inc. announced Wednesday a 40-megawatt purchase of wind turbines from GE Renewable Energy.
The turbines qualify for 80 percent of the Production Tax Credit (PTC). They would create more than 400 megawatts of additional qualified wind projec... Read More »