While the state’s energy supply and delivery systems are perfectly adequate, a new Statewide Energy Assessment from the Michigan Public Service Commission found that there are a number of areas which could use improvement.
The MPSC conducted an in-depth evaluation of the designs of electric, n... Read More »
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) maintains a pair of Senate bills extending the offshore wind energy federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC) have the potential to jumpstart the industry.
The Offshore Wind Incentives for New Development Act and the Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act woul... Read More »
Duke Energy One, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, announced Monday that it would purchase approximately 37 megawatts of Bloom Energy Servers, which provide electricity using oxide fuel cell technology, from Bloom Energy Corporation.
The company has also secured long-term power purchase agreements wit... Read More »
Dominion Energy began construction Monday on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, located 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach.
The company marked the first work at the project site by breaking ground to install a half-mile conduit, which will contain the final stretch of cables... Read More »
Georgia Power placed the middle containment vessel ring for Unit 4 at the Vogtle nuclear expansion near Waynesboro, Ga.
It is one of several projects ongoing at the facility.
The 2.4 million-pound, 51-foot tall containment vessel ring – which consists of dozens of individual steel plates --... Read More »
The Illinois Commerce Commission’s Office of Retail Market Development released a report this week that looks at the state of the retail electric market in Illinois.
The report provides an overview of the current state of the market, including alternative retail electric suppliers’ (ARES) ac... Read More »
The San Diego International Airport plans to install a two-megawatt/four-megawatt hour GridSynergy energy storage system to supplement its existing photovoltaic solar system, as part of a contract with ENGIE Storage.
“The San Diego International Airport is taking significant steps to reduce the... Read More »
Kansas and Missouri wind farm operators Westar Energy and KCP&L recently passed 50 million megawatt-hours of wind electricity production.
The wind energy productivity represents enough electricity to power all the company’s residential customers for more than a year.
“Wind energy benefits ... Read More »
Georgia Power recently filed a request with the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) to increase customer rates by approximately seven percent in 2020 to enable investments in infrastructure, storm restorations, and environmental programs.
The typical residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-... Read More »
The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee recently held a hearing to discuss options for the interim and long-term storage of nuclear waste and to consider S. 1234, the Nuclear Waste Administration Act (NWAA).
Murkowski described the issues surrounding nuclear waste disposal, includ... Read More »