The United States has already lost more than 594,300 clean energy jobs to the COVID-19 pandemic, a report from the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) and other organizations announced this week, and as many as 850,000 could be gone by the end of June.
To put that in perspective: 17.8 pe... Read More »
The Vogtle Unit 3 nuclear reactor reached another milestone in May as the Integrated Head Package (IHP) was set into place atop the reactor vessel, bringing the unit another step closer to loading nuclear fuel inside the reactor, Southern Company's Georgia Power said this week.
Unit 3 at the Vogt... Read More »
Energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are expected to decrease by 11 percent in 2020 largely due to the nation's response to containing the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported this week.
If this forecast comes to fruition, it would represent the l... Read More »
Looking to cut operations and maintenance (O&M) costs at nuclear reactors, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) this week awarded $27 million to nine projects as part of a program at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
Digital twin technology is a key goal for ARPA-E’s Generat... Read More »
Customers are using more electricity during the COVID-19 pandemic, but few are more likely to contact utilities for help with their bills, according to a survey by the Electric Power Research Institute.
The survey found that 49 percent cite increased energy use from electronic devices, and 21 pe... Read More »
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and James Risch (R-ID) introduced a bill to enhance protections for critical electric infrastructure.
The Energy Infrastructure Protection Act would update provisions in the Federal Power Act and restricts federal disclosures of certain sensitive energy informati... Read More »
MidAmerican Energy reported this week that its ability to deliver power to Iowa customers last year stemmed largely from renewable sources, attesting that 61.3 percent of its provided electricity could be so attributed.
“We’re making significant inroads in our quest to provide 100% renewable... Read More »
NorthWestern Energy intends to build an $84 million, 58-megawatt natural gas-fired plant near Huron, S.D., starting in July.
The news followed selections of contractors in April when Caterpillar, Inc. was chosen as the facility’s reciprocating engine supplier, and Fagen, Inc. was chosen for eng... Read More »
A portion of the 900 megahertz (MHz) band, which is currently designated for narrowband land mobile radio communications and primarily used by utility, transportation, manufacturing, and petrochemical companies, will now be available to those industries to develop and deploy critical wireless broadb... Read More »
National Grid released its Natural Gas Long-Term Capacity Supplemental Report for Downstate New York, which includes new recommendations for the state on natural gas capacity.
The report follows the original Natural Gas Long-Term Capacity Report, released on Feb. 24, which outlined 10 possible l... Read More »