Florida Power & Lightʻs new FPL Rodeo Solar Energy Center has opened for business.
The 74.5-megawatt (MW) FPL Rodeo Solar Energy Center is made up of approximately 300,000 solar panels. This is FPL’s fifth solar energy center in DeSoto County and making DeSoto the county with the most FPL sola... Read More »
The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) released a report last week that outlines the benefits of a transmission investment tax credit (ITC).
The report was released during a webinar, which featured U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV) as speakers. The ta... Read More »
According to the latest Clean Power Quarterly Market Report from the American Clean Power Association (ACP), American industry advanced clean energy in a big way during the first three months of 2021, adding nearly 40 percent more wind power than the first quarter of 2020.
That amounted to approx... Read More »
Looking to improve efforts at combating wildfires in California, Southern California Edison (SCE) issued nearly $18 million last week to firefighting agencies in Los Angeles County, Orange County, and Ventura County for the leasing of three helicopters.
While firefighters still provide many of th... Read More »
The Biden energy/climate team is preparing regulatory improvements that will help speed up the multitudinous and lengthy environmental reviews necessary to start large-scale renewable energy projects, particularly offshore wind.
The new regulations aren’t ready for release yet but watch for th... Read More »
A total of eight university-led projects will benefit from nearly $6.2 million in federal funding announced by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) this week in the hopes of advancing hydrogen gas turbines for use in electricity generation.
Specifically, the University Turbines Systems Research (U... Read More »
Owing to rising natural gas costs, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has predicted that summer will bring a 12 percent decline in natural gas-based electricity generation, offset by a 21 percent rise in renewable generation and an 18 percent increase in coal-based generation.
The ... Read More »
With approval from the North Carolina Utilities Commission secured this week, Duke Energy is set to build a 5 MW solar project on a retired county landfill in Buncombe County.
A first for the company, this project will operate as a public-private effort, jointly pursued by Duke and the county, wi... Read More »
Four bipartisan bills designed to secure America’s energy infrastructure were recently reintroduced by House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders.
The legislation announcement was made less than a week after the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack, with committee leaders stating that it reflects how... Read More »
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday to improve cybersecurity and protect federal government networks following the recent Colonial Pipeline cyberattack.
This executive order seeks to modernize cybersecurity defenses, improve information-sharing between the U.S. government and ... Read More »