Seeking to secure electric reliability in northern Minnesota, Minnesota Power and Great River Energy announced a collaborative effort to plant a new transmission line between the former’s Iron Range Substation in Itasca County and the latter’s Benton County Substation.
Complementing this wil... Read More »
On Monday, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) Board of Directors announced they had approved a portfolio of long-range transmission projects.
MISO, a not-for-profit organization focused on the generation and transmission of electricity and the electricity grid, said the portfoli... Read More »
Hawaiian Electric has tapped DG Development & Acquisition to build and maintain Lanai Solar, the largest utility-scale renewable energy project on the island of Lanai.
It is also the island’s first to offer a shared or community-based solar program. The shared solar program allows customers una... Read More »
The Kansas and Missouri-based Evergy, Inc. achieved a major milestone for its renewable energy production this week, as the wind farms it has spent more than a decade deploying achieved more than 100 million megawatt hours of production.
The company continues to invest in both wind and solar ener... Read More »
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy officially announced the launch of the third year of the state’s Charge Up New Jersey electric vehicle (EV) incentive program and unveiled a new Residential Charger Program.
The Charge Up Program is currently the country’s largest EV incentive program, with a maxi... Read More »
Higher temperatures across the nation this summer continue to push up electricity use, placing evermore demand on the nation’s power grid and increasing its vulnerability, according to experts, who say grid operators must prepare for and anticipate grid usage to make it as reliable and resilient a... Read More »
Met-Ed, an energy company serving eastern and southeastern Pennsylvania, is upgrading its distribution system in York County, Pa.
The goal is to help prevent or minimize the length of service disruptions, particularly during severe weather. The project involves reconstructing a two-mile section o... Read More »
Last week, Xcel Energy proposed an approximately 140-mile transmission line to connect wind resources in southwest Minnesota with the central part of the state’s electric grid to replace the coal-generated power from the Sherco power plant.
Sherco is slated to retire all coal generation by 2030... Read More »
After partnering for analysis, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) last week released the results of a new technical report detailing the needs of electrical aircraft and what they will bring to airports.
In the “Electrification of Aircr... Read More »
A group of senators, led by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), is urging the Department of Energy (DOE) to implement the Direct Air Capture (DAC) Hub Program as it was intended when it was established under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
Currently, the senators said the DOE is i... Read More »