No more than 5 percent – that is the limit an independent study engaged by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) set on hydrogen blends injected into the natural gas system before safety would suffer.
Injections of renewable hydrogen into the natural gas system have been considered... Read More »
U.S. Reps. Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Sean Casten (D-IL), and Mike Levin (D-CA) introduced bills that seek to improve the reliability of the electric power grid.
One of their bills is the Grid Resilience Act (H.R. 8311), which would require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Departm... Read More »
Through a Notice of Intent (NOI) covering $225 million for state and local governments, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) last week moved to expand the implementation of the latest building energy codes and support more energy efficient buildings.
“Raising the efficiency standard of Americaâ€... Read More »
Georgia Power's 2022 Integrated Resource Plan, which includes solar and storage buildout, coal-fired power plant retirements and customer-centric programs, received approval on July 21 from the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC).
“As Georgia continues to grow and the energy landscape conti... Read More »
As the nation endures sweltering temperatures and Texas, in particular, sees energy demands rise, Enel Green Power announced this week that it had successfully completed its first large-scale hybrid wind project, with additional storage and other renewables underway to relieve pressure.
With the ... Read More »
Clean energy groups applauded President Joe Biden’s executive actions to combat climate change, including a proposal to boost offshore wind development.
“Offshore wind is a ripe opportunity to employ tens of thousands of Americans in good jobs, build out new domestic supply chains, and addre... Read More »
Graduate students, municipalities, and schools will benefit from a mutual arrangement between Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) and Sustainable Jersey in sponsorship of an effort by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Climate Corps Fellowship program.
That program places graduate students wit... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will allocate $96 million to help decarbonize the domestic transportation sector.
The funding will look to expand electric vehicle (EV) charging accessibility, create cleaner non-road vehicles through electrification and alternative fuels, develop electric dri... Read More »
Extreme weather is the major risk to resilience of the nation’s transmission bulk power system, with hurricanes causing the largest, longest and most impactful events on the transmission network during 2021, the North American Electric Reliability Corp (NERC) said Thursday in its updated annual re... Read More »
The second annual Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS) from Appalachian Power Company was approved by the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) this week, paving the way for the development of further solar and onshore wind generation capacity.
Appalachian requested to acquire or cont... Read More »