New York State has issued a call for 2,000 megawatts or more of new large-scale renewable energy projects.
With this solicitation, New York is contracting with over 120 new large-scale land-based renewable energy facilities, including solar farms, onshore wind farms, and hydroelectric facilities.... Read More »
Entergy Louisiana earned approval from the Louisiana Public Service Commission this week to add 475 MW of new solar generating capacity to its portfolio and deploy what it called the Geaux Green option – the state’s first green tariff and a renewable energy opportunity for its customers.
“O... Read More »
Through the Industrial Heat Shot, a new program launched this week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will push the development of industrial heating solutions that could lower greenhouse gas emissions by at least 85 percent by 2035.
It’s the sixth Energy Earthshots initiative – a series of... Read More »
The former Director of the Washington D.C. Department of Transportation Gabe Klein will take the helm of the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, officials with the U.S. Departments of Energy and Transportation said Tuesday.
The Joint Office, created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, w... Read More »
Amazon is adding 2.7 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy capacity across 71 new renewable energy projects, the company announced this week.
This initiative includes the company’s first renewable energy project in South America—a solar farm in Brazil. It also includes the first solar farms in both... Read More »
With the release of a new whitepaper this week, the Solar and Storage Industries Institute (SI2) detailed a path for large-scale solar project siting that would, in theory, jointly maximize development while maintaining natural ecosystems and local communities.
Land use and siting challenges rema... Read More »
All three of Washington’s investor-owned electric utilities – Puget Sound Energy (PSE), PacifiCorp, and Avista – are on track to meet 2022 renewable energy targets, in line with state renewable energy requirements of the Energy Independence Act (EIA), according to state regulators.
The Wash... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is authorizing $16 million for communities interested in learning more about consent-based siting, management of spent nuclear fuel, and interim storage facility siting considerations.
The production of nuclear energy requires proper management of spent nuclea... Read More »
In support of modernization, safety, and reliability updates, the utility NIPSCO filed a new proposal this week with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) to increase its base electric rates in 2023.
“The investments we’re making provide direct benefits to all our customers, the c... Read More »
Bloom Energy has been tapped to install an electrolyzer at the Xcel Energy Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant in Welch, Minn., to produce clean hydrogen.
Bloom Energy’s electrolyzer operates at high temperatures to convert water into hydrogen. Pairing solid oxide electrolysis with nuclear... Read More »