Avangrid recently announced the signing of a power purchase agreement (PPA) with technology company Meta for renewable solar energy.
The energy will come from True North, a 240 MW solar farm under development in Falls County, Texas. It is Avangrid’s solar facility in the state, but it already o... Read More »
With $3.5 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, federal organizations are working to create four regional direct air capture (DAC) hubs around the United States to demonstrate how new CO2 removal technology could help counteract the climate crisis.
Efforts are being led by the U.S. Dep... Read More »
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s research arm NRECA Research applied for funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to accelerate the deployment of next-generation smart grid technologies at 69 electric co-ops.
The co-ops, which serve 6.5 million consumers across 26 s... Read More »
Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L) has submitted a rate review request with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU).
The proposed rate adjustment would support a $185 million investment to strengthen the energy grid, enhance the customer experience, and fund new low-income and senior ... Read More »
Entergy Louisiana is eying solar energy expansion to increase the reliability of its power supply and provide an environmentally sound way to massively expand, having filed a request last week to add up to 3 GW of energy this way.
It would be the largest renewable power expansion request to date ... Read More »
The Connecticut Green Bank, Eversource, and United Illuminating (UI) announced the opening of the second Commercial & Industrial (C&I) capacity tranche for energy storage.
The 100-megawatt (MW) tranche will open two years ahead of schedule due to the overwhelming demand for energy storage in Con... Read More »
In its annual update to its clean energy plan, Appalachian Power last week requested to purchase a 143 MW wind facility in Ohio and the ability to purchase 204 MW of solar energy output from seven other facilities.
“Customers count on us to deliver a safe, affordable product to power their dail... Read More »
On Thursday, Duke Energy Florida announced it was beginning construction on its first floating solar pilot.
The almost 1-megawatt floating solar array will be built in Polk County on an estimated 2 acres of water surface and feature more than 1,800 floating solar modules, officials said. The pil... Read More »
By 2030, increased electrification, higher equipment efficiency, and the deployment of renewables in the electric sector will drive down America’s energy-related CO2 emissions 25 percent to 38 percent below 2005 figures, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects.
According to EI... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has made $750 million available for research and development on reducing the cost of clean hydrogen.
Clean hydrogen, produced with net-zero carbon emissions, is a key pillar in the emerging clean energy economy and will be essential for reaching President Joe ... Read More »