In a move American Electric Power (AEP) called simplifying its business, it announced an agreement this week to sell its 50 percent interest in the 625 MW portfolio of solar projects under New Mexico Renewable Development, LLC (NMRD), turning them over to Exus North America Holdings, LLC.
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In its annual electric power report for 2022, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) found that generation from renewable sources surpassed coal-fired generation in the electric power sector for the first time.
Overall, the U.S. electric power sector produced 4,090 million megawatt hou... Read More »
The Hawaii State Energy Office (HSEO) recently concluded work on an initiative called the O‘ahu Energy System and Critical Infrastructure Vulnerability and Resiliency Assessment.
The assessment involved a comprehensive hazard and risk assessment of O'ahu’s critical energy infrastructure (CEI... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported California as the reigning MVP for electric vehicles and EV charging locations throughout the country in 2022.
California has dominated the charts in that regard every year since 2016. When 2022 closed out, the state now accounted for 37 p... Read More »
Earlier this year in Georgia, the Vogtle nuclear power plant added a new 1,114 MW reactor known as Unit 3, and became the first nuclear reactor addition nationwide since a commission in 2016.
According to a review by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the project was originally ex... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is launching the Office of Critical and Emerging Technology to support investments in artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology, quantum computing, semiconductors, and other critical and emerging technologies (CET).
Critical and emerging technologies have br... Read More »
The agricultural community in Illinois secured a win this month, with ComEd’s announcement of a partnership with the independent nonprofit energy research and development institute EPRI to install four agricultural pods across the state.
The pods are modified, climate-controlled shipping conta... Read More »
The industry reaction to the U.S. Treasury Department’s proposed guidance on green hydrogen investment and production tax credits was decidedly mixed.
The Treasury’s Clean Hydrogen Production Credit provides incentives to accelerate development of the clean hydrogen industry. The proposal fe... Read More »
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJPBU) announced this month that the application window for the Community Energy Plan Grant (CEPG) Program is open through February.
NJPBU also announced that the first year of the new Community Energy Plan Implementation (CEPI) Program is open. CEPG and... Read More »
PJM Interconnection is expected to clear 300 new generation projects totaling 26,000 MW in 2024 through its reformed interconnection process.
The reformed interconnection process has resulted in the steady integration of renewables and other generation into its electric grid – the nationʻs lar... Read More »