The chief financial officer at Evergy, Kirk Andrews, is leaving the company to take a similar role at Consolidated Edison of New York.
In his place, Evergy has tapped Geoffrey Ley, vice president, corporate planning and treasurer, as acting CFO, effective June 21.
“While I’m excited about... Read More »
The Detroit-based DTE Energy announced plans this week to convert a portion of the retired Trenton Channel coal power plant into a 220 MW battery energy storage center by the end of 2026.
When accomplished, that would make it the largest standalone battery project in the region, and enfold a siza... Read More »
Hawaii gained its largest solar facility to date, thanks to the creation of the 60 MW Kuihelani by AES Hawaii on the island of Maui.
This solar-plus-storage facility also brought with it 240 MW hours of lithium-ion battery energy storage capable of supplying roughly 15 percent of the island’s e... Read More »
NRG Energy is one step closer to being the developer of new natural gas power generation plants in Texas.
This week, it submitted the first of three loan applications to the Texas Energy Fund (TEF) to develop new new quick-start natural gas power generation plants.
This first application is f... Read More »
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey toured the operations and maintenance facilities for the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project on Martha’s Vineyard.
Healey was joined on the tour by representatives from the developers of the project, Avangrid and Copenhagen Industry Partners.
The 806-mega... Read More »
National Grid Renewables recently began operations at the newly constructed Copperhead Solar and Storage Project last week, bringing 150 MW of solar energy and 100 MW hours of extra storage into its Texas portfolio.
"We continue to grow our renewable energy portfolio within the state of Texas and... Read More »
In an application filed with the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC), Ameren Missouri recently sought permission to build the 800 MW natural gas-fueled Castle Bluff Energy Center as a flexible backup source for its customers.
The company pitched the idea as necessary due to rising energy dem... Read More »
Noble Corporation, a leading offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry, is acquiring Diamond Offshore Drilling.
Specifically, Noble will purchase Diamond in a stock plus cash transaction, where Diamond shareholders will receive 0.2316 shares of Noble, plus cash consideration of $5... Read More »
By going through a combined emergency preparation drill, FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Company said it hopes employees will be ready to restore services should severe weather cause outages this summer.
FirstEnergy PA, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., held the emergency preparation drill to... Read More »
Entergy and NextEra Energy Resources (LLC) recently signed a joint development agreement to push forward up to 4.5 GW of new solar generation and energy storage projects over the course of five years.
“We’re excited about this joint development agreement, which will enable Entergy to provide... Read More »