New and advanced transmission infrastructure is central to an expansion of renewable generation, experts said during a panel discussion on how to build the energy grid of tomorrow, part of the Edison Electric Institute's "The Road to Net Zero" conference being held this week.
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Getting the United States to the goal line of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 is a winnable race, but the nation needs to pull itself together right away and lay the groundwork that will get new energy technologies and infrastructure developed and deployed in the coming decades, an assistant profe... Read More »
Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions announced this week the start of construction on the 250-MW Pisgah Ridge Solar project in Navarro County, Texas.
The project is the company's largest solar project to date.
“We’re excited to continue to grow our Texas solar portfolio, which will provide ad... Read More »
Michigan’s largest energy provider, Consumers Energy, is doubling down on its electric vehicles push with a new program that will see it provide consultation services and $3 million in rebates for charging locations.
Businesses, governments, and school systems alike will be able to benefit fro... Read More »
According to a joint exercise conducted by Hawaiian Electric and the Schofield Generating Station (SGS) on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, the capacity to power a utility-owned microgrid consisting of three U.S. Army installations U.S. Army.
The test confirmed that if power is lost at Schofield Bar... Read More »
There’s a lot to be optimistic about regarding the power industry’s path to reaching net-zero carbon emissions in the decades ahead, said the new chairman and vice chairmen of the board of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), the national association of investor-owned electric companies, during ... Read More »
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) is well on its way to its goal of installing 30 million solar panels by 2030, also called its 30-by-30 plan.
The company is already 40 percent there, officials announced this week. Specifically, FPL has installed more than 12 million solar panels in Florida.
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Attempting a new approach to reliability and reducing wildfire risk, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) finished replacing traditional distribution lines in the Sierra Nevada foothills high fire-threat district (HFTD) this week with a hybrid, renewable, and remote power system.
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Upgrade work on the Southern California Edison (SCE) West of Devers transmission lines project finished last month, improving reliability and expanding access to more than 7,000 MW of renewable and battery energy storage resources expected to soon flow from eastern California.
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In a trip to the Energy Communities and Economy Forum in West Virginia last week, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm told economic development and community leaders that energy communities traditionally rooted in fossil resource generation will not be left behind by the clean energy transiti... Read More »