Saturday, August 20, 2022
Infrastructure
Fluence Energy to open new energy storage manufacturing facility in Utah
Fluence Energy Inc., a leader in energy storage products and services, is opening a new manufacturing facility in Utah to address ongoing supply chain constraints and better serve the North American market. Fluence Cubes will commence shipping from the facility in September 2022. The cubes, which a... Read More »
Atlanta Gas Light places roof over second Georgia LNG storage facility tank
Progress continues full steam for Atlanta Gas Light LNG storage facilities in Cherokee County, Georgia, as last week, the company’s second LNG storage facility gained a domed rooftop. While construction of the larger facility has been underway since November 2021, with phased construction to ru... Read More »
Sen. Rubio pushes bill to create loan program for electric grid-affiliated manufacturers
Responding to ongoing issues in the international supply chain, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced a bill this week that would compel the U.S. Secretary of Energy to create a loan program for manufacturers of products and components necessary for the energy grid. While it has yet to gain a s... Read More »
Xcel Energy outlines vision to run all vehicles on clean energy by 2050
Xcel Energy outlined a plan that seeks to provide the infrastructure and energy to run all vehicles in its service area on carbon-free electricity or other clean energy by 2050. This new transportation vision is part of the company’s overall goal to become a net-zero energy provider by 2050. ... Read More »
U.S. Energy, Transportation Departments announce all 50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico have submitted EV charging network plans
On Tuesday, the U.S. Departments of Energy and Transportation announced that all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have submitted plans to deploy electric vehicle infrastructure. As part of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program, states were requir... Read More »
DOE launches Cadmium Telluride Accelerator Consortium to cut costs, raise efficiency of solar cells
With $20 million in hand, a new Cadmium Telluride Accelerator Consortium kicked off this week at the U.S. Department of Energy, where the focus will be on making cadmium telluride solar cells more efficient, less costly, and ready to tap new markets. This initiative, administered by the National... Read More »
CenterPoint Energy to acquire solar array in Indiana
CenterPoint Energy Indiana South is acquiring a 130-megawatt (MW) solar array as part of its long-term electric generation transition plan. The company, a subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy, has entered into an agreement with Invenergy to build the solar array project in Pike County, Indiana. It is... Read More »
I&M to improve electric transmission network in southwest Michigan with rebuild of eight miles of lines
Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) announced the new FourFlag Transmission Line Project last week, which will involve rebuilding eight miles of electric transmission or high-voltage lines in Michigan’s Berrien and Cass Counties. “The estimated $19 million investment into southwest Michigan will hel... Read More »
