A group of 13 clean energy and environmental organizations are urging policymakers in coastal Atlantic states to utilize global hardware standards when planning offshore transmission systems.
These global standards have emerged through collaborative work between European utilities and the electri... Read More »
Construction began this week on ComEd’s Elmhurst transmission substation in DuPage County, Ill., heralding the expansion of the 345 kV facility meant to maintain reliability for existing customers and enable future capacity upgrades for regional growth.
Construction is expected to continue to D... Read More »
In a first for AES Hawaii, the company this week announced that a new 12.5 MW solar plus storage facility began generating power on Oahu.
Based in West Oahu, the site’s clean generation is backed by a 50 MW hour battery energy storage system. The whole facility operates under a 25-year power pu... Read More »
As of this week, Consumers Energy of Michigan gained another major employer participant in its Renewable Energy Program, with a 44 store commitment from Walmart Inc. that will see its locations powered by clean energy.
This puts the total for the program at more than 30 large businesses, account... Read More »
National Grid Ventures (NGV) and Con Edison Transmission are looking to build transmission infrastructure to bring offshore wind power to New Jersey’s electric grid.
The project is called the Garden State Energy Path, which would deliver approximately 6 gigawatts of offshore wind power from the... Read More »
Avangrid has struck a deal with Statkraft, Europe’s largest producer of renewable energy, on a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA).
Through this agreement, Statkraft will receive renewable energy certificates (RECs) from Avangrid’s 300 MW Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm in Illinois.... Read More »
Pushing forward with customer-sited resources, Hawaiian Electric recently released a new framework to streamline customer choices when participating in its rooftop solar energy programs.
“We are excited to offer our customers Smart Renewable Energy and BYOD, which give them an opportunity to o... Read More »
Under a collective proposal from Xcel Energy, Dairyland Power Cooperative, Rochester Public Utilities and Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, a new 100 miles of transmission line could stretch across southern Minnesota to aid clean energy delivery and system reliability.
Known as the Manka... Read More »
Duke Energy has launched a pilot program for installing home solar generation with battery energy storage in its Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress service areas in North Carolina.
The incentive-based program, called PowerPair, is designed to help make a home solar plus battery system... Read More »
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities will use PJM Interconnection’s competitive planning process to help New Jersey advance its offshore wind goals.
The collaboration, which asks PJM to solicit transmission solutions to serve an additional 3,500 MW of offshore wind energy, totaling 11,000 M... Read More »