U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) and U.S. Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA) introduced legislation last week a that would expedite the siting and permitting of interregional transmission lines.
The Streamlining Powerlines Essential to Electric Demand (SPEED) and Reliability Act would change the process... Read More »
Offshore wind is projected to be a key part of the energy picture for the East Coast states, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Energy.
The DOE’s Atlantic Offshore Wind Transmission Study, conducted by researchers from DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Pacific ... Read More »
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released its latest Pathways to Commercial Liftoff report focusing on the next generation of geothermal power.
The report, the ninth installment in the Liftoff series, shows how advanced geothermal technology could increase U.S. geothermal energy... Read More »
The U.S. energy storage market continues rapid growth, with a record-shattering 4,236 MW installed in the final quarter of 2023.
According to the latest American Clean Power Association (ACP) and Wood Mackenzie-crafted U.S. Energy Storage Monitor report, that represented a 100 percent increase fr... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has picked 11 projects to receive $34 million for tools to help the electricity grid run on wind and solar energy.
Projects selected for this funding program, called the Solar Energy Technologies Office’s Operation and Planning Tools for Inverter-Based Resou... Read More »
Backed by a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), professors at Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering and the Virginia Tech Electric Service are collaborating on more efficient ways to underground power lines safely and cheaply.
According to Joe Vantassel, an assistant p... Read More »
Constellation Energy issued the nation’s first corporate green bond that can be used to finance nuclear energy projects.
Proceeds from the $900 million, 30-year term offering will be used for investments such as maintenance, expansion, and life extensions of its nuclear power generation.
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A shuffle is underway on National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) committees, with Jehmal Hudson appointed to chair the Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment and Maida Coleman tapped to take her place on the Select Committee on Regulatory and Industry Diversity.
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A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) finds that methane emissions from the energy sector were near a record high in 2023 but have the potential to start dropping due to recent policies and regulations.
The IEA’s latest Global Methane Tracker found that the production and use... Read More »
Through a newly released assessment known as the 2023 Billion-Ton Report, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) examined biomass and determined that the nation could expand its production of this renewable resource to more than 1 billion tons each year.
This report, which marked the fourth such as... Read More »