The North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a permit on Wednesday for the construction and operation of the Brady II Wind Energy Center in Hettinger and Stark Counties.
The project will provide 150 MW of wind energy from 72 turbines, with total costs projected at $250 million.
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NRG Energy, Inc., and MGM Resorts International recently completed a record-breaking expansion to the rooftop solar array that runs atop Mandalay Bay Convention Center, cementing the system’s position as the largest rooftop array in the country.
“MGM Resorts International has a long history o... Read More »
The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) approved a final order on June 22 authorizing Emera, Inc., to acquire TECO Energy for $10.4 billion, with the understanding that Emera is to maintain development projects in the state.
The acquisition of TECO Energy will also indirectly result i... Read More »
Southern Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, made its first project acquisition in Maine on Tuesday, which will add an additional 43 megawatts of clean power to the company’s energy portfolio from the Passadumkeag Windpark in Penobscot County.
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Reference case projections from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2016 predict that fossil fuel consumption will dip below 80 percent of total U.S. energy consumption during the next 25 years, for the first time in more than a century.
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The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Horizon Nuclear Power Limited recently signed a three-year research agreement that will enable collaborative research projects and shared access to results through 2019.
The agreement advances an eighteen-month partnership that saw productive coope... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently released data showing the impact of the newly expanded Panama Canal in dramatically reducing shipping times of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Gulf Coast to markets in Asia.
Despite the opening of the expanded Panama Canal taking plac... Read More »
In a reference case projection from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2016 (AEO2016), renewable energy generation from wind and solar sources is expected to increase by more than 400 percent by 2040.
As a result of production tax credits for renewable ener... Read More »
With expectations for solar output in the state to more than double in 2016, Texas is poised to top the list of fastest-growing utility-scale solar markets in the U.S. by 2021.
Beginning the year with unprecedented growth in the solar industry, Texas is currently building on the 266 megawatts (MW... Read More »
NV Energy’s Sun Peak Generating Station in Las Vegas celebrated 25 years without a lost-time accident and two years free of a recordable incident on Tuesday, an achievement that is rare for a generating station of its capacity.
"My colleagues at Sun Peak have taken [safety] to heart, demonstra... Read More »