Renewables

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    Siting for success: 3 essential analyses for renewable energy developers

    Three analyses renewables developers should perform to maximize ROI when siting a new asset.

    April 14, 2025
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    Opinion

    The power industry must oppose Trump’s coal bailout ... again

    The executive order threatens to conflict with existing methods for accrediting generators, assessing resource adequacy, securing sufficient generation and setting wholesale prices. It’s also illegal.

    By Ari Peskoe • April 11, 2025
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    Sustainability

    Companies are pursuing increasingly ambitous sustainability goals around clean energy, but integrating rising amounts of renewables, minimizing environmental impacts, and achieving carbon reduction targets can be challenging.

    By Utility Dive staff
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    EIA expects more solar capacity, higher power prices

    U.S. solar capacity will double in just four years, to 182 GW in 2026, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Thursday.

    By • April 11, 2025
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    Trump’s offshore wind policies limit industry’s near-term growth: Morningstar DBRS vice president

    “I think we're not likely to see much in terms of an increase in offshore wind in the U.S. during the Trump administration,” said Morningstar DBRS Vice President of Project Finance and Infrastructure Kevin Beicke.

    By • April 10, 2025
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    PJM, Google partner to speed grid interconnection using AI

    The initiative aims to integrate dozens of PJM interconnection-related databases and tools into a unified model of PJM’s network, helping to bring power supplies online faster.

    By • April 10, 2025
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    Opinion

    Hydrogen hubs are a bipartisan effort that supports US energy dominance

    These projects are a cost-effective way to leverage existing energy resources, and they support efforts to increase U.S. energy production and enhance our energy independence.

    By Mark Menezes and Frank Wolak • April 8, 2025
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    Wind and solar generation overtook coal in the US last year: report

    While U.S. coal generation has been falling, natural gas surged to set new consumption records, according to climate think tank Ember.

    By • April 8, 2025
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    Utilities, state regulators urge FERC to approve MISO’s fast-track interconnection plan

    However, independent power producers, former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission members and others said it favors incumbent utilities and should be rejected.

    By • April 8, 2025
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    AIP Management invests $500M in US solar producer

    AIP will invest half a billion dollars in Silicon Ranch, a full-service solar company and one of the largest U.S. independent power producers.

    By Lamar Johnson • April 7, 2025
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    SPP to rely on demand response to help bridge shrinking power supplies: CEO Nickell

    “Excess generating capacity is dwindling, and it's dwindling to a point where it's becoming dangerous,” the Southwest Power Pool’s Lanny Nickell said Thursday.

    By • April 4, 2025
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    DOJ attorney in EPA funding freeze case breaks with Zeldin’s fraud comments

    “You said that there was waste, fraud, abuse,” Judge Tanya Chutkan said to Department of Justice attorney Marc Sacks. “You seem to be abandoning that position now.”

    By • April 3, 2025
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    PacifiCorp aims to add 4.7 GW renewables, 1.7 GW storage by 2031

    Given changing federal policies, the utility company may keep several coal-fired units operating longer than expected, according to its latest resource plan.

    By • April 2, 2025
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    EPA denies harm from GGRF freeze in court filing

    EPA argued that the funding freeze would not cause irreparable harm to grantees, while the grantee plaintiffs say the freeze is “potentially fatal” for their operations.

    By • April 1, 2025
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    ISO New England issues transmission RFP to access new wind resources

    The grid operator wants to upgrade the transmission system between northern Maine, where wind generation is expected to be built, and demand centers in southern New England.

    By • April 1, 2025
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    White paper points to carbon capture as possible data center solution

    Pairing carbon capture with natural gas-fired generation could prove cost-competitive with other baseload options, like nuclear and battery storage, according to a Carbon Direct white paper.

    By Emma Penrod • March 31, 2025
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    Utilities should develop data center tariffs to protect consumers, decarbonize: SWEEP

    Rising data center electricity demands threaten utility decarbonization efforts, potentially requiring fossil fuel generation and pulling renewables away from other electrification efforts, per a Southwest Energy Efficiency Project report.

    By • March 28, 2025
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    As offshore wind struggles, is advanced nuclear a viable Plan B for Eastern states?

    The Advanced Nuclear First Mover Initiative hopes to drive next-generation reactor development in energy-hungry states, but significant challenges remain.

    By Brian Martucci • March 27, 2025
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    Growing competition could drive down solar PPA prices by 2026: Enverus

    The projected price declines remain dependent on tax credits included in the Inflation Reduction Act, however, an Enverus analyst said.

    By Emma Penrod • March 27, 2025
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    New England could connect 9.6 GW of offshore wind without new infrastructure: report

    ISO New England's report recommends moving some offshore wind from Maine to Boston to maximize transmission cost savings.

    By • March 25, 2025
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    Opinion

    Why rolling blackouts are a thing of the past — and why President Trump is wrong on green energy

    California and Texas show how energy storage can bridge the political divide to bolster grid reliability and lower costs.

    By Tam Hunt • March 25, 2025
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    IRA repeal would increase energy costs, hurt jobs: Energy Innovation

    However, the Cato Institute said the law could cost up to $2 trillion by 2035, in part due to uncapped tax credits.

    By • March 24, 2025
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    Federal judge blocks EPA’s $14B GGRF funding freeze

    The EPA “proffered no evidence to support their basis for the sudden terminations, or that they followed the proper procedures,” said U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan. 

    By • March 20, 2025
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    Hawaiian utility contracts for solar-plus-storage projects from AES

    Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative will pay up to $133.40/MWh and $127/MWh for power from the two projects, which will displace higher cost oil-fired generation.

    By • March 20, 2025
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    Opinion

    ‘Purchaser-caused’ certificates are key to driving renewable energy growth

    Market leaders — clean energy buyers, sellers and standard-setters alike — must acknowledge which renewable energy procurement approaches directly cause new capacity.

    By Jim Boyle • March 19, 2025
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    EPA yanks air quality permit for 1.5-GW Atlantic Shores offshore wind project

    EPA Region 2 requested the permit remand as part of President Trump’s mandated review of offshore wind projects, the agency said.

    By • March 18, 2025