PNNL projects up to $6B annual benefit from West Coast offshore wind transmission planning

A new study from DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory aims to guide state policy in Oregon and California and "stand as a rubric for future grid integration studies."

By Diana DiGangi • Oct. 5, 2023

Skepticism persists around clean energy and grid reliability. Here’s how to fix that.

The imminent retirement of dozens of coal plants is prompting new questions about the ability of renewables and storage to provide essential reliability services.

By Sara Baldwin • Oct. 5, 2023

Explore the Trendline➔

The Energy Transition to Renewables

New policy and business actions are giving a significant boost to renewable energy in the U.S., but opposition is growing and grid interconnection, permitting, labor and other challenges remain.

By Utility Dive staff

Avangrid moves to cancel Park City offshore wind contracts on heels of SouthCoast termination

Canceling the project's existing power purchase agreements and rebidding the project is Park City Wind's “best path forward,” the company said on Monday.

By Emma Penrod • Oct. 4, 2023

3 states sign first-ever agreement to coordinate offshore wind procurement

As the offshore wind market faces economic challenges, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts aim to cooperate to make projects cheaper and more viable.

By Diana DiGangi • Oct. 4, 2023

Battery storage failures highlight reliability challenges of inverter-based resources: report

The analysis is the latest data point in the North American Electric Reliability Corp.’s investigation of IBRs tripping offline or reducing output in response to grid disturbances.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 4, 2023

An optimal clean energy procurement strategy? Google and others are working on it.

Carbon-matching, 24/7 hourly purchases and standardized power purchase agreements are emerging approaches as the corporate green energy market evolves.

By Ethan Howland • Oct. 3, 2023

NREL adds geothermal hybrid system to energy project cost analysis tool

The tool can help facilities owners and operators identify the optimal mix of geothermal heat pump technologies, renewable energy, conventional generation and energy storage, the lab says.

By Joe Burns • Oct. 2, 2023

Climate models underestimate storage, renewables progress, overstate net-zero costs: study

Modeling has failed to account for cost decreases and efficiency increases for clean energy resources, said the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change.

By Diana DiGangi • Sept. 28, 2023

DOE closes $3B partial loan guarantee with Sunnova in agency’s largest single commitment to solar

Sunnova expects to provide loans to between 75,000 and 115,000 homeowners for rooftop solar installations, residential battery systems and smart software.

By Diana DiGangi • Sept. 28, 2023

Community solar is hot. Why not community wind?

Perhaps the biggest difference between yesterday’s community wind and today’s community solar markets is in their business models, which reflect their respective market and policy environments. 

By Mark Bolinger and Bentham Paulos • Sept. 27, 2023

Xcel Colorado proposes $15B plan to double renewables, add gas and energy storage capacity

The plan includes about 5,400 MW of solar and wind resources, more than 1,000 MW of energy storage and almost 630 MW of new gas-fired capacity.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 26, 2023

US won’t reach net zero emissions without transmission buildout: DNV

A cumulative $12 trillion will be spent on clean energy in North America by 2050, but neither the U.S. or Canada are on track to hit net zero by then, says consulting firm DNV.

By Diana DiGangi • Sept. 25, 2023

Customer-driven clean energy procurement, not regulation, is driving decarbonization

In 2022, voluntary renewable energy procurement deals by corporate and institutional customers were equivalent to 70% of the carbon-free energy capacity added to the grid.

By Kevin Hagen • Sept. 25, 2023

Dominion Energy turns to lithium-ion battery alternatives as it builds out offshore wind, solar fleet

A proposed project would test two storage technologies: Form Energy’s iron-air batteries and Eos Energy’s zinc-hybrid batteries.

By Kavya Balaraman • Sept. 22, 2023

White House launches clean energy youth workforce program amid labor shortage concerns

The American Climate Corps aims to put more than 20,000 people to work in its first year. The plan “harkens back” to the New Deal, said International District Energy Association CEO Rob Thornton.

By Diana DiGangi • Sept. 21, 2023

Offshore wind plan from Energy, Interior departments aims for regional collaboration, clarity on transmission planning

"Dissimilar or even disparate policies, processes, goals, and priorities” across states and transmission planning bodies are a barrier, the agencies said.

By Diana DiGangi • Sept. 20, 2023

Rising electrification requires a dramatic shift to integrated planning of DER, bulk resources: Xcel VP

Effective distribution system planning and merging analytic insights into comprehensive electricity planning both face barriers, analysts and stakeholders said.

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 20, 2023

More than 300 Apple suppliers have commited to clean energy

The device maker also released its first carbon-neutral devices as it closes on its goal of dramatically cutting emissions in its supply chain.

By Ben Unglesbee • Sept. 19, 2023

Virginia SCC strikes down Dominion’s interconnection rules for distributed solar

An alliance of distributed solar developers and supporters argued Dominion Energy’s interconnection rules created unreasonable barriers to small-scale solar.

By Diana DiGangi • Sept. 19, 2023

When it comes to government funding for clean energy, money isn’t everything

The rush to secure billions in clean energy and infrastructure funding has the potential to be disastrous if it goes wrong.

By Anne Clawson • Sept. 18, 2023

SOO Green underground transmission line between MISO, PJM clears key hurdle with Iowa approval

The proposed 350-mile SOO Green project advances as two Democrats introduce a bill in Congress to spur interregional transmission capacity, partly to bolster grid reliability.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 18, 2023

How Four Seasons of Savings kits offer a personal touch and keep customers engaged

Can you remember the last time you got something in the mail that you didn’t expect, but it ended up being just the thing you needed?

By Jamie Mascarin, Senior Account Executive AM Conservation • Sept. 18, 2023

New York’s utilities lead the way to net zero emissions

This week, international leaders from business and government converge in New York City for the 15th annual Climate Week NYC summit.

By Joseph Vellone, Head of North America, ev.energy • Sept. 18, 2023

Emerging firm and peaking clean energy tech can slash carbon-free power costs: Google

Corporate clean-energy buyers can help commercialize emerging technologies like next-gen geothermal, carbon capture and storage, advanced nuclear, hydrogen and long-duration storage, Google said.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 15, 2023

Chevron joins Mitsubishi in 300 GWh hydrogen storage project as construction continues

The first phase of the Advanced Clean Energy Storage project will provide fuel for the Intermountain Power Agency's 840-MW blended gas power plant by 2025.

By Emma Penrod • Sept. 15, 2023