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Utilities may need to rethink their company structure to achieve climate goals, Xcel executive says
Growing quantities of distributed resources require closer coordination between utilities’ generation and transmission planning teams, said Alice Jackson, senior vice president of system strategy and chief planning officer at Xcel Energy.
By Emma Penrod • Sept. 28, 2022 -
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Will the Inflation Reduction Act spur clean energy manufacturing in the US? Tax experts say yes.
Compounding value built into the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits likely has the power to “change behavior” at U.S. companies, tax professionals said on a panel at the RE+ conference.
By Emma Penrod • Sept. 27, 2022 -
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TrendlineThe 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.
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Growing scale, Inflation Reduction Act subsidies could push green hydrogen prices negative: RE+ panel
“You woke up one morning and your world has changed,” one panelist said of the Inflation Reduction Act during a session focused on hydrogen at the RE+ conference in Anaheim, California.
By Emma Penrod • Sept. 27, 2022 -
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‘Deploy, deploy, deploy:’ renewable sector energized but anxious about Inflation Reduction Act funding
Passing the Inflation Reduction Act was a seminal moment for the industry, clean energy advocates said during an RE+ panel, but it doesn’t mean the work is complete.
By Emma Penrod • Sept. 26, 2022 -
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OpinionIs the Inflation Reduction Act the end of the wholesale clean attribute market?
The IRA may reduce any real or perceived tension between wholesale markets and state policies and the need for other mechanisms to harmonize wholesale markets and state policies, the authors write.
By Sarah Ladin & Burçin Ãœnel • Sept. 23, 2022 -
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California needs to move on from net metering, advocates, industry and utility leaders say
Although helpful to jump-start the solar industry, net metering has begun to interfere with the state’s broader climate goals, panelists agreed at the RE+ conference in Anaheim.
By Emma Penrod • Sept. 22, 2022 -
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Solar power constituted half of all global capacity additions last year, followed by wind: BloombergNEF
However, coal-fired generation surged in 2021 to record levels, driving up the power sector’s carbon emissions by 7%, the research firm said Wednesday.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 21, 2022 -
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Microsoft partners with UK nonprofit on software to help coal plants transition to nuclear power
Microsoft and TerraPraxis believe that more digital tools could help some 2,400 coal-fired power plants around the world decarbonize — and potentially transition to nuclear generation.
By Emma Penrod • Sept. 16, 2022 -
Retrieved from BLM California.
Solar developer Prospect14 launches joint venture aiming for a 10 GW solar project pipeline by 2025
Ampliform is backed by a consortium of investors led by the Jones Family Office along with Barings, the George Kaiser Family Foundation and others.
By Larry Pearl • Sept. 15, 2022 -
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OpinionTaking the utility monopoly door down to put more solar up
A proposal by Sunnova would end nearly a century of guaranteed monopoly for California utilities by letting other companies not just sell power but use an alternative delivery system to the utility's platform, the author writes.
By John Farrell • Sept. 15, 2022 -
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McDonald’s strikes 15-year solar energy deal with EDF Renewables North America
The partnership is expected to meet the electricity consumption needs of over 1,200 McDonald’s restaurants.
By Emma Liem Beckett • Sept. 15, 2022 -
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Inflation Reduction Act could raise prices on clean energy, warns Bank of America
Without additional transmission capacity, the law could incentivize inefficient development of renewables and result in higher price volatility.
By Robert Walton • Sept. 12, 2022 -
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California planned to close down its last nuclear plant by 2025 and replace it with clean energy. What went wrong?
Efforts to replace the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant faced multiple challenges, including disruptions to global supply chains.
By Kavya Balaraman • Sept. 9, 2022 -
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SEIA, WoodMac expect solar market rebound after Q2 installations drop 12% compared with last year
Supply chain constraints persist despite President Biden’s executive order delaying tariffs, according to a new industry report, but the Inflation Reduction Act offers hope for improvement.
By Emma Penrod • Sept. 8, 2022 -
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Deep DiveAccelerating renewable energy buildout faces big hurdles, even with Inflation Reduction Act: developers
“It's really important that everyone understand how contingent that capacity expansion is going to be on state-level decision making,” said Tyler Norris, Cypress Creek Renewables vice president of development.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 6, 2022 -
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5 New England states propose ‘modular’ transmission plan to incorporate 8.4 GW of offshore wind
The states say they are “actively” considering high voltage direct current transmission solutions in 1,200 MW increments through 2040.
By Robert Walton • Sept. 6, 2022 -
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California legislature aims for 90% clean electricity by 2035 as part of sweeping climate package
The legislature also approved SB 846, a bill to extend the life of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant’s two units through the end of the decade, based on a Newsom administration proposal.
By Kavya Balaraman • Sept. 2, 2022 -
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US solar shipments jumped 32% to a record 28.8 million peak kW last year: EIA
Sharp increases in utility-scale and small-scale solar additions drove the shipments despite project delays, supply chain constraints and volatile pricing, the Energy Information Administration said Thursday.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 1, 2022 -
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OpinionHow states and utilities can capitalize on the biggest clean energy legislation in USÂ history
Utilities should use the IRA’s tax credits and reinvestment financing to accelerate their clean power ambitions, replacing risky fossil plants with renewables to boost profits and cut consumer costs, the authors write.
By Dan Esposito and Kimani Jeffrey • Aug. 31, 2022 -
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DOE begins accepting applications for $425M in major boost to state clean energy funding
Department of Energy officials say the new funding will provide states flexibility and boost energy program budgets by nearly 10 times for fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
By Robert Walton • Aug. 29, 2022 -
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FERC approves ISO-NE plan to bypass the grid operator and rely on state reviews for DER interconnections
The proposal is expected to lower wholesale power prices by increasing distributed energy supplies, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said.
By Ethan Howland • Aug. 29, 2022 -
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Opinion
Wind and solar power aren’t enough to combat climate change. We need to incentivize firm renewables, too.
For too long, federal U.S. policy has taken a siloed perspective and focused almost exclusively on developing popular intermittent renewable solutions, like wind and solar — and it’s not enough, the author writes.
By George Sakellaris • Aug. 26, 2022 -
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Dominion threatens to abandon 2.6-GW offshore wind farm over performance guarantee
The Virginia State Corporation Commission’s performance standard is “fatally overbroad and undefined,” a Dominion Energy utility said this week.
By Ethan Howland • Aug. 25, 2022 -
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New wind additions plummet in Q2, declining 77% from a year ago: S&P
Despite a slowdown in wind additions and delays in utility-scale solar projects, renewable energy provided more than a quarter of U.S. generation during the first half of 2022, say analysts.
By Robert Walton • Aug. 25, 2022 -
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Inflation Reduction Act has ‘direct impact’ on California net energy metering modeling, utilities say
The new law comes as California regulators consider reforming their existing net energy metering framework. A previous proposal received sharp criticism from the solar industry.
By Kavya Balaraman • Aug. 24, 2022
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