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After renewable energy installations dipped in 2021, industry renews call for clean energy package
Energy storage deployments climbed, but 70 industry CEOs say tax reform is needed to keep the momentum going.
By Jason Plautz • Feb. 22, 2022 -
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SoCalGas begins developing 100% clean hydrogen pipeline system
Growing demand and political support have prompted SoCalGas to begin developing a pure hydrogen pipeline, but environmentalists question whether California water supplies are adequate.
By Emma Penrod • Feb. 18, 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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Offshore wind on track to hit, possibly exceed Biden's 30 GW target by 2030
As many projects are still looking for financing, offshore wind development still has a way to go. But with new state and federal support, analysts say offshore wind has only just begun to tap a vast potential.
By Emma Penrod • Feb. 17, 2022 -
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DOE to offer $6B to keep struggling nuclear reactors online
The Civil Nuclear Credit Program included in the bipartisan infrastructure law is meant to be a lifeline for nuclear plants facing economic hardships. DOE has extended the application deadline until July 5.
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Dominion to expand net zero carbon reduction goals to Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions
The multistate utility plans to invest $37 billion in decarbonization over the next five years, executives said on the fourth quarter 2021 earnings call.
By Jason Plautz • Feb. 14, 2022 -
On track to eliminate coal by 2035, Duke expands net zero carbon goal to include indirect emissions
Duke’s decision to broaden the scope of its climate goals signals a shift in the industry, activist investors say, but supply chain constraints mean some immediate solar projects have been delayed.
By Emma Penrod • Feb. 14, 2022 -
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Nevada tops new CUB state ranking on utility affordability, reliability, environmental responsibility
The ratepayer watchdog group aims to chart utility performance through the energy transition using state ranking reports.
By Ethan Howland • Feb. 14, 2022 -
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Sponsored by Schneider ElectricHow grid operators are leaving F-gases, fossils and inefficiency behind
For heavy emitting sectors, such as the electricity industry, pressure is intensifying to find solutions to slash emissions and lower its carbon footprint.
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US senators express bipartisan support for hydrogen as states vie to become hydrogen 'hubs'
Although many see hydrogen as a "game-changing fuel" for decarbonizing the U.S. economy, experts flagged that Europe and Asia are ahead on adopting the resource, with the EU setting a goal for 40 GW deployment by 2030.
By Emma Penrod • Feb. 11, 2022 -
Texas gas generators fared better than wind during last week's winter storm: ERCOT
The Texas grid operator has made progress on weatherization and market reforms, but observers say last week's winter storm was not a real test of the electric grid.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 11, 2022 -
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PJM stakeholders advance interconnection reform plan to speed process, clear clean energy backlog
The widely endorsed plan includes a two-year pause on new interconnection applications to give PJM time to clear out a backlog of interconnection requests — mostly renewable and energy storage proposals.
By Ethan Howland • Feb. 11, 2022 -
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Solar panel assembler files petition seeking antidumping review of Southeast Asia imports
Auxin Solar alleges that Chinese solar panel makers are shipping cheap components to Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam to avoid paying duties that have been in place since 2012.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Feb. 10, 2022 -
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PNM, AEP executives, other utility leaders meet with Biden to push clean energy tax measures
Utilities, renewable advocates and others are urging Congress to pass climate-related legislation, but the outlook is unclear.
By Ethan Howland • Feb. 10, 2022 -
EIA: Utility emission goals will have minimal impact beyond carbon reductions already taking place
Most corporate utility emissions goals will result in few actions that were not already on track to happen, an EIA report finds. Greater reductions will require broader societal effort, according to the Electric Power Research Institute.
By Emma Penrod • Feb. 9, 2022 -
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ISO-NE plan to extend MOPR through 2024 faces uncertain fate at FERC, experts say
The delay in eliminating the minimum offer price rule could slow renewable development in New England, according to clean energy advocates. However, a power market consultant disagrees.
By Ethan Howland • Feb. 9, 2022 -
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OpinionCalifornia's omission of community solar from distributed energy policies is shortsighted
Community solar can make moot the controversies surrounding behind-the-meter solar and enable new approaches that can maximize societal value for all Californians, the authors write.
By Anna Brockway and Duncan Callaway • Feb. 8, 2022 -
Biden extends solar tariff 4 years, eases Trump-era requirements
The extension doubles the quota of solar cells and upholds the exclusion of bifacial modules, moves the solar industry welcomed.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Feb. 7, 2022 -
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Microsoft, Google, other corporate buyers get creative as demand for renewable energy spikes
Corporate renewable energy procurement continues to break records and shows no signs of slowing. Market leaders say the relentless demand is prompting buyers to consider creative solutions and assume more risk.
By Emma Penrod • Feb. 7, 2022 -
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Georgia Power to go coal-free by 2028, double renewables by 2035, but advocates decry gas plans
The utility's latest Integrated Resource Plan notes plans for 1,000 MW of energy storage by 2030, 2,300 MW of solar over the next 3 years, and more than 2.3 GW of natural gas from existing natural gas resources.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Feb. 3, 2022 -
Appeals court decision opens door to sue public power utilities for rooftop solar fees under antitrust law
Arizona’s Salt River Project is headed back to court after a new ruling reinstated antitrust ligation against the utility for allegedly raising rates to discourage independent solar generation.
By Emma Penrod • Feb. 2, 2022 -
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Brookfield Renewable picks up 20 GW of solar, storage projects as developers seek strategic acquisitions
The $650 million acquisition of Virginia-based developer Urban Grid will triple Brookfield’s current project pipeline and comes with access to "high value" markets, a company spokesperson said.
By Emma Penrod • Feb. 1, 2022 -
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OpinionCalifornia utilities' brazen plan to kill rooftop solar
California's proposed net metering update greatly exaggerates what rooftop solar owners should pay for use of the grid and ignores the environmental benefits that rooftop solar provides, the author writes.
By William Schulze • Feb. 1, 2022 -
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Deep DiveBreakthroughs in generation and system integration are driving the utility of the future, analysts say
The new technologies will reverse the supply-demand equation and bring competitive procurement and a transaction platform to merge the bulk power and distribution systems.
By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 31, 2022 -
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WEC Energy to pilot hydrogen fuel in Michigan natural gas plant
The pilot study, to take place later this year, will test whether hydrogen might serve as a bridge between existing natural gas power plants and a fully decarbonized energy system.
By Emma Penrod • Jan. 27, 2022 -
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Musk vows to accelerate Tesla solar and energy storage business in 2022
After the company's solar and storage business was "shortchanged" in 2021 amid production constraints, Tesla's CEO said the company is aiming for a "pretty vast" clean energy business.
By Jason Plautz • Jan. 27, 2022
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