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Sponsored by Burns & McDonnellLessons from Disruption: Navigating the Pandemic and Beyond
Welcome to "Lessons from Disruption: Navigating the Pandemic and Beyond," a podcast series dedicated to further understanding how the utility industry can overcome the several challenges brought out by COVID-19 with technology and smart planning.
By Utility Dive's Brand Studio • Sept. 18, 2020 -
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Solar market limits pandemic's ill effects, but states with strict restrictions see big installation drop
A solar market report for the second quarter of 2020 shows the sector's 'resilience' in the face of COVID-19 as it adapts to new realities, though challenges from the current pandemic remain.
By Thomas Gresham • Sept. 17, 2020 -
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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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How to participate in the 2020 Utility Dive Awards
Industry Dive is gearing up for the 2020 Dive Awards. We want to hear your ideas on the executives, utilities and policymakers that stood out.
By Utility Dive Editors • Updated Sept. 28, 2020 -
Deep Dive
Duke-solar industry breakthrough settlement aims to end rooftop solar cost shift debates
A collaboration among Vote Solar, Sunrun, Southeastern environmental advocates and Duke Energy has produced a rate design that could be a new paradigm for pairing and growing rooftop solar and demand response.
By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 16, 2020 -
2 years in the making, Google unveils plan to achieve 24/7 clean energy by 2030
Google plans to eliminate carbon emissions by ensuring its operations are powered by renewable energy, but the initiative will likely be a work in progress for some time.
By Emma Penrod • Sept. 15, 2020 -
SPP, MISO launch joint transmission study to address renewables interconnection challenges
Wind and solar advocates say addressing interconnection challenges along the seams of regional grids could allow development of thousands of megawatts of clean energy.
By Robert Walton • Sept. 15, 2020 -
7 investment priorities for a green COVID-19 recovery: report
The Coalition for Urban Transitions analyzed how the allocation of stimulus funding across a number of environmental sectors can aid the international COVID-19 response.
By Kristin Musulin • Sept. 14, 2020 -
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'Aggressive' federal aid would push US to net zero emissions by 2050: report
America's Pledge released its fourth-annual U.S. climate analysis, finding to its "great surprise" that the pandemic is not slowing climate progress.
By Cailin Crowe • Sept. 14, 2020 -
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FERC reverses 40 years of PURPA precedent in ruling on small solar definition, punts on storage question
The commission upended precedent that found a facility's net solar capacity must be no larger than the 80 MW threshold.
By Catherine Morehouse • Sept. 14, 2020 -
bp boosts its renewable transition with $1.1B US offshore wind investment, Equinor partnership
The companies plan to develop four generation assets off the coast of New York and Massachusetts, with bp buying a 50% interest in two offshore wind farms near Long Island and Nantucket.
By Emma Penrod • Sept. 14, 2020 -
House to probe US lag on leveraging clean energy for COVID-19 recovery, consider bipartisan energy bill
As the U.S. diverges from other countries in its efforts to marry economic recovery with climate policy, a House subcommittee is planning to hold a hearing on efforts in the EU and elsewhere.
By Catherine Morehouse • Sept. 11, 2020 -
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OpinionAdding it all up: Counting the capacity contribution of variable and duration-limited resources
The failure to properly count the quantity of capacity available to meet load during extreme weather events, like wildfires, can lead to inadequate power supplies and rotating blackouts, the authors write.
By Nick Schlag, Zachary Ming and Arne Olson • Sept. 10, 2020 -
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Utility sector wary of new security rules for distributed resources
Federal regulators are considering stricter security rules for smaller grid resources, but the utility sector says ample protections are in place.
By Robert Walton • Sept. 8, 2020 -
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US energy storage posts second-largest quarter, with more growth expected as COVID-19 recedes
Residential installations drove near-record growth in the U.S. energy storage sector despite COVID-19, with additional utility-scale projects expected to come online later this year.
By Emma Penrod • Sept. 8, 2020 -
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Chicago launches $200M RFP to power city facilities by renewable energy
Under the contract, all city-owned buildings, streetlights and facilities would run on renewable energy starting in 2022, supporting the city's climate goals.
By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 4, 2020 -
Massachusetts top court denies NextEra bid to block state's PPAs with Hydro-Québec
The PPAs are critical to the development of the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission project, which has faced challenges from independent power generators trying to protect their older assets in the region.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Sept. 4, 2020 -
Solar tops 2019 additions, surpasses wind to reach 4th in global capacity at 651 GW: BNEF
BloombergNEF reports solar and wind reached 67% of new power capacity added globally in 2019, while Frost & Sullivan forecasts $3.4 trillion global investments in renewable energy by 2030.
By Guy Burdick • Sept. 3, 2020 -
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Deep DiveFERC summit highlights reliability concerns for renewables + storage, but has California found a solution?
In a day-long FERC conference on renewables+storage hybrids earlier this summer, system operators focused on reliability while advocates described new opportunities.
By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 3, 2020 -
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Duke IRP includes scenarios to reduce carbon emissions 70% by 2030
One 70% reduction scenario would not add any more natural gas, and another would add 2,650 MW of offshore wind by 2030. But its base case scenarios continue gas buildout into the 2030s.
By Catherine Morehouse • Sept. 2, 2020 -
Biden presidency could decarbonize US power sector by 2035, Trump win would delay past 2050: Woodmac
Research concludes a Biden presidency is critical to accelerating renewable energy adoption in the U.S., but other industry experts question whether decarbonization hinges on presidential outcomes.
By Emma Penrod • Sept. 2, 2020 -
Alabama's increase of residential solar charges will slow installations, advocates say
Solar proponents say Alabama Power's monthly charge has stymied rooftop solar development, but commissioners argued for an increase in the fee.
By John Funk • Sept. 2, 2020 -
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Wasatch Group, sonnen plan 24 MW, 60 MWh virtual power plants in California for $130M
The companies are beginning the first of seven retrofit projects in September in a Fresno apartment community, planning to add 3,000 batteries and solar power to homes.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Aug. 27, 2020 -
Senate Democrats reveal climate plan that could 'almost entirely' define clean energy policy under Biden admin
The report calls on Congress to spend at least 2% of annual U.S. gross domestic product on climate actions and require federal regulators to ensure publicly-traded companies disclose climate risks, among other measures.
By Catherine Morehouse • Aug. 27, 2020 -
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OpinionFERC's capacity markets limit clean energy and cost billions; it's time for Congress to act
If successful, pending litigation could lift some of the unwarranted federal burdens on state clean energy programs in PJM and other places, but a legislative fix would do more, the authors write.
By Scott Strauss, Jeffrey Schwarz and Peter Hopkins • Aug. 27, 2020 -
Delaware transit agency to power electric buses with solar array
The Delaware Transit Corporation will install the 60,000-square-foot array at its facility in Dover, where it will power the facility and charge electric buses.
By Katie Pyzyk • Aug. 27, 2020
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