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Maine steps up clean energy turnaround, passes 100% RPS, pro-solar bills
After eight years of controversial renewables policies, the 2019 legislature has ramped up its focus on clean energy.
By Catherine Morehouse • Updated June 20, 2019 -
Puerto Rico energy plan introduces MiniGrids to avoid repeat of Hurricane Maria
The $14 billion plan also calls for 1.4 GW of solar and 920 MW of battery storage, with the MiniGrids "designed to ensure continued supply to critical loads" as well as "timely recovery of the priority loads."
By Robert Walton • June 12, 2019 -
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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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New Jersey charts path to 100% clean energy by 2050, with 2 GW of storage by 2030
The state issued a draft 2019 Energy Master Plan with seven strategies for eliminating all carbon emissions from its power sector, including accelerating the deployment of renewables and distributed resources.
By Robert Walton • June 12, 2019 -
GE: Hydrogen trumps CCS in preserving gas turbines in a carbon-free grid
The company said its gas turbines are able to handle increasing amounts of hydrogen fuel, lowering the resulting emissions and moving the technology toward burning 100% carbon-free hydrogen.
By Catherine Morehouse • June 11, 2019 -
Utilities must address widening business-residential knowledge gap on clean energy: Deloitte
Both segments are concerned about climate change — and, as technology improves, success in the power sector will depend on who understands their customer best, Deloitte executives say.
By Catherine Morehouse • June 11, 2019 -
Michigan approves Consumers' IRP eliminating coal, reducing emissions 90% by 2040
Part of the utility's plan will add 5 GW of solar by 2030 through competitive bidding, including 1.2 GW from 2019 to 2021.
By Robert Walton • June 10, 2019 -
Bloomberg commits $500M to phasing out coal, halting new gas plants
The "Beyond Carbon" campaign will push for a 100% clean energy economy in the U.S., aiming to close all coal plants by 2030 and prevent the construction of any new natural gas plants.
By Robert Walton • June 7, 2019 -
A renewable energy mutual fund? Starbucks charts new path with 146 MW procurement
The retailer announced a portfolio of three 15-year power purchase agreements through LevelTen Energy's platform within the ERCOT, SPP and PJM markets.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • June 6, 2019 -
Connecticut passes bill to procure up to 2 GW of offshore wind power
A recent report by the University of Delaware's Special Initiative on Offshore Wind said the renewable resource would generate nearly 20 GW on the East Coast by 2030 and provide a $70 billion business opportunity.
By HJ Mai • June 6, 2019 -
Ninth Circuit rules it can't make NorthWestern pay higher PURPA rates for solar facilities
Small solar developers in the state filed an appeal with the federal appellate court, arguing PURPA facilities should be paid at rates set before the commission unlawfully froze payments.
By Catherine Morehouse • June 6, 2019 -
ISO-NE will require wind, intermittent hydro to bid into day-ahead energy markets
The grid operator called it "another milestone" in efforts to efficiently integrate renewable resources into the region's power markets.
By Robert Walton • June 6, 2019 -
California regulators weigh actions to expand storage, demand response roles in state's grid
The California Public Utilities Commission is considering changes to the state's Self-Generation Incentive Program to ensure eligible energy storage systems help reduce greenhouse gas emissions as much as possible.
By Robert Walton • June 4, 2019 -
Michigan opens 3.3M farmland acres to bee-friendly solar projects
Previously, solar was considered to have too large of an ecological footprint to build on farmland, but innovation in pollinator-friendly sites has made the resource viable in rural areas.
By Catherine Morehouse • June 4, 2019 -
Colorado Gov Polis unveils roadmap to 100% renewables by 2040, signs 11 clean energy bills
The various electric vehicle, climate and energy bills will reduce economy-wide emissions 90% by 2050, but don't set specific legislative mandates.
By Catherine Morehouse • June 3, 2019 -
DOE: Geothermal generation could reach 60 GW by 2050, with tech improvements
Geothermal electric generation capacity is expected to grow to 6 GW by 2050 — though there is the potential for much more, according to a new analysis from the U.S. Department of Energy.
By Robert Walton • June 3, 2019 -
Deep Dive
Are cities the Green New Deal's most viable frontier?
New York City and Los Angeles want to put a local spin on the national version — though the plans may be tricky to replicate.
By Chris Teale • June 3, 2019 -
Arizona Commissioner Tobin resigns, following frustrations with staff as 'sixth commissioner'
Commissioner Andy Tobin, who was tapped to lead the state Department of Administration, said state regulatory staff is setting the agenda as "the sixth commissioner" by delaying decisions on his proposals.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • May 31, 2019 -
Renewable energy prices keep falling: When do they bottom out?
Cost reductions for solar and wind technologies are set to continue until 2020 and beyond, according to a new report, but industry experts wonder how much more they can drop.
By HJ Mai • May 30, 2019 -
Ohio House approves nuclear, coal subsidies, ditches renewables mandate
The legislation headed to the state Senate scraps utility clean-energy requirements established in 2008 while raising $190 million annually to bail out two FirstEnergy Solutions nuclear plants.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • May 30, 2019 -
Connecticut House saves net metering, for now, but green groups want more
A bill passed May 28 prolongs net metering and pauses a 2018 law that threatened to end the tariffs by the end of this year, but does little else to further clean energy in the state, critics say.
By Catherine Morehouse • May 30, 2019 -
Santa Monica, CA passes $800M plan to go carbon neutral by 2050
The ambitious Climate Action & Adaptation Plan will force a "paradigm shift" in the city, said chief sustainability officer Dean Kubani.
By Jason Plautz • May 29, 2019 -
Bloomberg to fund 'America's Pledge' report on US climate progress
The former NYC mayor will grant $2.3 million to the University of Maryland’s Center for Global Sustainability and the Rocky Mountain Institute for the study.
By Jason Plautz • May 28, 2019 -
Tri-State rebuffs Guzman Energy offer to replace 3 coal plants mostly with renewables
The power supplier for 43 rural electric co-ops is not interested in Guzman Energy's proposal to help rapidly decarbonize its system through a long-term power supply agreement.
By Robert Walton • Updated May 29, 2019 -
Hawaii adopts performance-based rate tools to accelerate clean energy transition
Regulators plan to issue another order in June, to develop new performance incentive mechanisms as part of an overhaul of traditional cost of service rates.
By Robert Walton • May 28, 2019 -
Deep DiveSecuritization fever: Renewables advocates seize Wall Street's innovative way to end coal
New laws passed across the country allow customer-backed bonds to pay off stranded coal assets in favor of renewables, but utilities are hesitant.
By Herman K. Trabish • May 28, 2019
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