A German first, solar was country’s largest single source of electricity in June
Renew Economy: Germany achieved a remarkable milestone in the month of June, with solar – for the first time – becoming the largest single contributor to its electricity output for the month. Solar...
View ArticleUtilities say new emission rules won’t change their coal plant retirement plans
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): Power plant owners with plans to retire the most coal-fired capacity in the next several years said they would not change course based on the Trump...
View ArticleAmerican Electric Power seeks to buy 1,485MW of Oklahoma wind power
Greentech Media: American Electric Power is asking state regulators for the second time in two years to approve a multibillion-dollar investment into wind power, as it races to capitalize on fleeting...
View ArticleState regulators tell Georgia Power to add 2,210MW of new solar by 2024
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Georgia will rely more on the sun to generate electricity as it retreats from its once overwhelming reliance on coal. The state Public Service Commission’s five members —...
View ArticleGovernment-backed study finds `significant potential’ for battery storage...
Utility Dive: The booming U.S. battery storage market is showing no signs of slowing down, and a new government-funded report says its prospects could be even bigger than previously thought. “The...
View ArticleColorado cooperative to close Nucla coal plant early, boost wind and solar...
Colorado Public Radio: Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association announced plans to develop an “aggressive” energy plan to incorporate more wind and solar. The power provider currently relies...
View ArticleReport projects India will overachieve its Paris Agreement targets by 60%
July 19, 2019 (IEEFA India) ̶ India is likely to obtain 63% of its installed power capacity from non-fossil fuel sources (including hydro) by 2029-30, according to the Central Electricity Authority...
View ArticleAEP to close 1,300MW unit 1 at Rockport coal plant by 2028
Power Magazine: A federal judge in Ohio on July 18 approved American Electric Power’s (AEP’s) plan to close Unit 1 of its two-unit, 2,600-MW coal-fired Rockport Plant in Indiana. The modified consent...
View ArticleNew York awards contracts for 1,700MW of offshore wind
Crain’s New York Business: New York State’s first large-scale wind-power procurement has officially been awarded to two energy developers, each of which will build separate offshore wind farms that...
View ArticleEnel executive: Market forces speeding up transition away from coal worldwide
Bloomberg: Commodity markets are stripping away the case for coal in Europe, moving quicker than government efforts to close the most polluting power plants. A plunge in natural gas prices along with...
View ArticleIEEFA U.S.: Spate of coal bankruptcies raises risks for utilities – may...
The chaotic collapse of Blackjewel and the unexpected closure of its mines in both the Powder River Basin and Appalachia, as well as a spate of other recent coal-mining bankruptcies, should serve as a...
View ArticleTwo New York utilities seek proposals for 310MW of energy storage
Utility Dive: Consolidated Edison (ConEd) and its subsidiary Orange and Rockland Utilities (O&R) on July 15 issued a joint request for proposals (RFP) to procure at least 310 MW of bulk storage —...
View ArticleOregon utility picks renewables over new natural gas-fired generation
Utility Dive: Portland General Electric wants to add an average 150 MW of renewables by 2023 along with energy efficiency and 4 MW energy storage. The utility on July 19 filed its 2019 Integrated...
View ArticleOklahoma cooperative, NextEra to build wind-plus-solar-plus-storage facility
The Oklahoman: One of Oklahoma’s biggest electric cooperatives is juicing up its power capacity using cutting-edge technology. On Tuesday, Western Farmers Electric Cooperative announced it executed a...
View ArticleNew Jersey utility PSEG pledges to be carbon-free by 2050
CNN Business: PSEG has relied on fossil fuels to keep the lights on for the past 116 years. Now, New Jersey’s largest and oldest power company is pledging to deliver carbon-free electricity to fight...
View ArticleNextEra says tax credit phase-outs won’t slow solar, wind, storage adoption...
Greentech Media: NextEra Energy, the largest U.S. wind and solar developer, sees little threat to the renewables market from the fading federal tax credits, executives said Wednesday. With the federal...
View ArticleFlorida officials approve coal-to-gas conversion at Big Bend Power Station
Tampa Bay Times: Tampa Electric Co. can move forward with its plan to convert part of its Big Bend Power Station to natural gas. In a Thursday morning meeting, Gov. Ron DeSantis and the rest of the...
View ArticleBlackjewel ignores Kentucky law, coal miners’ paychecks bounce
Lexington Herald Leader: A coal company that wrote cold checks to several hundred Kentucky miners had not posted a bond to cover the cost of paying its workers, as required by state law. Blackjewel LLC...
View ArticleGlobal energy storage boom to Increase 122-fold by 2040
Utility Dive: Global energy storage deployment is expected to increase 122-fold over the next two decades to 1,095 GW/2,850 GWh by 2040, according to a new BloombergNEF (BNEF) report, published...
View ArticleCalifornia municipal utility cancels gas peaking plant, opts for clean energy...
Greentech Media: The southern California city of Glendale officially dropped a $500 million gas peaker project that it nearly approved last spring, and instead picked up the mantle of clean energy...
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