Alliant to close one coal-fired power plant in Iowa, convert a second to gas
Des Moines Register: Alliant Energy will close its Lansing coal-fired power plant in northeast Iowa over the next two years as it shifts to more solar, wind and other renewable energy sources. Retiring...
View ArticleArizona regulators adopt 2050 100% carbon-free rule for state’s electric...
Arizona Republic: Arizona utility regulators on Thursday, in a split vote, approved a plan for utilities to get all of their energy from carbon-free sources like solar and nuclear energy by 2050,...
View ArticleColorado’s Platte River utility to close Rawhide coal plant 16 years early,...
The Coloradoan: Platte River Power Authority is moving forward with a plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 90% of 2005 levels by 2030, which will mean shuttering the Rawhide Unit 1...
View ArticleDominion Energy moving forward with 498MW of new solar projects in Virginia
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): Dominion Energy Virginia announced Nov. 2 that it is planning to build nine solar farms in Virginia totaling 498 MW as a part of an effort to comply with the...
View ArticleWisconsin utility to close four unit, 1,135MW Oak Creek coal-fired station by...
Milwaukee Business Journal: We Energies will retire the oldest part of its coal-fired power plant complex in Oak Creek in 2023 and 2024 as its parent company shifts to more efficient power generation,...
View ArticleAmerican Electric Power to take 1,633MW of coal capacity in Texas offline by...
E&E News: Two major power plants in East Texas will stop using coal within the coming decade, American Electric Power Co. said yesterday. AEP’s Southwestern Electric Power Co. announced the Pirkey...
View ArticlePeabody warns of possible second bankruptcy in five years as coal industry...
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): The world’s largest private coal company Peabody Energy Corp. said it is in danger of its second bankruptcy filing in five years on the back of poor performance...
View ArticleArizona utility proposes $144 million transition fund for communities hit by...
Arizona Republic: Arizona Public Service is proposing to offer $144 million in help to three coal-country and tribal communities where the company eventually will close its remaining coal-burning power...
View ArticleAGL to build 250MW/1,000MWh battery in South Australia
Renew Economy: AGL, the country’s biggest coal generator and biggest polluter, on Saturday a announced that it is to build a massive 250MW big battery in South Australia, with four hours of storage,...
View ArticleLong-duration storage firm Form Energy gets $70 million investment infusion
Reuters: Form Energy, a startup planning to make battery systems that can efficiently store wind and solar energy for long periods of time, recently landed its biggest batch of funding, its chief...
View ArticleXcel to convert 1,018MW Harrington coal plant in Texas to gas by 2025
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): Xcel Energy Inc. intends to convert its first coal-fired power plant in Texas — a 1,018-MW generating station — to run on natural gas, a plan in line with the...
View ArticleRenewable energy brightens outlook for RWE, EDF
Greentech Media: Two of Europe’s major utilities have demonstrated the signs of a post-coronavirus lockdown recovery, highlighted by growing renewables capacities. EDF and RWE both reported their Q3...
View ArticleOrigin Energy planning 300MW solar, 30MW storage project in South Australia
Renew Economy: Origin Energy has submitted plans to build a two-stage, 300MW solar and battery storage project near Morgan in the Riverland Region of South Australia. In an application to the State...
View ArticleIEEFA U.S.: Coal plants close as renewable energy construction rises
Joe Biden’s win in the U.S. presidential election has sparked thousands of words about coming changes to the electric utility sector; the reality is that the marketplace is already quickly pushing...
View ArticleSoutheast utilities cancel Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Dominion also selling gas...
Bloomberg: One of the largest utilities in America is starting to turn its back on natural gas. Dominion Energy said Sunday that it’s selling substantially all of its natural gas pipeline and storage...
View ArticleS&P: U.S. utility-scale solar installations surged in first quarter to almost...
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): Utility-scale solar installations in the U.S. totaled 1,962 MW of new capacity in the first quarter of 2020, which was 65.5% higher than the total installed in...
View ArticleGas pipeline setbacks pushing U.S. utilities to embrace renewables, analysts say
Greentech Media: Legal challenges halted several major pipeline projects across the U.S. in recent days, underscoring a seismic shift facing the U.S. utility industry: the rise of renewables as a...
View ArticleEIA: 2020 U.S. coal production will fall to 501 million tons, 29% drop from 2019
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): The U.S. Energy Information Administration once again lowered its projections for 2020 coal production, foreseeing a 29% drop in output compared to the prior...
View ArticlePacifiCorp issues RFP for 4,338MW of new renewable energy, battery storage...
KIFI/KIDK: PacifiCorp, the parent company of Rocky Mountain Power, has issued what it calls the largest request for proposals for renewable energy projects in company history. The company is looking...
View ArticleDuke’s Florida utility looks to add 750MW of new solar in the state by 2024
WLRN: Four months after Florida Power & Light received approval for a similar program, Duke Energy Florida is asking regulators to sign off on a $1 billion plan that would add 10 solar-power plants...
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