Vistra considering 1,500MW/6,000MWh battery storage complex in California
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): An already groundbreaking year for battery storage in the United States gained further momentum with Vistra Corp.’s recently granted permit to expand an energy...
View ArticleIndiana utility looking for 1,300MW of renewables and battery storage to...
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Co. has issued a request for proposals for up to 1,300 MW of wind, solar and solar-plus-storage resources, as part of its plan...
View ArticleEIA: Coal plants ‘uneconomical in most regions’
Greentech Media: U.S. coal power generation plunged by 30 percent in the first half of 2020 off an already-depressed base, shoved out by natural gas and renewables amid low energy prices linked to the...
View ArticleAustralia’s AGL Energy planning to install 1,200MW of battery storage by 2024
Renew Economy: AGL Energy has set a goal of installing 1,200MW of new battery storage and demand response capacity by 2024, and is tying the bonuses for executives and senior management to hit growth...
View ArticleAustralia’s AGL Energy unveils plans for 500MW battery at Liddell coal plant
Renew Economy: AGL Energy has kick-started the transformation of the ageing Liddell coal-fired power station, lodging initial development documents for a new big battery of up to 500MW – more than...
View ArticleAustralia’s AGL Energy says battery storage can compete with gas peaker plants
Renew Economy: Plunging costs and improved performance could see big batteries start to compete with gas plants to provide peaking services, and it’s an opportunity at least one of Australia’s largest...
View ArticleRecord 25.3GW of windpower capacity under construction across U.S.—AWEA
Windpower Monthly: The US wind industry installed 2.5GW of new capacity in the second quarter of 2020, a record for Q2 additions, despite delays caused by the pandemic. The 2.5GW installed was more...
View ArticleU.S. utility executives hint at new round of coal plant retirements
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): U.S. coal producers are already in a tough spot, but the hints power generators dropped on second-quarter earnings calls suggest they may soon be announcing...
View ArticleIndia’s largest utility says additional coal imports unlikely this year due...
Argus: India’s state-controlled power utility NTPC is unlikely to seek any more imported coal during the current 2020-21 fiscal year ending 31 March. The move follows projections of weaker electricity...
View ArticleLS Power brings world’s largest battery storage project online in California
Greentech Media: Stealthy grid infrastructure developer LS Power now operates the largest grid battery in the world. The Gateway Energy Storage project launched earlier this summer, with an initial...
View ArticleCapital Dynamics, Tenaska join forces to develop 2GW of battery storage in...
PV Tech: Asset management firm Capital Dynamics has signed a deal with Nebraskan independent power producer Tenaska to develop nine battery energy storage system (BESS) projects located in California’s...
View ArticleJapanese utility JERA plans offshore wind project coupled with battery storage
OffshoreWind.biz: Japanese utility JERA has submitted the Planning Phase Environmental Impact Statement for an offshore wind project off Ishikari Bay in Japan. The planned offshore wind farm will be...
View ArticlePuerto Rico regulators back renewable energy transition, reject utility’s...
Greentech Media: The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority will be required to acquire thousands of megawatts of renewables and storage in the coming years, according to a Monday order from the island’s...
View ArticleIEEFA op-ed: Glenrock’s CO2 capture facility hopes are based on wishful thinking
Glenrock Energy wants to invest in a carbon dioxide (CO2) capture facility at PacifiCorp’s Dave Johnston Unit 4 coal plant in Converse County. The facility would inject CO2 captured from the coal plant...
View ArticleIEEFA U.S.: Abrupt shift to renewables at Indiana utility underscores a...
The speed of the utility industry’s embrace of renewable energy and its unwillingness to build costly new fossil fuel generation—gas or coal-fired—is occurring much faster than would have been thought...
View ArticleNew York’s ConEd pulling back on gas investments, saying they’re not the...
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): Consolidated Edison Inc. will no longer invest in long-haul natural gas pipelines and may sell its existing portfolio, the company said just days after outlining...
View ArticleCalifornia regulators approve 1.2GW of new battery storage capacity
Bloomberg: California approved one of the biggest installations of battery-based energy-storage systems in the U.S. as the state moves to add power resources to its grid after suffering from rolling...
View ArticleRenewable energy tops coal, nuclear for second spot in U.S. electricity...
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): Renewable generation further increased in the second quarter compared to the prior year, surpassing coal and nuclear generation and becoming the second-largest...
View ArticleFitch sees significant growth potential for green hydrogen in Asia-Pacific...
Asian Power: Amid increasing viability of the technology, government support and investor interests in several markets, substantial growth opportunities abound for the green hydrogen sector in Asia...
View ArticleNextEra Energy to add 700MW of battery storage at existing California solar...
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): NextEra Energy Resources LLC expects to place in service nearly 700 MW of fully contracted battery storage projects in California before the end of 2022, it said...
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