Can ERCOT show the way to faster and cheaper grid interconnection?

With the "connect and manage" process, which doesn’t require network upgrades, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas brought 14.2 GW online in the last two years, more than any other grid operator.

By Ethan Howland • Nov. 27, 2023

Green hydrogen: understanding the innovation and policy landscape

You can create hydrogen via renewable-powered electrolysis, making it clean from the start. So what’s the problem?

Nov. 27, 2023

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Sustainability

Companies are pursuing increasingly ambitous sustainability goals around clean energy, but integrating rising amounts of renewables, minimizing environmental impacts, and achieving carbon reduction targets can be challenging.

By Utility Dive staff

Michigan governor expected to sign clean energy bill that includes incineration

A suite of clean energy bills would transition the state to clean energy by 2040. It counts an existing WTE facility in Kent County as clean while also supporting the use of landfill gas systems and anaerobic digestion.

By Jacob Wallace • Nov. 22, 2023

Equinor-BP’s 2.1-GW offshore Empire Wind project receives federal approval

The U.S. offshore wind industry remains financially troubled, but industry groups are hopeful about recent moves forward for major projects.

By Diana DiGangi • Nov. 22, 2023

The Southeast Energy Exchange Market launched a year ago. It still isn’t delivering on its promises.

Over the past year, SEEM’s poor performance has proven its critics right and demonstrated that the energy trading platform is in dire need of a substantial overhaul if it is to be either lawful or beneficial.

By Nick Guidi and Chris Carmody • Nov. 22, 2023

Ørsted, Eversource install New York’s first offshore wind turbine

This is the first of 12 turbines for the 130-MW South Fork Wind project. The state expects all of them will be installed by early 2024.

By Diana DiGangi • Nov. 21, 2023

Fossil fuel makes up 1% of Colorado generation in 2040 under least-cost approach: state study

The study will be used as part of legislative talks next year on expanding Colorado’s clean energy goals beyond its 80% carbon emissions reduction target for 2030.

By Ethan Howland • Nov. 21, 2023

DOE grants aim to expand clean energy workforce, enhance building efficiency

The $40 million-plus funding will add new building training and assessment centers and industrial assessment centers, which provide technical assistance to commercial and institutional buildings and some manufacturers. 

By Joe Burns • Nov. 20, 2023

Proposed IRA guidance offers some clarity for offshore wind, battery industries

The Treasury Department proposal aims to more clearly define energy storage technology and clarify what parts of an offshore wind project are eligible for the investment tax credit.

By Diana DiGangi • Nov. 20, 2023

Navigating the trends of 2024: Automation, AI, and the role of sheep in project success

As we approach 2024, developers and innovators can’t help but wonder what new technology and trends will enter the renewable energy arena in the coming year.

Nov. 20, 2023

More powerful, resilient and versatile: The next generation of solar tech is emerging

“This is a great time to be involved with solar technology,” said Chris Deline, head of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s photovoltaic field performance group.

By Diana DiGangi • Nov. 16, 2023

DOE proposes easing environmental reviews for certain storage, solar, transmission projects

The proposed “categorical exclusions” would speed project reviews, the Department of Energy said Thursday.

By Ethan Howland • Nov. 16, 2023

Biogas more cost-effective than solar to power new green hydrogen facility: H2B2

The company will use both solar and biogas to power its SoHyCal facility but says that state incentives make biogas the more cost-effective source for powering the electrolysis process.

By Emma Penrod • Nov. 16, 2023

7 lessons for Rocky Mountain Power and its partners from virtual power plant pioneer Soleil Lofts

The apartment complex in Herriman, Utah — a collaboration among Rocky Mountain Power, sonnen and the Wasatch Energy Group — is powered by 5 MW of solar panels and has a battery in each of its 600 units.

By Patrick Cooley • Nov. 15, 2023

Taking Charge: ‘Ocean drones’ can address offshore wind’s labor pains: OPT CEO

“If you look at what happened 10 years ago with aerial drones, I think uncrewed surface vehicles are now at a similar stage of their evolution,” said Philipp Stratmann, CEO of Ocean Power Technologies.

By Diana DiGangi • Nov. 15, 2023

Clean energy manufacturing is on the rise in New York

The state has established multiple funding programs to entice sustainable production and development, bringing wind energy companies, heat pump manufacturers and others to the area. 

By Sakshi Udavant • Nov. 14, 2023

All hands on deck needed to build IRA-driven infrastructure, federal officials say

“By 2035 alone we're going to need to add about 75,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines,” said Jesse Jenkins, head of the ZERO Lab at Princeton University.

By Diana DiGangi • Nov. 14, 2023

Duke Energy initiates first test of end-to-end green hydrogen system at its DeBary power plant

The company’s interest in green hydrogen comes from a fuel diversity perspective, but it also sees promise in the fuel's ability serve as seasonal energy storage.

By Emma Penrod • Nov. 14, 2023

Despite rising prices, market faces a glut of renewable energy projects, analysts say

The enormous number of renewable energy projects in queues around the country suggests the vast majority will never be built, according to Ascend Analytics.

By Emma Penrod • Nov. 10, 2023

Solar likely to outpace hydropower’s annual generation in 2024: EIA

From 2009 to 2022, installed solar capacity increased at an average rate of 44% per year, said the Energy Information Administration.

By Diana DiGangi • Nov. 9, 2023

DOE taps Sunnova, Sunrun, others, to receive $440M for rooftop solar and batteries in Puerto Rico

Eight companies and nonprofits will install solar and battery systems for low-income households and those where a resident has an energy-dependent disability.

By Diana DiGangi • Nov. 8, 2023

Kentucky PSC partly approves PPL’s $2.1B plan to retire coal, add gas, solar and storage

The commission approved a 125 MW/500 MWh battery energy storage facility, which it said will give LG&E/KU insight into operating and integrating large-scale storage to meet customer demand.

By Ethan Howland • Nov. 8, 2023

Google taps ‘carbon-intelligent’ computing platform to help maintain grid reliability in power crises

The platform, originally built to help Google achieve 24/7 clean energy use, has proven to be effective as a demand response mechanism, Google says.

By Emma Penrod • Nov. 7, 2023

Dominion lowers cost estimates for power from offshore wind farm, seeks possible partner

The utility will decide by early 2024 whether or not to take on a partner for its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, said CEO Bob Blue.

By Diana DiGangi • Nov. 6, 2023

Duke, others leverage new IRA rules to finance clean energy, but cost, complexity are hurdles

New tax credit provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act could more than triple the $20 billion annual tax equity market that today finances clean energy in the U.S., if various challenges can be overcome.

By Herman K. Trabish • Nov. 6, 2023