Air Liquide targets growing demand for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles with new Las Vegas facility

Air Liquide believes hydrogen may offer advantages over electric vehicles in applications where downtime for charging can interfere with operations, but forklift manufacturer KION doesn't see the two technologies as competing.

By Emma Penrod • June 2, 2022

'Dramatic shift' in utility regulations, better pilot designs needed to propel energy transition, DOE report finds

Electric industry players call for innovations in the way regulators handle pilots of new utility and private sector technologies and system operations in a new Department of Energy paper.

By Herman K. Trabish • May 31, 2022

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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

Why sustainability requires thinking differently and holistically

Seizing opportunities to achieve sustainability objectives takes food retailers' time, resources and expertise.

May 31, 2022

Distributed wind could supply more than half of US electricity but needs policy support, NREL study finds

An analysis of U.S. land and wind resources indicates distributed wind energy could generate 1,400 GW, but the opportunity dwindles further into the future.

By Emma Penrod • May 24, 2022

Duke Energy, North Carolina solar installers reach agreement on net metering case

"Bridge" rates for customers with solar will give the utility and the solar industry more time to work out a new package of incentives for distributed energy customers, installers say.

By Emma Penrod • May 24, 2022

California solar, storage projects hit hard by Department of Commerce investigation, supply chain issues

The state could see roughly 7,500 MW of delayed or potentially canceled solar projects, as well as the storage capacity attached to them, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.

By Kavya Balaraman • May 23, 2022

85 House members add to Senate calls for an end to anti-circumvention solar investigation

The "present anti-circumvention inquiry threatens to completely derail the progress we have made" in decarbonization, according to a May 17 letter to President Joe Biden.

By Iulia Gheorghiu • May 19, 2022

Corporate clean energy procurement on track for another record year after adding 11 GW in 2021

While large corporations continue to dominate voluntary clean energy acquisitions, smaller businesses are getting involved in greater numbers, Clean Energy Buyers Association officials said Tuesday.

By Emma Penrod • May 18, 2022

Duke Energy proposes new solar, wind and nuclear, but environmentalists decry reliance on gas

Cutting emissions 70% by 2030 is possible, according to a proposal by Duke Energy, but may require some adjustments to the portfolios imagined by state law makers.

By Emma Penrod • May 17, 2022

Congress, stakeholders find consensus around hydropower license reform

Despite some disagreement on how to handle environmental aspects of hydropower license review, a broad group of lawmakers and stakeholders has found common ground on a package of proposed reforms.

By Emma Penrod • May 13, 2022

Duke Energy, TotalEnergies win North Carolina offshore wind leasing auction with $315M in total bids

The state aims to deploy 2.8 GW of offshore wind power by 2030, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management says the two lease areas could support at least 1.3 GW.

By Iulia Gheorghiu • May 12, 2022

Reliably hitting 85% clean electricity has huge implications for California — and the rest of the country

If the country's largest economy can hit its clean energy goals and retire more natural gas generation despite challenges like extreme weather and deployment bottlenecks, so can any other state, the author writes.

By Daniel Esposito • May 10, 2022

Interior department releases proposed auction details for California offshore wind development

The proposal includes more than 370,000 acres that could potentially offer more than 4.5 GW of offshore wind energy.

By Kavya Balaraman • Updated May 26, 2022

Investigation into solar tariffs could threaten the 2035 US clean energy goal, says DOE's Granholm

Rising energy prices were also a topic of discussion during a Senate committee hearing on the Biden administration's budget request for the agency.

By Robert Walton • May 6, 2022

Securing a better solar supply chain, one purchase at a time

A sustained demand signal for better solar would accelerate the expansion of solar manufacturing in lower-carbon economies, securing a more reliable module supply from multiple sources, the authors write.

By Michael Parr and Patricia Dillon • May 6, 2022

The fight for a national clean energy transmission system emerges on three fronts

DOE’s multi-part transmission study, FERC’s refocus on transmission planning, and macrogrid advocacy efforts could produce an interconnected nation ready for net zero electricity by 2035, industry, government and other experts say.

By Herman K. Trabish • May 3, 2022

Scaling hydrogen in North America will require policy support beyond infrastructure funding, panel says

The debate about how to ensure government funds will primarily support "green" hydrogen projects is growing comical as other technologies make advances, one analyst says.

By Emma Penrod • May 2, 2022

AEP's renewable buildout has flexibility to handle uncertainty in the solar market: CEO Akins

AEP is open to selling underperforming utilities that aren’t key to the energy transition, Akins told analysts Thursday.

By Ethan Howland • April 29, 2022

For the first time, US renewable energy output exceeds nuclear generation, EIA finds

The cost and safety advantages of solar power are expected to continue driving this trend despite federal programs to keep baseload nuclear plants online.

By Elizabeth McCarthy • April 28, 2022

Interior to kick off comment period on new offshore wind leasing areas in mid-Atlantic, Pacific

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management seeks public input on six areas stretching from the coast of North Carolina to Delaware, and two areas off the coast of Oregon.

By Iulia Gheorghiu • April 28, 2022

Market 'in a state of panic' due to tariff case, interconnection delays: solar developers

Developers expressed limited optimism for quickly resolving the solar market shortages triggered by challenges like extended interconnection queues and the Department of Commerce investigation.

By Emma Penrod • April 28, 2022

Looking to start a hydrogen hub in your state? Here’s what experts say it’s going to take

As the competition for $8 billion in federal hydrogen funding heats up, having a plan to produce hydrogen may be the least important factor in securing a regional "hub" designation.

By Emma Penrod • April 26, 2022

Texas hydrogen 'proto-hub' leads the US in technical potential for DOE-funded regional hubs: GTI

The Houston-based pilot, run by a partnership that includes the Gas Technology Institute, has grown to include several applications of the technology, including energy storage and fuel cell deployment, in its first two years.

By Iulia Gheorghiu • April 25, 2022

6 myths about power plant controllers

Have you fallen victim to one of the myths surrounding renewable power plant controllers?

April 25, 2022

AMI offers improved safety in natural gas and beyond

Increasing its operational presence, AMI has the power to save lives in the communities you serve.

By Ron Lazarus, COO of New Cosmos USA, Inc/DeNova Detect • April 25, 2022