How a battery shortage is hampering the U.S. switch to wind, solar power U.S. renewable energy developers have delayed or scrapped several big battery projects meant to store electrical power on the grid in recent months, scuttling plans to replace fossil fuels with wind and solar energy. At least a dozen storage projects meant to … Continue reading How a battery shortage is hampering the U.S. switch to wind, solar power→
American Electric Power moves to buy 1GW in US southwest wind and solar in $2.2bn swoop Developer American Electric Power (AEP) is seeking approval from regulators in US states of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas to buy a trio of renewable energy projects totalling just under 1GW of capacity, including one of the largest PV arrays … Continue reading American Electric Power moves to buy 1GW in US southwest wind and solar in $2.2bn swoop→
Company gets OK for $253 million wind farm, energy storage in central Montana RAPELJE — The homes are few and far between on the high plains that sweep between Rapelje and Reed Point. Though remote, the area is poised to mark a first in Montana: a place where the power of wind will be stored. … Continue reading Company gets OK for $253 million wind farm, energy storage in central Montana→
Orsted Plans Wind Farm in Kansas Ørsted’s board of directors has taken a final investment decision (FID) on the Sunflower Wind development in Kansas. The 201 MW wind farm will be located in Marion County in mid-Kansas. It will become Ørsted’s fourth onshore wind farm in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) energy market. The project … Continue reading #Orsted Plans Wind Farm in #Kansas→
CAISO sets wind peak record; solar curtailments rise on surge of wind generation The California Independent System Operator set a new wind generation peak of 6.178 MW, topping the previous record by 7.4%, the grid operator recently announced in its February Key Statistics Report. The record was reached at 12:56 pm Feb. 15, surpassing the … Continue reading CAISO sets wind peak record; solar curtailments rise on surge of wind generation→
New Jersey Receives 80 Offshore Wind Transmission Proposals This is according to the latest press release from NJBPU, which announced on 27 January that, together with PJM, it had filed for approval of a State Agreement Approach (SAA) to implement New Jersey’s offshore wind transmission grid solicitation from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The … Continue reading #New_Jersey Receives 80 Offshore Wind Transmission Proposals→
New Jersey Advances Offshore Wind Transmission Proposal at FERC The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) and PJM Interconnection (PJM) announced, they filed for approval of an Agreement to implement New Jersey’s groundbreaking offshore wind transmission grid solicitation from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The Agreement, known as the State Agreement Approach (SAA), … Continue reading #New_Jersey Advances Offshore Wind Transmission Proposal at FERC→
Rule change means boost for NJ’s green-power plans For the past few years, New Jersey officials feared that policies set by the operator of the nation’s largest power grid and a federal agency would undermine the state’s clean-energy goals and boost costs to utility customers. Those concerns appear to have been wiped away, at least … Continue reading Rule change means boost for #NJ ’s green-power plans→