Who wants more power? Not NRG, says spurned partner NRG Energy needed to generate more electricity for its customers in Texas, so it struck a deal five years ago to buy a natural gas power plant in Mississippi, haul the pieces to Bacliff in Galveston County and reassemble it. But by the time the plant … Continue reading Who wants more power? Not #NRG, says spurned partner
Minnesota adjusts solar incentives to cover more commercial projects The state’s solar industry thinks the change could spur new development and maybe attract out-of-state companies. Minnesota solar industry leaders are hopeful recent changes to two utility incentive programs will bring new commercial development to the state. State lawmakers doubled the size limit for Xcel Energy’s … Continue reading #Minnesota adjusts solar incentives to cover more commercial projects
Energy storage takes the grid by storm at the EIA conference, part 2 Part 2 looks at presentations by Fluence and NREL, which outline the market opportunities present both today and in the future. This article is the second part of a 2-article series on the growing role of energy storage as illustrated by presentations … Continue reading Energy storage takes the grid by storm at the EIA conference, part 2
Energy storage takes the grid by storm at the EIA conference, part 1 Presentations by Duke Energy, NREL, Fluence, GE and the EIA itself showed that energy storage is becoming a fact on the ground. At various points every month, every quarter and every year we look forward to the data releases of the US … Continue reading Energy storage takes the grid by storm at the EIA conference, part 1
Gates, Bezos jump into storage via Breakthrough Energy VC fund Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), the $1 billion venture capital fund led by Bill Gates, has chosen two energy storage startups as two of its initial investments. BEV, along with Evok Innovations, has committed $6.4 million to Quidnet Energy, which is developing a technology that pumps … Continue reading #Gates, #Bezos jump into storage via #Breakthrough_Energy VC fund
Judge given Sierra Club’s settlement with Talen over Brunner Island power plant A federal judge is considering a settlement between environmental advocate Sierra Club and Talen Energy over the company’s Brunner Island power plant in York County at which it has agreed to end coal burning. SCRANTON — A federal judge is considering a settlement … Continue reading Judge given Sierra Club’s settlement with #Talen over #Brunner_Island power plant
Report Shows Solar and Wind Prices Have Dropped in the US Power purchase agreement (PPA) prices in the United States have dropped consistently with the median prices down by $1.5 per MWh across all projects, at least according to a new report by LevelTen Energy. The outlet observed three critical components: data, transparency and education–as … Continue reading Report Shows Solar and Wind Prices Have Dropped in the US
ISO-NE implements ‘pay-for-performance’ capacity market incentives As of June 1 the ISO New England has integrated new “pay-for-performance” (PFP) incentives into its forward capacity market, designed to address rising generator outage rates which have left some power plants unavailable during critical times. The grid operator will use a system of incentives and fees designed to … Continue reading ISO-NE implements ‘pay-for-performance’ capacity market incentives
Massive FERC Flop For Plan To Save Coal & Nuclear Power Plants The Trump Administration has devised a new plan for saving the nation’s aging fleet of coal and nuclear power plants, but so far it has been going over like a lead balloon. At a Senate hearing yesterday, all five members of the Federal … Continue reading Massive FERC Flop For Plan To Save Coal & Nuclear Power Plants
Responding to Retail Power Marketer Growth Trends Looking back at recent signs that retail switching has been leveling off; looking forward to how municipal, cooperative and investor-owned utilities will be responding to the growth of retail power marketers Peter Arvan Manos | Jun 14, 2018 In this column back in October 2016, I highlighted how … Continue reading Responding to Retail Power Marketer Growth Trends
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