America Steps Forward To Expand Nuclear Power After hemming and hawing for decades, the United States USM is taking some big steps in developing advanced nuclear reactor technologies. Last week, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) selected two teams – one led by TerraPower in partnership with GE Hitachi, and one led by X-energy … Continue reading America Steps Forward To Expand Nuclear Power
Where This Election Will (And Won’t) Matter For Utilities Elections always have consequences. They’re just rarely what investors think they will be—and almost never what’s declared beforehand in popular investment media. In a typical voting year, few industries would face higher stakes than regulated utilities. But this November, power, heating, communications and water companies actually … Continue reading Where This Election Will (And Won’t) Matter For Utilities
What’s on the Energy Storage Market Beside Lithium-Ion Batteries? Pt 1 In this first part of a series of articles from IDTechEx, an overview of the flow batteries characteristics is provided, extrapolated from IDTechEx’s recent report “Redox Flow Battery 2020-2030: Forecast, Challenges, Opportunities”. While Li-ion batteries are dominating the stationary energy storage sector, a growing … Continue reading What’s on the Energy Storage Market Beside Lithium-Ion Batteries?
New research shows U.S. solar installations increased 3,000% in one decade In 2019, the United States produced 30-times more solar power and more than triple the amount of wind energy than it did in 2010, according to a new report from Environment America Research & Policy Center. The project, “Renewables on the Rise 2020,” documents … Continue reading New research shows U.S. solar installations increased 3,000% in one decade
FTR contract volume and value up slightly with mild temps, robust wind output Houston — Financial transmission rights auctioned in September for use in October were collectively up slightly in contract volume and value in comparison with a year earlier, possibly in anticipation of milder temperatures and stronger wind output hitting transmission constraints. October FTR … Continue reading FTR contract volume and value up slightly with mild temps, robust wind output
Most N.E. governors want the power grid to change (guess which one doesn’t?) Governors of five New England states have called for big changes in the regional electricity market, as well as the transmission planning process and how the New England power system operator is run. There are, of course, six New England states. No … Continue reading Most N.E. governors want the power grid to change (guess which one doesn’t?)
Demand Response Provider Asks Feds to Open States to Energy Market Competition Over the past half-decade, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has consistently won court battles upholding its authority over states to set the rules for how distributed energy resources can play in wholesale energy markets. Now FERC is being asked to put that authority … Continue reading Demand Response Provider Asks Feds to Open States to Energy Market Competition
Renewable energy and carbon capture in Mexico According to the 2019–2033 National Electric System Development Programme (PRODESEN 2019–2033), in 2018 renewable energy production in Mexico accounted for approximately 16.7 per cent of the total generation output countrywide (equal to 53,019GWh). Hydropower is still the main renewable energy resource (based on the fact that the Mexican … Continue reading Renewable energy and carbon capture in Mexico
Ameren Sets Goal of Net-Zero by 2050, Plots Major Wind and Solar Expansion in Midwest Ameren has joined the ranks of U.S. utilities pledging to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, with a long-range plan that invests nearly $8 billion in renewable energy and accelerates some coal plant closures — although it will retain much … Continue reading #Ameren Sets Goal of Net-Zero by 2050, Plots Major Wind and Solar Expansion in Midwest
Avangrid to acquire PNM Resources in $4.3B deal New Mexico woke up Wednesday morning to the jolting news that PNM Resources – the parent firm of Public Service Company of New Mexico – has reached an agreement to be acquired by Connecticut-based utility and renewable energy development company Avangrid for $4.3 billion. The deal, which … Continue reading #Avangrid to acquire #PNM Resources in $4.3B deal
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