Utilities, Telcos in 5G Street Light Fight Big wireless network operators like AT&T and Verizon are hungrily eying your neighborhood street light as the perfect home for their 5G small cell transmitters. After all, those light poles already offer a reliable source of electricity, and they’re often located in just the right place to push … Continue reading Utilities, Telcos in 5G Street Light Fight
Maryland regulators urged to consider climate, grid benefits of energy storage The ideas for how to value storage came from members of the Maryland PSC’s Energy Storage Working Group, which includes representatives of Exelon Corp., Exelon subsidiaries Baltimore Gas & Electric and Pepco, the Energy Storage Association and wholesale electricity market operator PJM Interconnection. An … Continue reading #Maryland regulators urged to consider climate, grid benefits of energy storage
Siemens-Gamesa Bags Deal for Mammoth 2.64-GW Virginia Offshore Wind Project Dominion Energy’s proposed 2.64-GW Virginia Offshore Wind project—the world’s largest single offshore wind project proposed to date—will likely feature turbines supplied by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE). A Jan. 7-announced preferred supplier agreement signed by the two companies could give the wind turbine maker a … Continue reading #Siemens-Gamesa Bags Deal for Mammoth 2.64-GW #Virginia Offshore Wind Project
California Lawmakers Eye Back-Up Power for Cellphone Towers When the nation’s largest electric utility preemptively shut off power last fall to prevent wildfires in California, customers lost more than just their lights — some lost their phones, too. Data from the Federal Communications Commission shows 874 cellphone towers were offline during an Oct. 27 power … Continue reading #California Lawmakers Eye Back-Up Power for #Cellphone Towers
Google, NV Energy propose world’s largest corporate solar-plus-storage deal Includes 350 MW of solar and up to 280 MW of storage NV had 2,190 MW of solar, 690 MW of storage contracts approved in 2019 New York — Affiliates of Google and NV Energy agreed to power a new $600 million data center in Henderson, … Continue reading #Google, #NV_Energy propose world’s largest corporate solar – plus – storage deal
Can Pennsylvania’s electricity market become competitive again? Americans keep hearing bold claims about wind and solar power. Advocates say wind and solar are growing more affordable, and are cheaper than natural gas or coal. But much of that advantage actually comes from significant taxpayer support. And without such hefty subsidies, a different picture emerges. The … Continue reading Can #Pennsylvania ’s electricity market become competitive again?
CEO of power coordinator PJM under fire before job start The incoming chief executive of the largest U.S. power grid is getting flack even before he begins his new job Kallanish Energy learns. A consumer watchdog has accused Manu Asthana, who started as CEO of PJM Interconnection Jan. 1, of mismanagement at his previous employer, … Continue reading CEO of power coordinator PJM under fire before job start
Starwood Energy And Energy Management Inc. Close On Sale Of Lakehurst Solar To Con Edison Development GREENWICH, Conn., Jan. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — An investment affiliate of Starwood Energy Group Global, LLC (“Starwood”) and Energy Management, Inc. (“EMI”), announced today that it closed on the sale of Lakehurst Solar (“Lakehurst”) to Consolidated Edison Development, Inc. … Continue reading #Starwood_Energy And Energy Management Inc. Close On Sale Of Lakehurst Solar To #Con_Edison Development
Reduced coal generation drove power sector greenhouse emissions down 10% in 2019, report says Though carbon emissions from the power sector rose slightly in 2018, a continued trend of declining coal power led to improved results in 2019. Natural gas replaced the majority of the lost generating capacity from coal, adding around 40 million metric … Continue reading Reduced coal generation drove power sector greenhouse emissions down 10% in 2019, report says
PJM capacity market auction could be delayed another year, uncertainty persists New York — As PJM Interconnection market participants unpack the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s long-awaited capacity market order, it is looking increasingly likely that regulatory work will necessitate putting off base capacity auctions in the region for another year. Stakeholders and PJM indicated Wednesday … Continue reading PJM capacity market auction could be delayed another year, uncertainty persists
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