Two U.S. offshore wind projects hit key milestones this week. Avangrid has powered up the first five turbines at its Vineyard Wind 1 project offshore New England, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) approved the Construction and Operations Plan for Equinor’s Empire Wind project.
ISO New England (ISO-NE) has published a breakdown of the amount of electricity produced by generators in New England and imported from other regions to satisfy all residential, commercial, and industrial customer demand from the power grid in 2023 – and total production for the year, known as net energy for load (NEL), amounted to 114,727 gigawatt-hours.
The utility is seeking wind resources that are within the MISO Local Resource Zone 1 with direct interconnections to the transmission system and the ability to enter commercial production in 2026 or 2027.
In its IRP, PGE forecasts a significant capacity need of 1136 MW in summer, 1004 MW in winter, and a significant energy need of 905 MWa (~2,500 MW nameplate) by 2030.
As a result of new solar projects coming online this year, the EIA forecasts that U.S. solar power generation will grow 75% from 163 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2023 to 286 billion kWh in 2025. The administration expects that wind power generation will grow 11% from 430 billion kWh in 2023 to 476 billion kWh in 2025.
As a result of new solar projects coming online this year, the EIA forecasts that U.S. solar power generation will grow 75% from 163 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh…
GE Vernova has signed a new equipment and long-term services agreement with Pattern Energy to supply 674 3.6-154 wind turbines providing more than 2.4 GW of po…
For decades, Sherco has been Minnesota’s largest power plant. Xcel Energy plans to retire Sherco’s remaining coal-fired units in 2026 and 2030, marking the …
In North Carolina, where companies can’t buy power from third parties, major electricity users are pressuring Duke Energy and state regulators to improve acce…
Utilities aren’t seen as bastions of innovation. But maybe no other entity is equipped to shoulder the risk of incubating the raft of emerging technologies des…
The EIA forecasts a 3% decrease in CO2 emissions from 2022 to 2023, with much of the decline resulting from lower electricity generation from coal-fired power p…
The utility NIPSCO says it needs new, dispatchable generation as it phases out coal plants and looks to rely more on intermittent wind and solar power….
