Renewables

Alabama Power gets green light to cut payments to third-party energy producers

Critics said the changes — which include new costs to connect to their grid — could stifle solar power development in the state.

Geothermal east of the Rockies? Meta and Sage team up to feed data centers

Sage Geosystems will supply Meta with up to 150 MW of new geothermal baseload power to support the former Facebook’s data cener growth.

EDF Renewables and Innergex have been awarded leases for wind projects, adding to New Mexico’s portfolio as SunZia Transmission is built.

LS Power to invest in conventional and renewable generation

Fund V will invest in power and energy infrastructure assets, platforms and companies, LS Power said.

CPV to build third wind project at former coal mine

The project is part of the company’s 10 GW pipeline of renewable and dispatchable generation projects, including utility-scale power generation with carbon capture.

Former critics start to coalesce around Duke Energy’s plans for more gas, solar in N.C.

The state’s ratepayer advocate, Walmart, and clean energy developers say the incremental progress proposed in Duke’s plan is enough for now, though advocates still have objections.

South Carolina considers its energy future through state Senate committee

The South Carolina Senate put the brakes a massive 80-plus page energy overhaul bill that passed the House in March in less than six weeks, and the bill died at the end of the session.

Power players Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are rapidly expanding renewable portfolios to offset a data center-driven increase in energy use.

Renewables

The South Carolina Senate put the brakes a massive 80-plus page energy overhaul bill that passed the House in March in less than six weeks, and the bill died…

Power players Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are rapidly expanding renewable portfolios to offset a data center-driven increase in energy use….

Vineyard Wind says it is resuming construction

The blade incident at Vineyard Wind, a joint venture of Avangrid and Vineyard Offshore, has been a major setback for the first industrial scale wind farm in the…

EIA projects 42.6 GW of new capacity additions in the U.S. during second half of 2024

Led by solar and battery storage, the U.S. could add 62.8 GW of utility-scale generating capacity in all of 2024. …

ERCOT could get its first geothermal project

Sage Geosystems has entered into a land use agreement with San Miguel Electric Cooperative for a 3 MW geothermal facility….

Sometimes it blows in April: Wind surpasses coal-fired generation

For the first time in nearly a year, U.S. wind generation has ecliped coal-fired generation, setting a new record in the month of April….

Vermont utility agrees to purchase more than 54 GWh of hydropower in Connecticut

FirstLight’s Shepaug Generating Station is Connecticut’s largest hydroelectric generation station and is also the second largest source of carbon-free electri…

Algonquin Power & Utilities selling renewable business for up to $2.5B

The company aims to sell its renewables business to a wholly-owned subsidiary of LS Power for total consideration of up to $2.5 billion. …

Georgia Power celebrates plant workers, promotes job opportunities

The utility is celebrating Generation Appreciation Month, a time to recognize its more than 1,100 generation team members….

AES Indiana to repower coal units to natural gas, add solar and storage

The utility aims to be the first in Indiana to exit coal….

The US hydropower supply chain is struggling. Here’s how it might recover

A new report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) paints a broad picture of the U.S.’s domestic hydropower supply chain and provides recommendat…

Firming capacity in a changing energy landscape

Firming generation in the face of changing power demands requires strategic planning, with compressor stations, dual fuel systems, LNG peak shavers and hydroge…