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The five-year joint development agreement is expected fo facilitate construction of new solar generation and energy storage projects.

NextEra wants to build offshore wind transmission for New York and New Jersey

A subsidiary of NextEra Energy has submitted transmission proposals to support the buildout of offshore wind projects in New York and New Jersey.

FPL tops PA Consulting’s annual ReliabilityOne awards as repeat champ

For the fifth time in six years, Florida Power & Light was ranked as the nation’s most reliable electric power utility by a major consulting firm. PA Consulting presented its annual ReliabilityOne top national award to FPL. The analyses by PA includes publicly available information on average interruption duration and frequency. “Florida Power & Light are industry leaders when it

NRC approves extending Peach Bottom nuclear units to 80 years

Two Pennsylvania nuclear power plants could live long enough to become octogenarians. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced Friday that it has approved Exelon Generation’s application extending the licensing for Peach Bottom Power Stations Units 2 and 3 another 20 years. The renewed licenses now expire in the 2050s, which will be 80 years after the two units became operational.

Santee Cooper execs make quiet hearing appearance on abandoned SC nuclear plant

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Two current executives of South Carolina’s state owned utility who remain part of a criminal investigation into the failure to finish two nuclear plants in the state showed up for a meeting Wednesday after senators demanded their appearance. Santee Cooper Senior Vice President of Nuclear Energy Michael Crosby and Marion Cherry, the utility’s on-site manager for

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Wind power generation in the U.S. is enjoying favorable winds. First, the cost of wind turbine installations has dropped by over one-third since 2010 as the capacity of turbines increased. Next, according to Lawrence Berkeley Labs, the average capacity of turbines installed is now 2.32MW, up more than 200% since the late 1990s. The upsizing is mainly due to a

Subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources and Entergy announced that construction has begun on a 100-MW utility-scale solar project in Arkansas. Work on the Chic…

Coal

Arizona utility Salt River Project continues to ramp down its carbon footprint by closing down a long-running coal-fired plant and positioning itself for more r…

Energy Storage

The advanced energy services wing of Italian-based Enel Group will install a 1-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) and companion battery storage system at the University…

New Projects – Renewables

The TVA wants public help in deciding whether it’s no or no-go on harnessing the sun at Yum Yum. The Tennessee Valley Authority is seeking public input on…

New Projects – Renewables

Eight Point will consist of 31 wind turbines on leased or purchased land across the towns of Greenwood and West Union….

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The Institute’s chairmanship rotates on an annual basis, and Crane succeeds Lynn J. Good, chairman, president, and CEO of Charlotte-based Duke Energy…

Nuclear

The facility is in Palo, Iowa, and was commissioned in 1975. It generates 615 MW with one boiling water reactor supplied by GE…

Emissions

The New Orleans-based utility, with units in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Arkansas, plans to cut its carbon emissions related to electricity output 50 perc…

Renewables

Once completed, it would be Entergy’s third utility-scale solar project in Arkansas and bring its total solar capacity to 281 MW, enough to power about …