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The California Energy Commission on July 10 adopted a comprehensive strategic plan that will guide the development of offshore wind energy. The plan outlines analysis and strategies to deploy floating turbines off the state’s central and northern coasts with a planning goal of 25,000 megawatts of
Platte River Power Authority and Qcells USA Corp. broke ground on northern Colorado’s largest solar generation project on July 10.
A newly released assessment ranks the feasibility of converting 245 operational coal power plants in the U.S. into advanced nuclear reactors. The study was done by University of Michigan researchers.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently accepted the second phase of ISO New England’s longer term transmission planning tariff changes. The changes create a new process that will operate in addition to current transmission planning protocols.
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-DE) and twelve other Democratic senators have written to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urging her to reconsider the “overly stringent” three-pillars approach taken in proposed requirements for the Code Section 45V Credit for Production of Clean Hydrogen (Section 45V Credit).
The House Committee on Appropriations recently approved a $4.025 billion appropriation for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, as part of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2025.
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Connected Communities initiative is funding up to $2 million for six pilot projects that provide STEM education and workforce development training, increase connectedness, lower energy costs, deliver environmental benefits and increase community resiliency.
The Guam Power Authority was awarded nearly $916,885 from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity Underserved and Indigenous Community Microgrids Grant.
Nebraska public power utility Omaha Public Power District on July 11 held a ribbon cutting for its first utility-scale solar project, the Platteview Solar facility in Yutan, Neb. The 81-megawatt facility began generating electricity May 1, 2024. OPPD held a local community gathering with the
Westrafo recently announced plans to open a transformer production facility in Trotwood, Ohio.