Month: January 2022

BloombergNEF: Corporate clean energy purchases topped 30 GW in 2021

Corporations bought a record 31.1 GW of clean energy through power purchase agreements (PPAs) in 2021, up nearly 24% from the previous year’s record of 25.1 GW. That’s according to research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). The flurry of activity was driven by the U.S., where two-thirds of the procurements occurred. In total, American corporations procured 17 …

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New hydropower awards announced from Niagara Power Project

New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the New York Power Authority (NYPA) Board of Trustees has approved economic development awards to three companies that will create 79 new jobs and spur nearly $46 million in capital investments. The NYPA board awarded two Erie County businesses with low-cost hydropower allocations — generated at NYPA’s Niagara …

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Entergy to weigh renewable energy options to power LNG export facility expansion

Sempra Infrastructure signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Entergy Louisiana to develop renewable energy to power Sempra Infrastructure’s facilities in the state, including the Cameron LNG liquefied natural gas export facility.  Entergy said that a proposed expansion of the export facility could represent additional renewable energy capacity of around 900 MW. Under terms of …

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TransAlta plans 180MW/360MWh battery energy storage project

TransAlta asked Alberta regulators for approval to build a 180 MW/360 MWh battery energy storage system on land that is part of the Ghost Hydro-electric facility near Cochrane, Alberta. The utility said it plans a two-phase approach to construction with Phase 1 constructed, energized and tested by the end of 2023, prior to the construction …

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Xcel asked to upgrade solar interconnection process

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission said January 20 that it would require Xcel Energy to implement new ways to review solar projects applying to connect to the grid while continuing to maintain reliability and safety standards. As part of the Commission’s decision, Xcel will pilot group application reviews, roll out a customer cost sharing proposal …

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NEM 3.0 will cut California’s residential solar market in half, WoodMac says

Consulting firm Wood Mackenzie released analysis saying California’s newly proposed net metering tariffs would cut the state’s residential solar market in half by 2024. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) proposal, known as NEM 3.0, would reduce payments granted to rooftop solar customers for the excess power they generate, which is known as net metering. The …

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Vistra releases Moss Landing incident findings

A malfunctioning heat suppression system caused the incident that damaged Vistra Corp.’s Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in California, according to investigative findings released by the company. Moss Landing Phase I (300 MW/1,200 MWh) has been offline since the September 4, 2021 incident. Responding emergency crews that day found scorched battery racks and melted wires. …

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PG&E proposes 6.4 GWh battery energy storage plan to California regulators

California’s Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) is proposing to add nearly 1,600 MW/6,400 MWh of battery energy storage across nine projects in the state. The energy storage projects would come online between 2023 and 2026, coinciding with the expected retirements of gas plants in southern California and PG&E’s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. Like other …

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Amp Energy to develop 800 MWh of battery storage capacity

Renewable energy developer Amp Energy said that it will develop two 400 MW grid-connected battery storage facilities with 800 MWh of capacity in central Scotland. The Scottish Green Battery Complex could enter service in April 2024 and would be one of the largest such facilities in Europe. Plans call for the batteries to store and dispatch renewable energy …

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NREL to probe wind turbine wakes in bid to improve designs and efficiency

Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will launch an international, multi-institutional wind energy field campaign called the American WAKE experimeNt (AWAKEN). Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office, the study is intended to amass a dataset on wind energy atmospheric phenomenon, including wakes, that can cost the average wind …

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