Credit to Author: Emily Newton| Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2023 12:56:25 +0000
In February 2021, more than 4 million people lost power for days on end throughout Texas. The now-infamous outage resulted from extreme winter weather the state’s power grid wasn’t prepared […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jane Marsh| Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2023 12:55:59 +0000
Coal, oil, and natural gas have a long history as the world’s primary energy sources. Many communities have sprung up around mines and drilling sites, and generations of people have […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 22:39:34 +0000
Two companies supporting different technologies in the energy sector have formed a joint venture to develop an industrial park in Virginia that could feature data centers powered by hydrogen gas […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 14:44:33 +0000
Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) said the company’s new 1.2-GW Three Rivers Energy Center in Illinois has entered commercial operation. The natural gas-fired facility, built in collaboration with GE Vernova’s Gas […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Doron Frenkel| Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 17:10:47 +0000
Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is proceeding faster than anticipated even a year ago. Recent projections say EVs could account for 30 to 42 million light-duty vehicles on U.S. roads in […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:02:31 +0000
California has long been a leader in the U.S. solar industry, largely due to lucrative financial incentives encouraging adoption. Recently, the California Public Utilities Commission announced it will not be […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:03:02 +0000
American Electric Power (AEP), one of the nation’s largest power producers, has completed the sale of its 1,365-MW unregulated contracted renewables portfolio to an Invenergy-led consortium. IRG Acquisition Holdings (IRGAH)—a […]
The post AEP Sells 1.4-GW Unregulated Contracted Renewables Portfolio to Invenergy-Led Consortium appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Read moreCredit to Author: Chad Hall| Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 02:05:32 +0000
New global renewable energy deployments are set to increase by more than 440 GW by the end of 2023, the largest increase to date. To put that into perspective, a power […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steffen Halscheidt| Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 02:05:15 +0000
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies have long been seen as a tool to tackle climate chaos, but the potential was largely theoretical. Two projects at Sleipner and Snohvit off the […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 13:29:19 +0000
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on July 28 issued a landmark order that reforms the generator interconnection process. The order is in response to a clear need for nationwide […]
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