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With Great Power Comes Great Possibility

April 30, 2024 admin clean power, electricity transmission, energy efficiency, lighting, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, SCIENCE, steel, transmission, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 23:23:44 +0000

Meet Three Teams Competing To Build Better Power Lines and Conductors To Supercharge Our Clean Energy Future Power lines—those high-flying cables that transmit electricity all over the country—are far from invisible. They sweep along roads, cut through yards to deliver energy to homes, and transmit power from sunny solar farms … [continued]

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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Transmission Permitting Rule & Latest Investments to Accelerate the Buildout of a Resilient, Reliable, Modernized Electric Grid

April 28, 2024 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, deb haaland, electricity transmission, grid, Joe Biden, policy & politics, transmission, Transmission Lines, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:00:17 +0000

DOE Announces New Federal Permitting Rule To Slash Transmission Review Timelines in Half While Maintaining Integrity of the Environmental Review Process, New $331 Million Investment to Add More Than 2,000 Megawatts Across the Western U.S. Grid WASHINGTON, D.C.— In a continued commitment to bolster the U.S. power grid, today the … [continued]

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U.S. DOE Reduces Regulatory Hurdles For Solar, Energy Storage, & Transmission Projects

April 28, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, electricity transmission, Energy Storage, hvdc transmission, Joe Biden, lithium-ion batteries, national environmental policy act (nepa), policy & politics, Solar energy, solar power plants, transmission, Transmission Lines, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 05:42:36 +0000

Revisions to DOE’s Environmental Review Rule Will Cut Costs and Delays for Key Grid Resilience and Clean Energy Projects WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is amending DOE’s list of categories of projects which, because they typically do not have significant environmental impacts, qualify for the simplest … [continued]

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200 Clean Energy Companies Urge Congress to Pass Siting, Permitting, & Transmission Reform Before 2024 Election

April 22, 2024 admin aes, batteries, clean power, Congress, edf renewables, electricity transmission, Energy Storage, federal public lands, lithium-ion batteries, permitting, press releases, public lands, seia, Solar energy, solar energy industries association (seia), solar on public lands, solar permitting, solar power plants, transmission, us solar permitting

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 02:37:18 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. — [This week] nearly 200 solar and storage companies sent a letter to congressional leaders calling for legislation to improve permitting, project siting, transmission, and public lands access for solar and solar plus storage projects. Market forecasts show that a range of policy and economic outcomes will determine the volume … [continued]

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West Coast Offshore Wind Transmission Planning

January 17, 2024 admin clean power, electricity transmission, offshore wind energy, renewable energy transmission, transmission, Transmission Lines, us department of energy (doe), wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 12:00:46 +0000

Offshore wind (OSW) in the United States has the potential to play a critical role in transitioning the nation to … [continued]

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Nevada Clean Energy Transmission Projects Go Forward Thanks To Biden-Harris Admin

May 30, 2023 admin bureau of land management (blm), clean power, electricity transmission, geothermal energy, grid, Joe Biden, nevada, Solar energy, transmission, Transmission Lines

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 27 May 2023 03:01:20 +0000

Greenlink transmission lines would bring 8 GW of clean energy to Nevada communities

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Massive Texas-Sized Wind Energy Transmission Project To (Finally) Link NM, AZ

May 25, 2023 admin Arizona, clean power, electricity transmission, Energy, esg, green economy, NEW MEXICO, pattern energy group, policy & politics, power transmission lines, renewable energy, sunzia, texas, transmission, Transmission Lines, us department of energy (doe), usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 14:35:56 +0000

The massive new SunZia wind energy transmission line is closing in on the finish line, ESG or not.

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The Great Electricity Transmission Debate — How Much Is Enough?

May 25, 2023 admin clean power, electricity transmission, grid, jigar shah, policy & politics, Solar energy, transmission, Transmission Lines, us department of energy (doe), wind energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 20:42:29 +0000

Many people want to build new transmission lines for renewable energy like solar and wind. We dive into the issues, pro and con, on this matter.

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The Catharsis Of US Climate Action Legislation

May 16, 2023 admin carbon emissions, clean power, climate action, electricity transmission, policy & politics, power plant emissions, renewable energy, sheldon whitehouse, Smart Grid

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 12 May 2023 19:50:59 +0000

US agencies are meeting expectations to release a slew of rules aimed at tightening reporting and procedural requirements to reduce national emissions. Several have made the news over the last week.

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Grid Transmission Progress In The U.S.

April 4, 2023 admin clean power, electricity transmission, grid, Joe Biden, national grid, Smart Grid, Transmission Lines

Credit to Author: Otto Gunderson| Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 23:02:55 +0000

As the U.S. continues to see the highest levels of renewable energy investment in its history, the investment required to expand and improve the energy transmission grid will need to keep pace. This is happening through a combination of private investment and support by the Biden administration. Private companies such as National Grid are investing […]