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FERC Takes on Long-Term Planning with Historic Transmission Rule

May 17, 2024 admin clean power, electricity transmission, energy efficiency, ferc, grid, policy research, press releases, research, transmission

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 00:52:26 +0000

FERC acted today to ensure the transmission grid can meet the nation’s growing demand for reliable electricity with a new rule that outlines how to plan and pay for facilities that regions of the country will need to keep the lights on and power the American economy through the 21st … [continued]

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HVDC, Reconductoring, & Smart Balls Supercharge Grids

May 13, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, electricity transmission, events, green economy, green jobs, grid, hvdc transmission, India, india solar power, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, renewable energy, Smart Grid, transmission

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 18:47:44 +0000

Under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum, the think tank founded as an umbrella organization over India’s 28 state utilities to provide thought leadership, share leading practices, and bring international insights to India, I’m delivering bi-weekly webinars framed by the Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. With the … [continued]

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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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