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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 […]

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DOE To Propose Efficient Transformer Rules

January 1, 2023 admin clean power, electricity transmission, energy efficiency, grid, Solar energy, u.s. department of energy

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 18:05:52 +0000

One of the big “gotchas” anti-EV people will try to pull in an argument is that power is lost as it’s transmitted through the grid. People who don’t understand the argument at all usually fail from the beginning, trying to include thermal losses at combustion power plants. This argument doesn’t apply to most renewables, and […]

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Now We All Have to Be Wind, Solar, & Transmission Builders

December 29, 2022 admin clean power, electricity transmission, grid, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2022 18:30:01 +0000

Part of NRDC’s Year-End Series Reviewing 2022 Climate & Clean Energy Developments With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the United States has an unprecedented opportunity to dramatically cut our greenhouse gas emissions. To deliver on the promise of the IRA, by 2030, we need to increase renewable energy deployment four-fold over today’s […]