U.S. Power Heavyweights Unveil Hydrogen Power-to-Power Demonstration

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:27:40 +0000

The DeBary Solar Power Plant in Volusia County, Fla., began serving customers on May 14, 2020. The facility is 74.5 MW with 300,000 panels. Courtesy: Duke Energy

Duke Energy, GE Vernova, and Sargent and Lundy will team up on a pioneering project to demonstrate an end-to-end energy system that produces, stores, and combusts 100% renewable hydrogen at […]

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Enel Sells Entire U.S. Geothermal Power Portfolio to Ormat

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 19:37:14 +0000

Stilwater is a “triple hybrid power plant” located in Churchill County, Nevada, about 60 miles from Reno, Nevada. It consists of a 33 MW geothermal plant, a 26 MWdc photovoltaic solar plant, a 27 MWdc photovoltaic solar plant, and a 2 MW solar thermal plant. When it came online in 2009, it was one of the world’s first plants to combine the continuous generating capacity of medium enthalpy, binary cycle geothermal power with solar photovoltaic and solar thermal. Courtesy: Enel

Italian power and gas giant Enel Group has agreed to sell its entire geothermal power portfolio in the U.S., along with several small solar plants, to Ormat Technologies for $271 […]

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Cold Weather: How to Maintain Power Plant Readiness and Reliable Operation

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 22:02:00 +0000

Extreme temperature and weather events have become more prevalent in the past decade. The December 2022 Christmas freeze in the southeast U.S. saw many areas experiencing single-digit temperatures. The February […]

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Major Solar-Plus-Storage Project Online at Retired Gas-Fired Power Plant

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 22:40:30 +0000

A California-headquartered energy company announced the start of commercial operation of one of the nation’s largest solar-plus-storage hybrid power plants. Officials with Clearway Energy Group, along with California Gov. Gavin […]

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Energy in Transition—Where Are Investors Looking Next?

Credit to Author: Levi Zurbrugg| Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 21:16:26 +0000

Renewables are far from the primary power source in the U.S. No longer is the cost of renewable energy, particularly onshore wind and solar, the most substantial hurdle to the […]

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Five Key Transformations Required to Achieve Net-Zero in the U.S.

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 03:38:18 +0000

During President Biden’s first year in office, his administration published a document titled “The Long-Term Strategy of the United States: Pathways to Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050.” The document […]

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TVA, Origis Announce Three Solar-Plus-Storage Projects for Mississippi

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 18:27:55 +0000

A renewable energy development group said it has started work on the first of three planned solar-plus-storage projects in Mississippi that will serve both residential and industrial customers. Origis Energy, […]

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SRP Shifts from Traditional IRP to ‘Holistic’ Power Planning

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2023 15:37:50 +0000

Salt River Project (SRP) has become one of the first U.S. utilities to shift from an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) to an Integrated System Plan (ISP), a “holistic roadmap” that […]

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POWER Notebook: New Projects For Energy Storage, Community Solar, Electric Buses; Google Announces PPA

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2023 14:32:13 +0000

An Arizona utility plans to build a battery energy storage system (BESS) that will help it store more of the region’s abundant solar energy, enabling the power to be used […]

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Decommissioning Dilemmas: Navigating the End-of-Life Challenges in Clean Energy Sources

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2023 04:14:00 +0000

Planning, building, operating, or overhauling power plants has long been an emphasis in the power sector—and an important one, given that the creation of new power capacity plays an outsized role in

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