Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:07:39 +0000
The beleaguered Texas power grid could get some much-needed help from the proposed Southern Spirit transmission line, except for a monkey wrench thrown into the works by state legislators in Louisiana.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 17:39:42 +0000
An undersea power cable will transport solar energy from sunny Australia to Singapore, helping the island nation transition to carbon-free electricity.
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:57:21 +0000
Market Data Shows the Value of Transmission Remained High in Certain Locations Despite Overall Low Wholesale Electricity Prices In 2023 additional electricity transmission would have provided the most value for links that crossed between grid interconnection regions in the United States or crossed between system operator regions within the same … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Industry Sponsor| Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 02:42:37 +0000
If you can imagine a world without internet connectivity, life-saving medical equipment, clean water, food production, and transportation, you can imagine a world without an electric grid. The U.S. grid, a vast network of interconnected power lines and infrastructure, is an engineering marvel. Dating back to 1882, when Thomas Edison … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 13:59:50 +0000
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, commonly known as FERC, issued a sweeping new rule last week that does something so daring, so bold, and so eminently logical that it’s a wonder it didn’t happen sooner. The new rule requires local utilities and regional grid operators to do the unthinkable — … [continued]
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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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
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.