Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2024 20:00:29 +0000
Biggest solar power plant in the US to showcase new coal-killing long duration iron-air energy storage technology.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 15:37:24 +0000
A Colorado electric cooperative said it has joined with energy integrator Ameresco on a battery energy storage system (BESS) project that will serve customers along the state’s northern Front Range. […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 21:30:43 +0000
At the end of last month, a Colorado news channel ran a story about a bunch of customers who felt wronged by their utility company. The whole thing started when a record heat wave hit the state, straining the power grid with all of the unusual load from air conditioning. Some people were doing their […]
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 16:35:59 +0000
The city of Amarillo, Texas, is polishing its green cred with new, mobile kinetic energy storage technology from the firm Ecolution Power Company
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 23:55:08 +0000
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FirstEnergy Solutions (FES), Xcel Energy, and Arizona Public Service (APS) will demonstrate hydrogen production at three nuclear plants they own starting in 2020 and 2021. The projects, selected as part of the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Nuclear Energy’s Advanced Reactor Development Project funding pathway, aim to improve long-term competitiveness of the nuclear sector […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 14:37:33 +0000
Adding carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) to two Xcel coal units in Colorado that are slated to be retired by 2025 would push up the cost of power if compared with replacement with wind/storage hybrids. But CCUS, which generates revenues, would still work out to be cheaper than other alternatives mandated under the company’s […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2018 23:51:03 +0000
Xcel Energy has announced its plan to move to 100% carbon-free power generation by 2050, with the utility also saying it will reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2030, from 2005 levels. Xcel, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, serves customers in eight states and over the past two years has announced a significant number of renewable […]
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Read moreXcel Energy on September 12 launched a drone to inspect electric power lines near Fort St. Vrain Generating Station in Platteville, Colorado—marking the first flight by a U.S. utility beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) during ongoing inspections. Xcel on Wednesday launched a 35-pound drone that is equipped with two cameras, as local, state, and federal […]
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