Critics have sounded the alarm to halt pipeline near Indian Point nuclear plant. Controversy dogs the Algonquin Incremental Market Project nearly six months after construction began.
Officials of both the buyer and seller are mum about the construction required to restore to full operation Exxon Mobil Corp.'s Torrance, Calif., oil refinery, which lost 80% of its capacity in a February 2015 explosion.
The energy market last year fell as if swallowed by a Florida sinkhole, and a report from Moody’s Investor Service says the oil and gas price outlook will remain negative until well into 2016.
Studies have resumed for the $5.6-billion Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project in Alaska, following clarification in July of an executive order by Gov. Bill Walker (D) limiting government spending.
California Energy Commission Two Chevrolet EVs, a Volt (foreground) and Spark, charge up at a Level 2 station on campus at Cal State Fresno. Related Links: Plug-In Car Infrastructure Gives Training a Big Charge Tomorrow's Energy Grid A late July solicitation for proposals issued by the California Energy Commission will help complete the state’s portion of the West Coast Electric Highway from the Oregon border to Baja California.By 2020, up to 1 million zero-emission vehicles will be able to travel the entire length of the state on electricity from fast-charging stations including those to be installed on nine highway corridors
Photo Courtesy of Xcel Energy Solar panels sited near substations will avoid generation losses. Related Links: Minnesota Law Judge Favors Solar Over Gas In PUC Opinion U.S. Renewables Sector Soars, With Help From Tax Credits Construction is expected to start this summer on Minnesota's largest solar-energy project, 100 MW total in distributed photovoltaic arrays sited near utility substations. The state's Public Utilities Commission approved the $250-million project's site permit last month and the developer says the operator is seeking bids for construction.Minnesota PUC approved 21 sites for the Aurora Distributed Solar Energy project on May 28, concluding a process that
Related Links: Parsing Distributed Energy Resources NREL Report: Impact of High Solar Penetration in the Western Interconnection A growing challenge from the evolution of energy resources—especially from solar arrays that now are starting to be enhanced by backup battery storage—is causing electric utilities to rethink the projects they build and the technologies they use to design, construct and operate them.The incremental installations of distributed generation are starting to add up. Solar power, while still a small fraction of the nation's installed base, is the fastest-growing form of new power generation, and that's a trend with implications for the power industry.DODSON"The
