Energy Update
By Samantha Donalds, Clean Energy States Alliance
The State of Washington’s 2021 State Energy Strategy (SES) provides a roadmap for Washington to meet its critical and ambitious energy and climate goals: transitioning to 100% clean electricity by 2045 and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with climate science.
A long-time oil drilling firm in the Appalachian basin is teaming up with a renewable energy developer to build and operate what they said could be more than 3 GW of renewable energy assets across Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) worked with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) in a bid to solve a pain point in the interconnection process: how to streamline the solar application process while remaining technically thorough.
Contributed by Matthew A. Karmel, Esq.
PBS recently interviewed one of my clients about how its recycling business works to save this world we call home.
Watching the interview, I remembered why I became a lawyer, and why I have spent my career building a legal practice that allows me to work on important climate issues every day.
EDP Brazil said it believes in a future with more solar energy in its portfolio, in addition to more investments in distribution and transmission.
To this end, the company will invest BRL$6 billion (US$1.2 billion) in Brazil by 2025 with a goal to have 50% of its energy generated by solar.
Backers of Commonwealth Wind and Mayflower Wind got a cold reception from Massachusetts regulators in their bid to reopen power purchase agreements they say may no longer be economically viable.
SolarEdge said is actively planning to expand its inverter and battery manufacturing footprint in the U.S. in response to the Inflation Reduction Act, the company's CEO told investors on Nov. 7.
The New York Independent System Operator is preparing to implement its FERC-approved 2019 market participation model by the end of the second quarter in 2023. Simultaneously, NYISO is working to comply with the FERC Order 2222 issued after the approval of the 2019 model. Imposing a 10 kW minimum size requirement on individual DERs is a major surprise for aggregators.
The Canadian government proposed new clean tech and hydrogen investment tax credits as party of its fall economic statement. The proposed credits would help the country keep pace with financial incentives provided to U.S. manufacturers through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
The proposal to remove the four dams and hydropower projects on the Lower Snake River in Washington State would cost the state $34.3 billion and force electricity customers to pay an additional $330 per year on average through 2050.
This is the conclusion of a joint report from think tanks the Washington Policy Center and Center of the American Experiment.
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