Energy Update
By Annie Ropeik, Energy News Network
From spring to fall, Michael Dennett spends his days transporting sheep from his family’s homestead in Jefferson, Maine, to graze at nearby solar farms. The flock that began as a gift for his wife — “really just [an] excuse for myself to get sheep,” he said — now works as a solar lawn service.
Engine maker Cummins said it would begin producing electrolyzers at a factory in Minnesota, starting at 500 MW of capacity annually, scalable to 1 GW at a future date.
Hearings are slated through November to consider a proposal by New Jersey regulators to create incentives aimed at driving deployment of 2,000 MW of energy storage capacity by 2030.
The state has one of the most ambitious storage targets in the nation and regulators have been studying how to incentive storage projects since at least 2015.
In an early release of an analysis of interconnection costs, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory said those costs in MISO are greater for solar, wind and storage project than for natural gas. It cited broader network upgrade expenses as the primary driver behind the higher costs.
The upcoming report is one in a series of studies of generator interconnection costs for MISO, PJM, SPP, ISO-NE and NYISO.
Entergy Arkansas plans to build the state’s largest solar project to power steel manufacturing plants near Osceola in Mississippi County.
The Arkansas Public Service Commission greenlit the 250 MW Driver solar project, which would be built by Lightsource bp, one of the largest solar developers in the world.
Duke Energy published its latest climate report Oct. 4, highlighting planned investments to the company’s generating fleet.
When the National Renewable Energy Laboratory suffered a surprise power outage, the laboratory had few options for recovery: It had no microgrid controller and no preconfigured setup, just a large battery, solar panels, and wind turbines.
Its response would make MacGyver proud.
In British Columbia, Canada, home heating powered by electricity (mostly from hydro) is the most cost-effective option, despite consumers believing natural gas is less expensive.
A new report by provincial utility BC Hydro finds growing concern among British Columbians about energy costs with home heating season around the corner. Many still think natural gas is the least expensive option, according to results of an online survey of 800 households.
(Fri, 07 Oct 2022) Net injections into working natural gas storage totaled 129 billion cubic feet (Bcf) for the week ending September 30, 2022, 48% more than the five-year average (2017â21) for the week of 87 Bcf. Working gas reached 3,106 Bcf, as of last Friday, exceeding the 3,000 Bcf mark for the first time since last Januaryâabout four weeks later than normal.
General Electric plans to lay off hundreds of workers from its onshore wind unit, including 20% of employees based in the United States, as part of a strategy overhaul, according to a report from Reuters.
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