Energy Update
Funding from Facebook is helping to pay for a $100 million solar project in Orangeburg County that otherwise would have cost power companies too much to build.
Danish wind farm developer Orsted says the Revolution Wind project is about 80% complete, with 45 out of its 65 turbines already installed. Despite that progress, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued the order Friday, saying the federal government needs to review the project and “address concerns related to the protection of national security interests of the United States.”
Attorney General Dana Nessel filed testimony on Friday in DTE Energy’s latest rake hike request, which is seeking more than $574 million increase from the Michigan Public Service Commission, the regulatory body that oversees the state’s utilities.
Analysis from Brattle Group has shown that California’s statewide distributed power plant program can provide net savings to consumers of up to $206 million over the next three years by tapping into home battery storage.
Honeywell acquired solutions from SparkMeter, which provides grid management solutions for utilities, expanding its Smart Energy portfolio.
Combinations of less-than-extreme weather drive hourly net demand peaks that stress the power grid, writes Sunairio CEO Rob Cirincione.
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT), a provider of offshore power, data, and service solutions, announced the opening of a new office at the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) headquarters in Washington, D.C.
For at least 15 years, the federal government has demanded that a Michigan dam’s owners upgrade the structure to meet safety standards to handle a potentially devastating weather event. But, as of August, those repairs — costing up to $4 million — have not taken place.
Yukon Energy has received a new 20-year water use license, authorizing continued operation and generation of hydroelectricity at the Whitehorse Rapids Generating Station (WRGS) through to 2045.
China has been installing solar panels far faster than anywhere else in the world, and the investment is starting to pay off.
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