Energy Update
AP — Rhode Island’s governor is signing legislation Wednesday setting the most ambitious target in the nation to require the state to be powered completely by renewable energy.
The legislation accelerates plans for the electric grid to operate with 100% renewable energy, so the goal is achieved in 2033.
Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a three-part series on the FERC interconnection NOPR. Parts 2 and 3 will examine proposed reforms to interconnection studies and queue processing.
Despite headwinds caused by the coronavirus pandemic and supply chain constraints, U.S. energy sector jobs grew by 4% from 2020 to 2021, outpacing overall employment.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released the 2022 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER), a comprehensive study designed to track and understand employment trends across the energy sector and within key energy technologies.
Apex Clean Energy is becoming an independent power producer.
The developer of utility-scale solar, wind, green fuels, and energy storage projects announced the tax equity financing of the 70 MWAC Mulligan Solar project, marking the company's transition to a pure-play renewable energy IPP.
Intersect Power has announced a $750 million growth equity investment to accelerate the development of its clean energy and energy storage portfolio.
The investment supports Intersect Power's focus on shorter tenor offtake contracts combined with large-scale battery storage and new products, like green hydrogen.
Borrego has completed construction of 15 projects totaling 96 MW of solar and 50 MW/169 MWh of energy storage for AES Corporation in Massachusetts and New York.
The storage portfolio is Borrego's largest build for a single customer to date.
Nextracker will be the sole customer of a steel production line at the new Steel Dynamics, Inc. facility in Corpus Christi, Texas. The line will be operated by JM Steel. (Courtesy: Nextracker)
Three factories in three months.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued and discussed a new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) that would make significant reforms to interconnection rules and processes for generation developers looking to connect their projects to the transmission grid.
A pair of community solar+storage projects in Massachusetts are now operational.
Agilitas Energy completed construction on a 7.3 MW solar and 3.6 MW/9.5 MWh energy storage project in Auburn.
By Frank Jossi, Energy News Network
Recent state appeals court rulings are starting to shed light on how far Minnesota counties can go to limit solar development on agricultural land.
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