Green Hydrogen Hullabaloo Swamps The Opposition
The US state of Texas will play a leading role in ENGIE’s 4-gigawatt global green hydrogen plan, if all goes according to plan.
MISO
A Better Way Of Paying For A Reliable Electricity Grid
Last spring, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), which operates the electricity grid serving 45 million people across the central United States, found out it was at a higher risk of power outages than it believed. The result, as I explain below, was skyrocketing electricity bills for thousands of people. … [continued]
Wasted Wind Energy & Tenable Transmission During Winter Storm Elliott
More wind energy and interregional transmission could have mitigated the impacts of rolling blackouts experienced during December’s winter storm.
MISO Lets Renewable Energy Genie Out Of Bottle With Biggest Ever Transmission Project
In a brilliant case of epic timing, MISO announced a new transmission line plan for more renewable energy in the US midsection earlier this week, just two days before Senate Democrats reached an agreement on the new climate bill.
US Finally Stitches Renewable Energy ‘Seams’ Together
The US renewable energy profile is about to bust wide open as two key transmission stakeholders find a way to work together.
It’s Time For Transparency In The Electric Grid
Replacing the fossil-fueled energy supply with renewable energy requires unusual focus and substantial investment in the electricity sector.
Key Trends In Renewable Integration — Latest NREL Grid Data Book
The share of variable renewable energy (VRE) — mainly solar and wind — generation on U.S. regional power systems more than doubled on average from 2012 to 2018, according to the newly released 2018 Renewable Energy Grid Integration Data Book.
Would You Pay 5% More For Local Energy?
In recent months, a raft of cities and states pushed up their renewable energy targets to 50%, 80%, or even 100%. But how will that energy be delivered? Will it be from the top down, by merchant wind and solar power plants? Or from the bottom up, by customers producing their own power?
Yuuuuge Energy Company Thumbs Nose At Trump, Dials Up 1500 MW Of Wind Energy
Super-successful businessman Donald Trump has been hating on the US wind energy industry iall year, super-big energy company Xcel blows him off.
US Deploys 41.2 MW Worth Of Energy Storage In Second Quarter
The United States is on pace for another historic year of energy storage deployment, according to new figures from GTM Research which shows the country deployed 41.2 MW of energy storage in the second quarter of 2016. GTM Research published its US Energy Storage Monitor today, the research company’s quarterly analysis … [continued]
