The United States wind energy industry installed a total of 612 megawatts (MW) of new capacity in the third quarter, according to the most recent figures from the American Wind Energy Association published Tuesday, paving the way for 7 states to double their capacity in the near-term.
Solar power is often seen as a form of electricity that only works in sunny, hot areas, but this view is not accurate at all. While it’s easy to understand why some of us hold such a belief, some solar critics rely on this bit of misinformation to try to dismiss solar power as something marginal.
Trump has big plans to help Big Oil in Alaska — including Arctic offshore drilling, the Salmon-destroying Pebble Mine, and of course, opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for more energy exploration (a wet dream of the GOP for almost 50 years). But now all that could be at risk, since he’s annoyed at Alaskan GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski for voting against Trumpcare.
Accumulating more solar news in a week this time, instead of 3 months, I’ll supplement the headlines and links with short summaries again, since I know some of you prefer that. Click, read, enjoy. Solar Projects How Austin Energy Aims to Reach Solar-Plus-Storage Integration at 14 Cents per Kilowatt-Hour Back in December, Texas … [continued]
The Obama administration announced this week that the United States would abandon its plans for oil and gas drilling in Atlantic waters, due to strong opposition. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, along with Abigail Ross Hopper, director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, announced on Tuesday the Interior … [continued]
The Kotzebue Electric Association Inc. (KEA), an electric cooperative based in Kotzebue, Alaska, has received a Saft Intensium® Max+ 20M containerized Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with an innovative “Cold Temperature Package.” The energy storage technology works in conjunction with a hybrid wind-diesel power system. Kotzebue is about 26 miles … [continued]
Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Laurie Guevara-Stone Juneau — Alaska’s tiny capital with a population of 32,000 — sits at the base of the Juneau Icefield, and the Mendenhall glacier. “The Glacier,” as it is known there, is an icon that draws hundreds of thousands of tourists from around … [continued]
In a surprising announcement, multinational oil and gas company Shell has announced it has ceased exploration drilling in offshore Alaska. In an announcement made Monday, Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) provided an update on its Alaska exploration activities, specifically the Burger J exploration well, located in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea. Shell revealed … [continued]
A Beacon Power project in Anchorage, Alaska, will use the company’s flywheel technology combined with electrochemical battery storage to construct a 320 kW system. The project is a pilot to see if it will work in conjunction with renewable forms of energy to counterbalance their periods of intermittency. If it … [continued]
Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Laurie Guevara-Stone As most Alaskans can attest, energy in The Last Frontier is expensive. The average residential electricity rate of more than 18 cents per kWh is a full 50 percent higher than the national average, ranking among the highest in the country. That’s … [continued]
