Bottom: Meta data center. Middle: Electrical substation for the data center. Top: Power lines and closeup of the substation. Eagle Mountain, Utah. February 6, 2025. Photos by Fritz Hasler
Today, Democratic governors from Pennsylvania, Delaware, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Maryland signed onto a deal to ensure PJM takes measures that ensure Big Tech is paying their fair share for their massive power usage. The nation’s largest grid operator, PJM, has been in the process of creating … [continued]
The pay package for Elon Musk approved in 2018 has been disapproved once again by a Delaware judge, despite strenuous opposition.
Leased areas have the potential to power over 2.2 million homes with clean energy, continuing Administration’s historic actions to grow the American offshore wind industry WASHINGTON — Following the completion of the fifth offshore wind lease sale held during the Biden–Harris administration, the Department of the Interior today announced the … [continued]
Maryland is back on track to develop its offshore wind resources, with a timely assist from the state legislature (image courtesy of US Wind).
Maryland is back on track to develop its offshore wind resources into a powerful multi-state hub with Virginia and North Carolina.
Areas have potential to support 4–8 gigawatts of clean renewable energy.
Repowering an existing wind farm is one way to get around the anti-wind movement (photo courtesy of PivotGen).
Repowering an existing wind farm is one way to get around the anti-wind movement and keep pumping more clean kilowatts into the grid.
This new high-tech lift will cut the cost of offshore wind even farther, faster if all goes according to plan (image courtesy of Seaqualize).
As of the end of 2021, 31 states and the District of Columbia had renewable portfolio standards (RPS) or clean energy standards (CES). These polices require electricity suppliers to supply a set share of their electricity from designated renewable resources or carbon-free eligible technologies. Four states — Delaware, Oregon, North Carolina, … [continued]
In October, I published reports on the top US solar states per capita, the top US solar states as a percentage of electricity, and the top US states in terms of total installed solar power capacity. Based on that first ranking system …
This report ranks US states according to the percentage of their electricity that comes from solar.
