Category: State

April 15, 2024

US utility Dominion Energy is seeking proposals for solar, wind and energy storage projects in the state of Virginia. Dominion Energy will accept five types of proposals, including new solar PV projects and new PV solar generation co-located with energy […]

April 11, 2024

If there’s one thing we’re learning in late 2023 and 2024 so far, it’s that the climb out of pollution and climate change isn’t an easy slope that always goes up. Sometimes, there are setbacks and things that don’t move […]

April 3, 2024

Arizona-based solar power deployment platform Erthos Inc said on Tuesday that its technology has been selected by developer Sky Community Solar for the realisation of a 180-MW portfolio of community solar projects in Texas. Erthos has signed a master agreement […]

March 11, 2024

Entergy Louisiana has asked state officials for approval to build a floating natural gas-fired power plant that would serve areas along the Gulf Coast. The utility’s recent March filing with the Louisiana Public Service Commission calls for construction of a […]

February 23, 2024

Driving on hydrogen and using it to heat our homes could be a solution to the climate problem. At least, if we start producing it in the right, clean way. Leiden researchers mapped out the global environmental impact of hydrogen […]

February 22, 2024

The Governor of Kentucky Andy Beshear and the Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt were present at the groundbreaking of the first NEVI EV charging site in the Southeastern U.S., at a Circle K location. Located in the city of Richmond, […]

September 14, 2023

The California Energy Commission (CEC) will open applications for $38 million in equity-focused incentives to fund publicly accessible electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in low-income and disadvantaged communities in 28 counties in northern and southern California. The rebates are part […]

June 5, 2023

Linea Energy has acquired a 490MWdc solar project in Texas from Horus Energy. The project is expected to generate enough clean energy to power more than 63,000 homes and provide numerous local job opportunities during its construction and operation. Linea […]

May 19, 2023

A tender will open in a few days under the long-term roadmap for the electricity system of New South Wales (NSW), through which 550MW of long-duration energy storage (LDES) could be procured. The process will open 22 May 2023, through […]

March 31, 2023

Maryland governor Wes Moore (pictured) has set a target of 8500MW of offshore wind being developed in the state’s waters. Governor Moore announced that Maryland will aim to quadruple the amount of energy produced by offshore wind from the previous […]

March 8, 2023

A Utah-based energy developer has filed a final license application for construction of a major pumped-hydro storage project in Nevada. rPlus Hydro on March 8 said it made the filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the company’s […]

February 27, 2023

CleanCapital, a distributed energy investor and developer, has acquired a 35 MW solar portfolio in New Jersey. The projects, each of which entered service in 2019, serve various commercial and industrial off-takers including Six Flags theme park, a manufacturing facility, […]

February 21, 2023

A former contaminated industrial site in New Jersey has been remediated and redeveloped as a 17 MW solar farm. The fixed-tilt solar array was constructed in two phases on a site that previously housed a paper mill complex in Holland. […]

February 17, 2023

Under a new board majority picked by President Joe Biden, the nation’s largest public utility on Feb. 16 reacted to a drumbeat of concerns about not meeting the Biden administration’s own power sector climate change goals by announcing a new […]

February 15, 2023

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers demonstrated that window shades with a cellular or honeycomb structure provide higher energy savings during winter compared to generic venetian blinds and can save millions of tons of carbon emissions. Windows contribute to energy demand […]

February 13, 2023

Georgia lawmakers are looking to regulate the installation of rooftop solar panels, saying some companies are ripping off consumers. The House Energy, Telecommunications and Utilities Committee voted unanimously on Feb. 7 to advance House Bill 73, which would require companies […]

February 13, 2023

Northland Power said it signed a 20-year fixed-price energy storage facility agreement with the Independent Electricity System Operator in Ontario, Canada, for the Oneida Energy Storage Project. Days earlier, Toronto-based Northland agreed to acquire a majority interest in the 250 […]

February 9, 2023

Texans can now get paid for supporting the grid with their solar panels and batteries as part of a new virtual power plant pilot. What happens next could lead to the rapid deployment of resilient and clean distributed energy resources […]

February 9, 2023

Construction of a major solar-plus-storage installation in California has been approved by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The Desert Quartzite project, sited on about 3,000 acres near Blythe in eastern Riverside County, will feature a 300-MW solar array […]

January 30, 2023

California is a leader in the energy transition. But even the most mature solar market in the U.S. hasn’t always gotten it right. The Golden State has watched from the sidelines as community solar programs across the country have been […]