Category: U.S.

March 3, 2023

The Biden administration has pledged another $1.2 billion to help extend the operating life of older or distressed nuclear power plants, with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm saying nuclear power is needed to support the nation’s clean energy goals. The funding, […]

February 24, 2023

In another step by the Biden-Harris administration to grow America’s clean energy economy, the Department of the Interior today is proposing the first-ever offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico. The announcement is part of the Administration’s latest […]

February 21, 2023

The Department of Energy (DOE) has broken ground on the Generation 3 Particle Pilot Plant (G3P3), a novel concentrating solar power (CSP) facility at Sandia National Laboratory that will use sand-like ceramic particles instead of molten salt to produce and […]

February 20, 2023

When Tristan Erion-Lorico started out in the solar industry, a 16.5 MW module order warranted a press release. A lot can change in a decade. Today, such PR fanfare is reserved for the multi-gigawatt factory announcements, which seem to come […]

February 13, 2023

Building renewable energy and transmission projects in the U.S. at the speed and scale the climate crisis requires will require reforms to the way they’re sited and permitted — at the federal, state, and local levels. The current timeframes needed […]

January 31, 2023

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in Congress is hoping to use a legislative tool to roll back an executive order that paused for two years any new tariffs on solar modules imported from Southeast Asia. The group aims to use […]

January 25, 2023

The U.S. has ambitious goals to generate clean energy from offshore wind farms. But inadequate or non-existent transmission infrastructure remains a well-known hurdle to achieving those targets. Proactive and collaborative transmission planning to support offshore wind development in the coming […]

January 20, 2023

Though experts project a record-breaking percentage of U.S. power to come from renewables this year, interconnection timelines remain a barrier to achieving the nation’s clean energy goals. Currently, only 13% of solar, wind, and energy storage projects in approval queues […]

January 3, 2023

It’s no secret that the U.S. power grid needs some work. According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), nearly 70% of the nation’s grid is more than 25 years old. The DOE says the U.S. needs to expand electricity […]

December 15, 2022

On December 7, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced the results of an offshore wind energy lease sale, or auction, it held the previous day for five lease areas on California’s […]

December 14, 2022

U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), along with Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK), have introduced legislation to help ensure that existing hydroelectric facilities can continue to provide emissions-free, affordable electricity. The Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity […]

December 13, 2022

The U.S. added 4.6 GW of new solar capacity in the third quarter, a 17% decrease from the same quarter last year. Trade barriers and ongoing supply chain constraints were blamed for slowing America’s clean energy progress. The disruptions are […]

December 6, 2022

The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management launched an online auction December 6 marking the first sale of offshore wind development rights for waters off the coast of California. Projects developed in the area could one day power 1.5 […]

November 21, 2022

CSI Energy Storage said it will provide up to 2.6 GWh of battery energy storage capacity for the build-out of energy storage projects managed by UBS Asset Management’s Real Estate & Private Markets business in North America. The projects are […]

November 18, 2022

The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) warned in its 2022-2023 Winter Reliability Assessment that a large portion of the North American bulk power system is at risk of having insufficient energy supplies during severe winter weather. Fuel supply issues […]

November 17, 2022

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have settled to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act with four separate large-scale solar farm owners in Alabama, Idaho, and Illinois. The solar farm owners—all subsidiaries of […]

November 16, 2022

It’s just one cable meant to bring electricity from an offshore wind farm to a former coal-burning power plant in southern New Jersey, but it symbolizes a big challenge facing the renewable energy industry. The cable has been fought over […]

October 26, 2022

The U.S. hydropower industry faces an oncoming wave of retirements, and a new, diverse workforce is critical to the industry’s ability to sustain operations and grow to support a carbon-free power grid by 2035 and a net-zero-emissions economy by 2050, […]

October 21, 2022

What with inflation, supply chain problems, a labor shortage, and the Federal Reserve trying to slow economic growth, it’s a challenging time to be a renewable infrastructure contractor. Fortunately, two of the Biden administration’s signature bills could help ease the […]

October 14, 2022

HQI US Holding LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hydro-Québec, agreed to acquire Great River Hydro LLC, owner of 13 hydroelectric power stations in the U.S. states of Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Great River Hydro was offered for sale by […]