The evolution of Ørsted: From oil to offshore wind
NEW YORK (AP) — One of Europe’s most fossil fuel-intensive energy companies transformed completely in little more than a decade by doubling down on offshore wind. Ørsted, formerly DONG Energy, for Danish Oil and Natural Gas, started aggressively building wind farms off the coast of Denmark, the U.K. and Germany in 2008 — a time […]
Read MoreSilfab Solar raises $125M to fund U.S. cell manufacturing plant
North American solar module manufacturer Silfab Solar said it has raised $125 million to fund a new cell and module manufacturing plant in the U.S. The facility would be Silfab’s third to open in the U.S. The company anticipates that the plant will be fully operational in 2024 with an initial annual capability of 1 […]
Read MoreFERC directs ISO New England to revise its metering posture for Order 2222 compliance
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on March 1 approved parts of ISO New England’s Order 2222 compliance proposal related to the aggregation of distributed energy resources. It was all about metering in the ISO-NE filing. FERC was swayed by multiple protestors, including United States senators from New England states, who were unhappy with ISO-NE’s proposal […]
Read MoreIn Puerto Rico, advocates want the clean energy revolution to be local
By Carolina Baldin, Energy News Network Editor’s note: Interviews with Alexis Massol González, Alberto Colón, and Rómulo Ortiz were conducted in Spanish. Their quotations and those from the Energy Bureau hearings were translated to English by the reporter, Carolina Baldin. The U.S. Department of Energy has committed $1 billion to develop solar energy in Puerto […]
Read MoreA fresh start for concentrated solar power?
Episode 40 of the Factor This! podcast features Craig Wood, CEO of the Australian next-gen concentrated solar power company Vast, which thinks it can change CSP’s fortunes in the US. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. The story behind concentrated solar power is complicated. But that’s not because it’s a poor resource. Using mirrors and […]
Read MoreNorth Carolina approves its first wind farm
North Carolina regulators have approved Apex Clean Energy’s request to build a 189 MW wind farm, the state’s first, in Chowan County. The permit from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Energy Mineral, and Land Resources allows for up to 45 wind turbines and associated infrastructure to be built as part of […]
Read MoreLouisiana utility wants to go (really) big on solar
Only a few weeks after Entergy Louisiana asked state regulators to approve 225 MW of new solar—a modest request for some states but one that would nearly double Louisiana’s installed capacity—the utility has upped its request by 3 GW. Entergy Louisiana filed the request with the Louisiana Public Service Commission on March 14 now asking […]
Read MoreFund to provide coal country schools with solar power and workforce development
A new partnership aims to provide schools in Virginia and West Virginia with solar power systems and training for students to one day join the renewable energy workforce. The Coalfield Solar Fund is a partnership between Intuit, The National Energy and Education Development (NEED) Project, a nonprofit educational organization, and Secure Solar Futures, a provider of […]
Read MoreDuke Energy Florida building its first floating solar project
Duke Energy Florida announced that its first floating solar array pilot will begin construction later this month in Polk County. The nearly 1 MW floating solar array will feature more than 1,800 floating solar modules and occupy approximately 2 acres of water surface on an existing cooling pond at the Duke Energy Hines Energy Complex […]
Read MoreTexas drove out Chinese firm, not the wind farm it planned
DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — Long before a Chinese spy balloon captivated and spooked the U.S. public, Kyle Bass foresaw what he deemed another foreign danger slated for skies above the Texas-Mexico border: wind turbines. Dozens of them, roughly 700 feet (213 meters) tall — as big as San Antonio’s tallest skyscraper — were set to sprout […]
Read More