Distributed Energy Resources
Revolution Wind, a joint venture between Ørsted and a consortium led by Skyborn Renewables, on Sept. 4 filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the stop-work order on an offshore wind project from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, to be followed by a request for a Preliminary Injunction.
Energy Storage
Arizona public power utility Salt River Project and Google on Sept. 8 announced a first-of-its-kind research collaboration to better understand the real-world performance of emerging non-lithium ion long duration energy storage (LDES) technologies, aiming to accelerate the advancements needed to
Energy Efficiency
Nebraska public power utility Lincoln Electric System has received $300,000 in funding from Google to help scale energy-efficiency upgrades for affordable housing in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Generation
The U.S. Department of Energy on Sept. 8 issued a Request for Application and is seeking proposals from U.S. companies to build and power AI data centers at Idaho National Laboratory.
Generation
The Electric Power Research Institute and the Nuclear Energy Institute jointly released on Sept. 9 their updated North American Advanced Reactor Roadmap, a strategic blueprint that could enable the deployment of more than 300 gigawatts of advanced nuclear capacity. "Developed through extensive
Workforce
The Florida Municipal Power Agency in September kicked off its annual Behind the Switch campaign.
Bonds and Financing
Illinois Municipal Electric Agency Member municipalities will see an overall savings of $33.6 million on their power bills over the next ten years, thanks to a successful bond refinancing this summer by IMEA, their wholesale electric supplier.
Generation
The City Commission for the public power community Lakeland, Fla., on Sept. 2 approved a power purchase agreement with American Independent Power LLC for a 5-megawatt Liquid Nitrogen Generation Pilot Project.
Electricity Markets
The Southwest Power Pool on Sept. 10 announce completion of its plan to clear the backlog of requests in the SPP generator interconnection (GI) queue.
Transmission
The House Natural Resources Committee on Sept. 10 held a hearing to discuss three bills related to reforming procedures under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).