The Biden Administration on June 6 said it would authorize the use of the Defense Production Act and leverage federal procurement to boost domestic solar energy technology production.
There is still the potential for as much as 3.5 terawatts (TW) of 10-hour energy pumped storage hydropower (PSH) in the United States, according to a new report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
Generation
The electric and natural gas industries are intertwined, and several recent events including natural gas pipeline review changes contemplated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), a rapid increase in...
Natural gas will continue to be an important driver of electric reliability and cost in the U.S. and the nexus between the electric and natural gas industries will continue to be critical for the foreseeable future, a new report prepared for the American Public Power Association (APPA) states.
Reliability
APPA President and CEO Joy Ditto looks back at Winter Storm Uri a year later. She emphasizes that electric utilities need natural gas to keep electricity reliable on a daily...
Carbon Free Power Project, LLC (CFPP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems, continues to advance the development and deployment of its first-of-a-kind small modular reactor nuclear plant at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory near Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Reliability and affordability will be key to California’s efforts to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to a new policy paper by the California Municipal Utilities Association (CMUA).
A growing number of states are taking action to clear a path for the possible development of nuclear power.
South Carolina public power utility Santee Cooper’s Jamison Solar Site, a 1.2-megawatt facility located on over five acres in Orangeburg, has become South Carolina’s first Gold Certified Solar Habitat Site.
Massachusetts officials recently announced the selection of an offshore wind project that includes a partnership between Vineyard Wind, the developer, and Energy New England (ENE), which is representing 20 participating Massachusetts Municipal Light Plants (MLPs) including Reading Municipal Light Department (RMLD).