The transition to the PJM Interconnection’s new interconnection process kicked off on July 10, setting the stage for more than 260,000 megawatts of mostly renewable projects to be studied over the next three years, the grid operator said.

California is offering $150 million to help California public school districts and charter schools put more electric and zero-emission school buses on the roads.

The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management recently approved the 1,100-megawatt Ocean Wind 1 project off the New Jersey coast.

Florida public power utility Lakeland Electric is partnering with Block Energy in pursuing a pilot microgrid project, which was detailed by Cindy Clemmons, Manager of Legislative and Regulatory Relations at Lakeland Electric, in a presentation on June 30.

The Department of Energy recently released a Notice of Intent to invest up to $1 billion in a demand-side initiative to support its regional clean hydrogen hub program.

The government of Ontario, Canada, is starting pre-development work to site the first large-scale nuclear build in Ontario in over three decades, the province said on July 5.