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Two U.S. offshore wind projects hit key milestones this week. Avangrid has powered up the first five turbines at its Vineyard Wind 1 project offshore New England, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) approved the Construction and Operations Plan for Equinor’s Empire Wind project.

ISO New England saw 114,727 gigawatt-hours of generation in 2023

ISO New England (ISO-NE) has published a breakdown of the amount of electricity produced by generators in New England and imported from other regions to satisfy all residential, commercial, and industrial customer demand from the power grid in 2023 – and total production for the year, known as net energy for load (NEL), amounted to 114,727 gigawatt-hours.

Minnesota Power seeks 400 MW of wind power by 2027

The utility is seeking wind resources that are within the MISO Local Resource Zone 1 with direct interconnections to the transmission system and the ability to enter commercial production in 2026 or 2027.

U.S. and Denmark create $4.2 million floating offshore wind opportunity

The DOE Wind Energy Technologies Office and Innovation Fund Denmark will provide a $4.2 million opportunity to advance floating offshore wind.

PGE issues all-source RFP for dispatchable, renewable generation

In its IRP, PGE forecasts a significant capacity need of 1136 MW in summer, 1004 MW in winter, and a significant energy need of 905 MWa (~2,500 MW nameplate) by 2030.

Transition to renewables increases winter reliability risk

The transition to cleaner energy brings economic concerns as our society moves further from fossil fuels as a means of generating electricity.

IEA: Clean energy to outpace demand through 2026

By early 2025, the IEA expects renewables to make up more than a third of total generation, overtaking coal.

As a result of new solar projects coming online this year, the EIA forecasts that U.S. solar power generation will grow 75% from 163 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2023 to 286 billion kWh in 2025. The administration expects that wind power generation will grow 11% from 430 billion kWh in 2023 to 476 billion kWh in 2025.

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By early 2025, the IEA expects renewables to make up more than a third of total generation, overtaking coal. …

As a result of new solar projects coming online this year, the EIA forecasts that U.S. solar power generation will grow 75% from 163 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh…

ArcLight launches new LLC to manage power infrastructure portfolio

ArcLight is forming Alpha Generation, which will strategically manage and oversee its $2 billion power infrastructure portfolio….

GE Vernova inks 2.4 GW order for Pattern Energy’s SunZia Wind project

GE Vernova has signed a new equipment and long-term services agreement with Pattern Energy to supply 674 3.6-154 wind turbines providing more than 2.4 GW of po…

Xcel Energy retires one of three coal units at Sherco plant

For decades, Sherco has been Minnesota’s largest power plant. Xcel Energy plans to retire Sherco’s remaining coal-fired units in 2026 and 2030, marking the …

NASCAR and other N.C. companies say Duke Energy needs to pick up the pace on clean energy

In North Carolina, where companies can’t buy power from third parties, major electricity users are pressuring Duke Energy and state regulators to improve acce…

Dominion CEO Bob Blue on offshore wind, batteries, and the utility’s role in the energy transition

Utilities aren’t seen as bastions of innovation. But maybe no other entity is equipped to shoulder the risk of incubating the raft of emerging technologies des…

EIA: CO2 emissions declined, solar was largest source of new generation in 2023

The EIA forecasts a 3% decrease in CO2 emissions from 2022 to 2023, with much of the decline resulting from lower electricity generation from coal-fired power p…

Critics say Indiana utility is ‘backsliding’ on clean energy goals with planned gas plant

The utility NIPSCO says it needs new, dispatchable generation as it phases out coal plants and looks to rely more on intermittent wind and solar power….

GE announces timeframe for energy business spinoff

In 2021, GE announced it would divide itself into three public companies focused on aviation, health care, and energy….

FERC issues new grid reliability guidelines for inverter-based resources

The final rule directs the North American Electric Reliability Corporation to develop a suite of new or modified reliability standards….

First turbine installed at Massachusetts offshore wind farm

The GE Haliade-X is the first of 62 wind turbines for a project that will power more than 400,000 homes and businesses in Massachusetts….