Category / News
-
Xcel Energy breaks ground on 150-MW Foxtail Wind project in North Dakota
Xcel Energy recently celebrated the groundbreaking of its 150-MW Foxtail Wind project in Fargo, North Dakota, U.S. Source: Renewable Energy
-
Made In Space Proposes Printing Large Solar Arrays for Small Satellites
LOGAN, Utah – Made In Space, the Silicon Valley startup focused on additive manufacturing in orbit, plans to boost the power available to small satellites with Archinaut, the company's in-space manufacturing and assembling technology. “Small satellites have solar panels that produce a kilowatt to a kilowatt and a half,” said Andrew Rush, Made In Space…
-
Solar Power + Salt Storage Project in South America Back on Track
South America’s only solar-thermal project is resuming construction just as the technology it uses risks being overtaken by a cheaper alternative. Source: Renewable Energy
-
Trump Officials Helped Edit ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Report to Boost Coal
Trump administration officials pushed to highlight the value of coal-fired power plants in a government report on the “bomb cyclone” that plunged the Eastern U.S. into single-digit temperatures last January. Source: Renewable Energy
-
Sempra to Fund Cow-Dung Powered Renewable Natural Gas Program
Reparations for the worst-ever U.S. natural gas leak will involve cow-dung duty. Source: Renewable Energy
-
Michigan Utilities Look to Lower Rates through EV TOU Charging
Michigan is moving ahead of other Midwest states as its two largest utilities propose a combined $20.5 million investment in electric vehicle infrastructure. Source: Renewable Energy
-
Danish Firm Moving big into U.S. Wind Energy Development
Ãrsted announced it is buying 100 percent of Lincoln Clean Energy (LCE) for about $580 million (500 million €) from owner I Squared Capital. Since I Squared acquired the firm in 2015, LCE has built or is completing than 800 MW in onshore wind generation capacity. Source: Renewable Energy
-
Hydro has highest average construction cost of any generating technology in U.S.
Hydro had the highest average construction cost per kilowatt of any generating technology installed in 2016, according to recently released data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Source: Renewable Energy
-
Bullet Train Thinking: How Japan Hopes to Lead a Global Hydrogen Revolution
“Japan will present hydrogen to the rest of the world as a new energy choice and will lead global efforts for establishing a carbon-free society taking advantage of Japan’s strong points,” read a statement from Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as it unveiled the country’s ground-breaking Basic Hydrogen Strategy last December. Source: Renewable…
-
Could Minnesota Reliably Meet All Energy Demands on Clean Energy and Save Money, Too?
A report released this month, which was commissioned by the McKnight Foundation, revealed analysis that showed Minnesota could retire the state’s coal plants, build no additional natural gas plants, and still meet energy demands reliably through clean and renewable energy sources. Source: Renewable Energy