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Biden announces $7.3B for clean energy in rural America

16 rural electric cooperatives have been selected to receive clean energy financing through the USDA’s Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program.

Nevada and Kentucky just got $140M for clean energy projects. Here’s where it’s going:

08.30.2024

The funds allow Nevada to add solar + storage to serve Pahrump and the Fish Lake Valley; Kentucky is building three new hydroelectric plants.

Does clean energy need a Marshall Plan? — This Week in Cleantech

08.30.2024

This Week in Cleantech is a new, weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in cleantech and climate in 15 minutes or less.

More than 40% of global electricity was carbon-free in 2023

08.28.2024

Two recent BloombergNEF reports show wind and solar represented more than 90% of new power capacity additions in 2023.

Geothermal east of the Rockies? Meta and Sage team up to feed data centers

08.27.2024

Sage Geosystems will supply Meta with up to 150 MW of new geothermal baseload power to support the former Facebook’s data cener growth.

CPUC unanimously adopts plan advancing 7.6 GW of offshore wind

08.23.2024

CPUC’s final decision recommends solicitations for offshore wind projects begin by 2027, with intent to deliver power no later than 2037.

ERCOT could get its first geothermal project

08.16.2024

Sage Geosystems has entered into a land use agreement with San Miguel Electric Cooperative for a 3 MW geothermal facility.

China completes the world’s largest pumped storage station

The 3.6 GW Fengning Pumped Storage Power Station started commercial operations Sunday on its twelfth and final reversible pump-turbine unit. …

The IRA has benefitted 3.4 million American families. Will it survive?

18 Republican members of Congress are urging Speaker Mike Johnson not to repeal the IRA, as Vice Presidential candidates Tim Walz and J.D. Vance take differing …

The US hydropower supply chain is struggling. Here’s how it might recover

A new report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) paints a broad picture of the U.S.’s domestic hydropower supply chain, and provides recommenda…

Two U.S. Representatives introduce Marine Energy Technologies Acceleration Act

The newly introduced Marine Energy Technologies Acceleration Act would invest $1 billion to advance marine energy toward full scale commercialization….

UPDATE: New bipartisan energy reform legislation passes Senate committee. What’s in it, and what’s next

The Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 shortens judicial review timelines, accelerates permitting on federal lands, and much more….

Oh, that’s not good: Energy prices at PJM capacity auction skyrocket 9x

The capacity auction produced a price of $269.92/MW-day for most of the PJM footprint, compared to $28.92/MW-day for the 2024/2025 auction….

Hydro power and de-risking climate change

One of HYDROVISION’s mega sessions highlighted how climate change-induced alterations can provide opportunities for hydropower, along with risks….

Hydropower “can punch way higher than its weight” to aid global decarbonization

The journey to global electric system decarbonization can get a large boost through aiding and supporting hydro as an enabler of intermittent renewables….

Coffee and a conversation: HYDROVISION hosts moderated breakfast roundtables

Dozens of hydropower professionals gather on the last day of HYDROVISION to share ideas and experiences over breakfast….