Power Grid
Utility executives to confront AIâs power needs at DTECH Data Centers and AI
The DTECH Data Centers and AI keynote panel will feature the CEOs of Portland General Electric, Southern Company, and Arizona Public Service.
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Renewables
Factor This Friday finance and development roundup: Caban, Catalyze, Chroma, Enlight, Spearmint, Strata, Summit Ridge
Caban, Catalyze, Chroma, Enlight, Spearmint, Strata, and Summit Ridge made funding and project announcements this week.
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Renewables
Trump tests offshore wind, orders construction stop on fully-permitted New York project
The Trump administration issued an order to stop the construction of Empire Wind, the latest in a series of moves targeting offshore wind.
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Renewables
Negative prices in CAISO: What PPA buyers and renewable developers need to know
Negative prices in CAISO are driven by a variety of conditions on the grid that cause an oversupply of generation, writes contributor Divita Bhandari of…
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Inside La Muela: Europeâs largest pumped storage hydropower plant
Enlit on the Road visited La Muela, the largest pumped storage hydropower plant in Europe, to find out how Iberdolaâs giant battery optimizes the ROI of…
How will Trump’s latest round of tariffs affect clean energy? â This Week in Cleantech
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DTECH Data Centers & AI 2025
May 27-29, 2025 | San Jose, CA
Tackling booming data center growth to shape the future of the grid.
Montana legislature approves community solar legislation
The Montana Solar Shares Act creates a framework for shared solar energy facilities and integration with public utilities.
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Can a local fishing panel make a difference in offshore wind projects? Weâre about to find out.
After a 17-month hiatus, the Rhode Island Fishermenâs Advisory Board is repopulated and ready to review SouthCoast Wind underwater cables plan.
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Michigan county fighting solar project challenges changes to clean zoning law
Residents of Hayes Township in Otsego County have filed a complaint seeking to block the development of a nearby solar energy plant, arguing the county…
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âUtilities for net zeroâ set out a plan of action
The Utilities for Net Zero Alliance (UNEZA) has issued its plan of action for 2025 focused on building up resilient grid infrastructure and building out…
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Case study: Modernizing the grid in New York to unlock renewable energy potential
A Burns & McDonnell case study examines efforts to modernize an aging and congested transmission system in New York.
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Vast majority of Canadians support new hydro development, survey finds
Affordability, economic benefits, and reliability are top drivers of public support across age groups and political affiliations.
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Carnegie subsidiaries secure contract for wave energy deployment
Carnegie Clean Energy announced that its subsidiaries CETO Wave Energy Ireland and Carnegie Technologies Spain have entered a contract with the Biscay Marine Energy Platform…
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Taltson Hydro plant returns to service after nearly two years of overhaul
The overhaul included replacement of key components such as the turbine and turbine shaft, rotor and generator as well as upgrading of ancillary plant equipment…
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A new milestone: BC Hydroâs 1,100-MW Site C brings fourth generator online
B.C. Hydroâs Site C project has reached another key milestone, with the fourth generating unit now online, meaning two-thirds of the project’s generating capacity is…
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FERC issues final Environmental Impact Statement for relicensing R.L. Harris hydro project
This is the first relicensing process for the Harris Project, which was originally licensed in 1973.
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Officials demand answers as crews work to restore power after another Puerto Rico blackout
The outage that began past noon Wednesday left 1.4 million customers without electricity and more than 400,000 without water. More than 742,600 customers, or 51%,…
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The obscure policy that financed many of the last decadeâs riskiest energy investments is back
Who pays for the risk that a power plant goes over budget or fails? In states with CWIP laws, itâs not utility companies â but…
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Maine Legislature advances bill to tweak provisions of 2021 transmission line referendum
The bill would modify the law born out of a 2021 referendum question requiring the Maine Legislature to approve any new high-impact transmission lines.
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Study: Marylanders could save hundreds on electric bills if grid undergoes reform
Research recommends a host of policy changes at PJM, the power grid operator for Maryland and a dozen other states.
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Californiaâs SCE turns to undergrounding for wildfire resilience
Southern California Edison (SCE) has released its plan to rebuild impacted electrical distribution infrastructure from the January California wildfires, namely through undergrounding.
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Mar 27
Power Grid
Modern Grid Operationsâ Dependence on Advanced Planning
The electric grid is becoming increasingly complex with higher penetrations of distributed energy resources (DERs), hyperscaling demand driven by large loads from the use of…
Sponsored By:
EPE
EPE
Mar 26
Power Grid
How Alectra Energy Solutions and Caterpillar helped a Large Manufacturer Solve Their Rising Energy Costs Through Assets, Technology and Financial Structuring.
March 26th 2ET- Join Caterpillarâs Stephanie Baughman and Dean Musser as they shine the spotlight on a project that did just that, bringing together the expertise of an equipment and technology provider and a local utility affiliate to deliver near-term and future energy cost savings to a large industrial customer.
Sponsored By:
Caterpillar Inc.
Caterpillar Inc.
Mar 26
Power Grid
Realizing autonomous energy systems with generative AI Tackling an increasingly complex energy grid with minimal human intervention
This panel will explore the intersection of generative AI (GenAI)and autonomous energy systems (AES) in tackling increasingly complex energy landscapes. As renewable energy sources, electric…
Sponsored By:
Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services