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Hope for storage developers as the first interregional transmission project approaches approval

Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) Board expects to approve a first interregional Market Efficiency Project (MEP) at its June 2020 meeting. Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection (PJM) Board already approved this project last December. This market efficiency project is a first for both MISO and PJM from a joint and common market perspective. MISO’s Transmission Expansion Plan (MTEP) studied this project and

‘Don’t be a jerk’ and other words of wisdom for people in the power industry

Get a sneak peek at the POWERGEN women with excellent character For the first time, POWERGEN International along with partner UL, will be awarding five women with Excellence in Character Awards at the upcoming event in New Orleans during the Lunch for Better Balance on Wednesday, November 20. During the months of August and September, the greater power industry nominated

Grid inertia: why it matters in a renewable world

General Electric will demolish the 750 MW Inland Empire Energy Center (IEEC) in California that has 20 years remaining in its useful life. With solar and wind dominating the grid, the plant has been deemed uneconomical after operating well below capacity for several years. The site will be used for a new battery storage facility. Good news in terms of

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has finalized the acquisition of Cube Hydro Partners and Helix Partners (collectively Cube Hydro), an owner and operator of small and medium-sized hydropower facilities in the northeast and southeast U.S., from I Squared Capital, an infrastructure-focused private equity firm. Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, which OPG acquired in November 2018, and Cube Hydro will be combined to

It’s a big week for renewables. Here are some of the newsmakers

Major solar projects and partnerships announced at SPI while climate week in New York prompted more clean energy and zero carbon emission commitments from major companies — not countries — everywhere. This week thousands of solar industry stakeholders are in Salt Lake City, Utah at Solar Power International and other renewable energy stakeholders are convening in New York for Climate

Energy storage sites provide unique wholesale market participation

ENGIE Storage has announced it will supply and operate a 19 MW/38 MWh portfolio of six energy storage sites that will contribute to the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target Program and participate in ISO-New England wholesale markets.

AI-powered storage company enters Northeast market with “front-of-the-meter” solution

This week artificial intelligence (AI)-driven energy storage services provider Stem said that it had formed a partnership with New York-based private equity com…

From Florida to Nevada to California, big battery projects have been making headlines lately. But a more groundbreaking movement has re…

Offshore wind experts jockey for position as industry heats up in the US Northeast

A number of recent announcements highlight just how quickly and aggressively the U.S. offshore wind industry is growing in the Northeast. States are enacting of…

Northeast planned offshore wind farms already bringing economic growth to the region

Even though there is only one small existing offshore wind farm in the Northeast, the 30-MW Block Island wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island, two announceme…

New Hampshire considers options for buying renewable energy for state

New Hampshire is preparing to follow the lead of other New England states and create a system for procuring renewable energy on behalf of residents….

Residential PV + batteries as wholesale energy market suppliers are just the ‘tip of the spear’

Last week, Sunrun announced that its bid to supply 20 MW of residential solar + storage capacity into the New England ISO Forward Capacity Market for 2022-2023 …

Residential Solar and Storage to Participate in New England Wholesale Energy Capacity Market

Solar is breaking into a power market that’s long been the domain of big, conventional generators. A key reason: batteries….

Betting $1 Million on Offshore New Jersey Wind Paid Off Big Time

Over the past year, U.S. Wind got calls “every day” to sell a lease the energy company bought for $1 million in 2015 in its push to build a wind farm off th…

PowerGen World Mourns Sudden Passing of McCallum

McCallum began serving on the POWERGEN International advisory committee in 2018 and chaired one session during the December conference in Orlando. …