Jan 2, 2025 · The current state of the U.S. power sector can be summed up in just a few words: too much demand for electricity; too small of a power grid. In the past two years, electricity demand forecasts have risen dramatically, a sharp reversal after nearly two decades of little-to-no electricity growth.

Dec 3, 2024 · The Allen site already has a grid hookup, and its other prospects for redevelopment are limited by the large quantities of toxic coal ash present there (Duke is excavating the ash and moving it to double-lined landfills onsite). Plus, Duke could invoke a “ generator replacement request” to streamline the grid interconnection process for the larger battery, since it exactly matches the last ...

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Dec 20, 2024 · Worldwide, next-generation geothermal might represent as much as 800 GW of clean electricity capacity by 2050 — or roughly 50 times the world’s current geothermal capacity, according to a new analysis by the International Energy Agency and Project InnerSpace, which advocates for geothermal heat and power use globally.. For all of the progress in 2024, the geothermal industry still faces ...

Dec 27, 2024 · Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Canary thanks Clean Energy Counsel for its support of the column.. Every day, Canary Media documents the clean energy transition with words — and at least once a week, we do it with charts.

Oct 15, 2024 · The federal government has just finalized an $ 861 million loan guarantee to fund what will be Puerto Rico’s largest utility-scale solar and battery storage installations. In July, the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office announced a conditional commitment to finance two solar-plus-storage facilities on the southern coast of the island, plus two standalone battery energy storage ...

Nov 6, 2024 · This story was first published by Energy News Network.. North Carolina regulators on Friday accepted Duke Energy’s controversial plan for curbing carbon pollution, a blueprint that ramps up renewable energy and ratchets down coal power but also includes 9 gigawatts of new plants that burn natural gas.. The biennial plan is mandated under a 2021 state law, which requires Duke to zero out its ...

Dec 12, 2024 · Richmond, California–based Moxion Power laid off 101 workers in June and shuttered its doors, following a wave of hype for its 75-kilowatt portable lithium-ion batteries that it hoped would replace diesel generators.The company attracted more than $ 110 million in funding from investors including Tamarack Global, Amazon, Microsoft, and Energy Impact Partners.

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Sep 13, 2024 · Texas has long been the biggest player in U.S. wind energy. But in recent years, energy developers have raced to build solar in Texas too. Five years ago, the state had connected just 2. 4 gigawatts of utility-scale solar to its grid; as of this past June, it had installed almost 22 GW of solar, per an American Clean Power report released this week. ...