Explainer: How capacity markets work - Energy News Network
WEBJun 17, 2013 · Capacity markets are important. They are the firing line for the electricity system of the future, because they direct and encourage investments in different kinds of assets—whether that is clean energy, fossil fuels, or demand side resources like efficiency. A book could be written on the criticisms of capacity markets, details on how these ...
This Arkansas school turned solar savings into better teacher pay
WEBOct 16, 2020 · This Arkansas school turned solar savings into better teacher pay. Energy efficiency measures and a solar power system at Batesville High School in Arkansas have helped local school officials increase teacher pay. Credit: Entegrity Partners / via E&E News. In Batesville, Arkansas, just 17 miles west of the state’s largest coal-fired power ...
Five takeaways from Connecticut’s new residential solar program …
WEBFeb 17, 2021 · Connecticut utility regulators have reconfigured the state’s residential solar program in an effort to ensure its growth and drive innovation.
Author Archives: Jonathan P. Thompson - Energy News Network
WEBJonathan P. Thompson. Jonathan hails from southwestern Colorado and has been writing about the land, cultures, and communities of the Western United States for more than two decades. He compiles the Western Energy News digest. He is the author of three books, a contributing editor at High Country News, and the editor of the Land Desk, an e ...
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WEBSep 17, 2024 · Our free email roundups deliver the most important energy news of the day directly to your inbox. Browse the archive below, or sign up for our Northeast Energy News digest to receive the latest headlines from Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington, D.C.
Wind developers are retrofitting newer projects with bigger, better ...
WEBFeb 4, 2021 · Utilities and developers are repowering wind turbines with bigger, better blades years ahead of the end of their original life expectancies as they look to take advantage of technology improvements and expiring federal tax credits. Xcel Energy recently won approval for a $750 million plan to retrofit …
Challenges slow farm vehicle electrification | Energy News Network
WEBAug 18, 2021 · California-based Solectrac already has been offering small 30- and 40-horsepower-equivalent tractors and farm utility vehicles. Other options for relatively small tractors come from Fendt, Rigitrac, Escorts and others. Meanwhile, almost all airborne drones are electric. Solar power could benefit a range of …
Biden cancels Keystone XL pipeline on first day in office
WEBJan 21, 2021 · PIPELINES: On his first day in office, President Biden cancels a presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, which had already halted construction in anticipation of the move. (Inside Climate News, Associated Press) ALSO: • A Keystone XL pipeline official says in an internal company email that 1,000 jobs would be cut in the coming weeks.
Spire pipeline flap reveals deeper questions about gas | Energy …
WEBNov 22, 2021 · An effort by Spire Missouri to build a gas pipeline that a court ruled isn't needed reflects a broader effort to fend off electrification efforts.
As Illinois begins shift from net metering, advocates say slow down
WEBApr 14, 2020 · Solar advocates are concerned that the transition to a localized value-of-solar rate is happening too soon. Solar installers in Ameren Illinois’ territory have hit a key milestone, prompting a regulatory process with high stakes for the future of rooftop solar in the state. Illinois’ 2017 Future Energy Jobs Act calls for replacing retail net metering with a localized value-of-solar rate as ...