Vermont Yankee Site Assessment Estimates Decommissioning Cost at $1.24B

Entergy’s site assessment study of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station estimates the plant’s decommissioning cost at $1.24B, higher than previous estimates. On October 17, 2014, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee (ENVY) released a site assessment study for decommissioning its Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station by 2014.  The study – submitted to Vermont’s Public Service Department,…...

DOE Inaugurates Second-Generation Cellulosic Ethanol Plant

The DOE-supported Abengoa Bioenergy Biomass of Kansas, the nation’s third commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol biorefinery, will have an annual production capacity of up to 25 million gallons. On October 17, 2014 the Department of Energy (DOE) announced the opening of the nation’s third commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol biorefinery in Hugoton, Kansas as part of Energy Action Month…....

[Report] Solar Energy Compensation Arguments Intensify as Utilities Aim to Recover Fixed Costs

The majority of U.S. states utilize retail energy rate-based compensation of net energy metering (NEM) for residential solar customers. The distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) energy industry is growing rapidly and disrupting the traditional one-way power flow utility model. As residential solar PV installation levels increase, utilities are pushing for new rate structures to cover system…...