New Jersey Board Joins Prominent U.S. Offshore Wind Research Organization

Avangrid Secures Final Federal Approval for Construction of Two Offshore Wind Projects

Climate Change and Emissions, Electric Transmission, EnerKnol Impact-Misc Categories, EnerKnol Impacts, EnerKnol Pulse, PRODUCTS, Wind

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on July 1 issued its final approval for the construction and operation of Avangrid’s New England Wind 1 and 2 projects. The two projects would have a total capacity of 2.6 gigawatts (GW) and have the potential to power over 900,000 households every year. The approval follows the bureau’s…...

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Electricity Demand Increases in Eastern and Midwestern U.S. in June Due to Heatwaves: EIA

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Electricity demand increased in the eastern and midwestern region of the U.S due to a heatwave, according to a July 1 report published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Demand across the Eastern interconnection hit a high of 502,670 megawatts (MW) during a single hour on June 21, in comparison to an hourly June peak…...