The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has canceled a procurement from a request for proposals for additional generating capacity this winter due to limited market response. The grid operator received only 11.1 megawatts of potentially eligible capacity, while it sought to procure up to 3 gigawatts of additional capacity that could be called upon…...
The U.S. Energy Department on Oct. 30 announced a $1.3 billion commitment in three transmission projects crossing six states – Arizona, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Utah, and Vermont. The commitment will support transformative projects aimed to add 3.5 gigawatts (GW) of grid capacity throughout the U.S., equivalent to powering about 3 million homes and…...
Carbon management is emerging as an important component of regulatory strategies to progress towards a net-zero economy. Recent actions range from…Read the full report…...
Carbon management is emerging as an important component of regulatory strategies to progress towards a net-zero economy. Recent actions range from funding for the first direct air capture facilities to establishing an action committee to advance marine carbon dioxide (CO2) removal.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Oct. 19 announced over $100 million in funding for new loans and subsidies to renovate the living spaces for 1,500 low-income households to cut energy waste and increase resilience to extreme weather events. The funding is a part of the Green and Resilient Retrofit Program, or…...
In the U.S. 6.8 gigawatts (GW) of electricity producing capacity from 10 natural gas fired electricity assets have come online so far in 2023 according to an Oct. 16 report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The agency estimates that an additional six natural gas fired electricity plants totalling 1.8 GW of capacity will come…...