The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on Aug. 8 released a detailed report highlighting the state’s progress in advancing its Climate Action Framework. Among other things, the report highlights that in 2023 and 2024, the state legislature passed over $1 billion in funding to transition to clean energy, to reduce emissions, and to prepare communities for…...
The Biden administration on Aug. 9 highlighted five key cyber enabled technologies that it will prioritize to enhance the digital ecosystem for a secure energy future. In line with the National Cybersecurity Strategy’s pledge to the cyber enabled foundations of the energy transition, the administration is committed to ensuring that the digital ecosystem remains equipped…...
PJM Interconnection LLC’s capacity market auction for the 2025/2026 delivery year cleared at $269.92 per megawatt-day (MW-day), about nine times the clearing price in the last auction. The significantly higher prices resulted from a reduced electricity supply, mainly due to numerous generator retirements, coupled with rising demand and the implementation of market reforms, according to PJM, which operates across 13 states and the District of Columbia.
The U.S. Energy Department’s Loan Programs Office on Aug. 8 announced a conditional loan guarantee commitment of up to $1.45 billion to QCells, a crystalline silicon solar manufacturer, to support a solar supply chain facility in Cartersville, Georgia. The facility would be capable of producing 3.3 gigawatts (GW) of solar panels annually, which has the…...
The U.S. Treasury Department on Aug. 7 reported that over 3.4 million U.S. consumers benefited from $8.4 billion in tax credits to reduce the costs of clean energy and energy efficiency enhancements to their households during 2023. This is the first public release of data from 2023 tax filing displaying the benefit of clean energy…...
U.S. natural gas storage levels are projected to be at 3,954 billion cubic feet (Bcf) by Oct. 31, 2024, according to an Aug. 7 report published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. This will be the highest storage level at the end of the injection season since November 2016. As of the end of March…...
The U.S. Energy Department on Aug. 6 announced $2.2 billion for eight grid infrastructure projects across 18 states. The core objectives of the investment are to improve grid resilience to extreme weather shocks, increase grid capacity to accommodate growing demand, and integrate clean and renewable power sources into the grid. These grid infrastructure projects are…...
U.S. imports of renewable diesel averaged 30,000 barrels per day (b/d) during the January to May 2024 period, according to an Aug. 6 report published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. U.S. imports from renewable diesel come from Neste’s plants in Rotterdam and Singapore and are destined mainly for the U.S. West Coast, where the…...
U.S. coal stockpiles at power plants, as of May 2024 were at their highest level since the first half of 2020, according to an Aug. 5 report published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Coal stockpiles were recorded at 138 million short tons at the end of May, up 0.6 percent compared to the previous…...
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission on Aug. 2 approved Minnesota Power’s high-voltage direct-current, or HVDC, transmission project designed to increase capacity to prepare the system for future expansion and address grid reliability. The approval allows for a capacity of up to 900 megawatts (MW), up from the current 550 MW capacity. The project is estimated…...
Hurricane Beryl, the first major hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, has brought new attention to the fragility of the Texas power grid and the pressing need to…Read the full report…...