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Al.com: Alaska has more residential solar installations than Alabama. So does Rhode Island, Delaware, Mississippi and every other state except North and South Dakota. Georgia has 10 times as much residential solar as Alabama, and South Carolina has 17 times as much as Georgia. But that could change soon for Alabama. For years, solar advocates […]
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Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal: Xcel Energy Inc. on Friday told Minnesota regulators that it planned to abandon the proposed $800 million natural gas plant in Becker, Minnesota, that was to have taken over for three coal-fired plants. Instead, the Minneapolis-based utility said it plans to build two smaller natural gas plants — one in southwestern […]
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S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): Following record capacity additions in 2020, U.S. developers of large-scale wind farms, solar plants and battery stations started 2021 with a bang, bringing online a combined 3,859 MW in the first quarter, 10% more than in the same period a year ago, according to a new report underscoring the country’s […]
Press Release, Dennis Wamsted, Seth Feaster and David Schlissel
Coal, gas set to become biggest losers as renewable generation climbs quickly
March 31, 2021 (IEEFA) — The speed and scope of the energy transition to renewables will pick up pace over the next two to three years, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis’ U.S. Power Sector Outlook 2021. Solar and battery storage adoption is enjoying almost exponential growth, and wind and solar […]
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S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): Equinor ASA is considering selling its holdings in the Bakken play of North Dakota and Montana, part of a comprehensive review of its international oil and gas portfolio as the Norwegian state-controlled company pivots away from oil and toward the energy transition. “We now have a different strategy for onshore […]
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Minneapolis Star Tribune: Great River Energy now has agreements with five wind farms to provide power to help compensate for the planned closure of its massive coal plant in North Dakota by 2023. Maple Grove-based Great River, the state’s second largest electricity producer, this week announced three new wind power purchase agreements, mostly in Minnesota. […]
Press Release, David Schlissel and Dennis Wamsted
Retrofitting aging Milton R. Young coal plant Unit 2 with CCS makes little economic sense
October 9, 2020 (IEEFA U.S.) ‒ In case you missed it (ICYMI), Director of Resource Planning Analysis, David Schlissel and analyst/editor Dennis Wamsted presented webinars October 6 and 7 on IEEFA’s report Project Tundra: A Step In the Wrong Direction. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is often promoted as a technology that brings benefits to […]
Press Release and David Schlissel
Lead author David Schlissel will present his research findings in an online briefing
On Wednesday, October 7th at 5:00 p.m. Central (6:00 p.m. EDT), IEEFA’s Director of Resource Planning Analysis, David Schlissel will present the report: Project Tundra: Carbon Capture Project A Step in the Wrong Direction Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is often promoted as a technology that brings benefits to business, local communities and the environment. […]
Press Release, David Schlissel and Dennis Wamsted
Unproven technology funded by federal tax credits unlikely to pay off
September 22, 2020 (IEEFA) — A plan to retrofit an aging coal-fired plant in North Dakota with unproven carbon capture and storage technology is likely to raise rates for customers who get electricity from the Milton R. Young Unit 2 facility, according to a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis […]
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State action thwarts another U.S. federal effort to expand fossil fuel-burning as financial realities and alternative solutions embolden a North Carolina agency
While the debate rages over the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a large proposed extension has just hit a brick wall. The main Mountain Valley Pipeline, which would run 303 miles from West Virginia to Pittsylvania County in Virginia, is not yet fully built. Construction was speeding along until a U.S. appeals court ruled that it had […]
IEEFA U.S.: Energy transition to renewables likely to accelerate over next two to three years
Coal, gas set to become biggest losers as renewable generation climbs quicklyMarch 31, 2021 (IEEFA) — The speed and scope of the energy transition to renewables will pick up pace over the next two to three years, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis’ U.S. Power Sector Outlook 2021. Solar and battery storage adoption is enjoying almost exponential growth, and wind and solar […]