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Denver Post: Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, a wholesale power provider serving rural utilities in Colorado and three other states, has reached a settlement with several parties on a plan aimed at cutting costs for ratepayers and setting ambitious goals for reducing carbon emissions. The Colorado Public Utilities Commission will consider Tri-State’s electric resource plan. […]
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Washington Post ($): Expansive, flat and abundant, the rooftops of big-box stores in the United States could produce enough solar energy to meet half their electricity needs, according to a report released Thursday. Walmart leads the way in rooftop solar potential, followed by Target and Home Depot. “There’s massive potential across the entire country for […]
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Cheswick Generating Station, the last coal-fired power plant in Allegheny County, is being sold to a Kentucky-based firm for demolition, remediation and redevelopment when it shuts down at the end of March. Charah Solutions Inc., which specializes in environmental remediation, is purchasing the power plant in Springdale and its related ash landfill and […]
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Reuters: Wind power production in the Nordic countries hit a record high of 21.3 gigawatts (GW) on Thursday amid stormy weather in the region, Refinitiv Eikon data showed. Wind turbines’ output across Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland reached the new high point for the hour from 0500 GMT, according to the data. The previous record, […]
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PV Tech: Distributed PV installations in China topped 29GW last year, contributing more than half of total solar installations in the country for the first time. In a note published yesterday, the country’s National Energy Administration (NEA) said around 53GW of grid-connected solar capacity was installed last year, an increase on the 48.2GW installed in […]
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Reuters: A Japanese-Australian venture producing hydrogen from brown coal is set to ship its maiden cargo on the world’s first liquid hydrogen carrier from near Melbourne to Kobe on Friday, in a test delayed by nearly a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Suiso Frontier, built by Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) (7012.T), arrived […]
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Delays, mismanagement, overruns may leave Georgia Power ratepayers with enormous cost burden
January 20, 2022 (IEEFA)—Once estimated at more than $14 billion, the price tag for two new reactors at Georgia Power Company’s Plant Vogtle site has now climbed past $30 billion, and both units will be more than six years late in coming online, according to a report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial […]
Mihaela Grubišić Šeba, Arjun Flora and Press Release
ČEZ finds itself playing catch-up after a decade of complacency
20 Jan. 2022 (IEEFA Europe) – After a decade of missed opportunities, ČEZ Group (ČEZ) finds itself playing catch-up on renewable energy, according to a report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). ČEZ, the largest energy group in Czechia and one of the largest energy groups in Central and Eastern Europe, […]
Mihaela Grubišić Šeba and Arjun Flora
ČEZ po deseti letech nečinnosti dohání ztrátu
20. ledna 2022 (IEEFA Europe) – Skupina ČEZ musí podle zprávy Institutu pro energetickou ekonomiku a finanční analýzu (IEEFA) po deseti letech promarněných příležitostí dohánět výstavbu obnovitelných zdrojů energie. ČEZ, největší energetická skupina v ČR a jedna z největších ve střední a východní Evropě, oznámila v roce 2021 novou strategii k dekarbonizaci výroby elektřiny. Součástí plánu je výstavba obnovitelných zdrojů o výkonu 6 GW do […]
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Associated Press: Construction will soon begin on the second commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project to gain approval in the United States, the developers said. The U.S. Department of the Interior approved it in November, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued its approval letter for the constructions and operations plan Tuesday, a major step […]
