From UCS As the rest of the country rushes to build natural gas power plants, California continues to downsize its fleet. While the official numbers are not yet in, 2018 appears to have been a big year for natural gas power plant retirements in California. California saw three big plant retirements last year: Encina (854 MW), Mandalay (560 MW), and Etiwanda (640
From E&E News A contract to sell electricity to Pacific Gas and Electric Co., California’s largest utility, was historically the gold standard in the renewables business. Not anymore. The San Francisco-based power company’s bankruptcy has thrown the Golden State’s renewable market into flux, creating uncertainty for an industry shouldering much of the burden associated with greening California’s economy. Analysts do
Xcel Energy Aims for Zero-Carbon Electricity in Colorado by 2050
From Utility Dive In Washington, Nevada and Arizona, voters will consider a carbon tax, deregulation and 50% renewables requirements. Across the United States, the general trend is toward clean energy resources and away from carbon-emitting generation. But in some states there is a sense that regulators and utilities are not moving fast enough — leading to ballot initiatives that could
Wind and solar generation are steadily growing in the U.S. According to a new report released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), wind and solar electric generation reached or exceeded 20% of total generation in 10 states in 2017. This includes small-scale solar photovoltaics. Source: EIA Facts Summary: Total annual generation (TAG) from wind and solar in the US,
Uncertainty of future power mix in California and Arizona spook commitments from potential electricity buyers From Power Magazine The companies negotiating to purchase the largest coal-fired power plant in the southwestern U.S. have ended their pursuit, which means the 2,250-MW Navajo Generating Station (NGS) near Page, Arizona, remains scheduled to close by year-end 2019. Avenue Capital, a New York-based global
NatGas combined cycle plants were 40% of proposed total capacity additions The EIA has released its report on utility-scale power plants planned and built in the United States and natural gas continues to lead the way. Power plant developers told EIA they planned to install 25.1 gigawatts (GW) of generating capacity in 2017. Here is how it developed: 7 GW
Developer must revisit finance terms before commission will commit ratepayers to $200 million price tag for experimental project From WorkBoat – by Kirk Moore An offshore wind energy pilot project was dealt a setback by Maine utility regulators, who voted to revisit a power price contract critical for financing the floating turbines. Maine Aqua Ventus is a proposed 12 MW
From REneweconomy The Tesla big battery in South Australia has already taken a 55 per cent share in the state’s frequency and ancillary services market, and lowered prices in that market by 90 per cent, new data has shown. The stunning numbers on the economics of the country’s first utility-scale battery were presented at the Australian Energy Week conference in
Former Cisco CEO John Chambers Joins Bloom Energy Board of Directors
Arizona Corporation Commissioners, all five Republicans, reject Arizona Public Service Co. long-term plan adding gas powered generation, asks APC to submit plans for renewable energy -i.e. utility solar From Scientific American Arizona regulators gave the state’s largest utility the cold shoulder last week, essentially rejecting Arizona Public Service Co.’s plans to double its natural gas fleet over the next 15 years. Instead,
BP released its 2018 Energy Outlook Tuesday, this year extending its projections out five additional years to 2040. BP’s 2018 Outlook’s findings are tied to what it labels ‘the energy transition’. “The speed of the energy transition is uncertain and the new Outlook considers a range of scenarios. The ‘evolving transition’ scenario assumes that government policies, technologies and societal preferences
