Wind
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Renewables
Repowering Project Renews Company’s Commitment to Sustainability
Shell Energy upgraded a Texas wind farm to produce more power with fewer turbines, a project that showcased repurposing of old materials with new technology to enhance efficiency, reliability, and safety
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Commentary
Gearing Up for Experience POWER Week
Every year, I look forward to attending several power industry events. Among my favorites is the big event POWER hosts, known as Experience POWER Week. The conference will be held this year at the Renaissance
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Renewables
Risk Management, Skilled Counsel Key in Renewable Energy
Renewable energy project developers and contractors must be prepared to negotiate novel risks in a quickly changing global market. Technological innovations in renewable energy equipment and decreasing
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Renewables
China’s Mingyang Will Install Wind Turbines in Brazil
A major China-based wind turbine manufacturer confirmed it has an agreement with a Brazilian energy company to install its equipment for the first time in Latin America. Mingyang, the largest private wind turbine maker in China, on August 16 said it has “joined forces” with Brazil’s Companhia Paranaense de Energia, a utility better known as […]
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Commentary
Two Years After IRA: Carbon Capture Coalition Executive Director Reflects on Coalition’s Progress and What’s to Come
This week marks the second anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a critical milestone for the section 45Q tax credit, the foundational policy for the deployment of carbon management technologies, which was further enhanced in the IRA. The 45Q tax credit provides a credit on a per-ton basis for carbon that is captured from […]
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Commentary
The Energy Transition Requires a Holistic Approach
Over the last few years, the energy industry has moved down a path of massive change, disruption, and uncertainty. In the U.S., growth projections over the next 15 years include 2,000 GW of PV solar and wind, 1,100 GW of storage, all seemingly coming from nowhere, driving grid interconnection requests at the end of 2023 […]
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News
LS Power Acquiring Renewable Energy Assets in $2.5 Billion Deal
A New York-based power and energy infrastructure group will acquire more than 3 GW of operating renewable energy assets, along with another 8 GW of projects under development, from a Canadian company in a deal valued at up to $2.5 billion. LS Power, headquartered in New York City with offices in New Jersey, Missouri, Texas, […]
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Coal
AES Indiana Switching Last Coal Units to Gas, Adding Solar and Storage
An Indiana electric utility has announced a $1.1 billion investment in that state that includes switching coal-fired units to run on natural gas, along with new solar power and battery energy storage projects. AES Indiana, a subsidiary of AES Corp., and formerly known as Indianapolis Power & Light, on August 8 said it will convert […]
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Legal & Regulatory
Post-Chevron Ushers in ‘New Normal’ For Regulated Community
The U.S. Supreme Court recently overturned the longstanding Chevron doctrine, a foundation of administrative law for 40 years, when it ruled on Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo . The impacts on a wide
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Renewables
GOP-Held Congressional Districts Cash in on Clean Energy Projects
More than $106.5 billion in large-scale clean energy project investments have been announced in Republican-held congressional districts in the U.S. during the period from August 2022 through June 2024. The figure was released by E2, a national, nonpartisan group of business leaders, investors, and professionals from every sector of the economy who advocate for “smart […]
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