Long-duration energy storage
Long-duration energy storage can help clean up the grid, but only if it's super cheap
To compete with clean firm generation, long-duration storage needs to come down massively in price.
By David Roberts .
Transmission
Transmission
Startup nabs $60M for high-tech cables to help speed clean energy rollout
The grid needs much more capacity to bring clean energy online. TS Conductor’s tech could help — and federal and state policies are pushing utilities to adopt it.
By Jeff St. John .
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Transmission
New Orleans has a new clean energy standard. Now it wants a more modern transmission grid
After New Orleans passed the first clean energy standard in the Gulf South, a city leader is pushing for a more renewable-friendly and reliable grid.By Andy Kowalczyk .
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Nuclear
Low prices in PJM’s capacity auction spell trouble for Exelon’s Illinois nuclear fleet
A long-delayed auction yields lower-than-expected prices in the country’s biggest capacity market. That’s bad news for struggling nuclear power plants.By Jeff St. John .
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Transmission
Western states look to regional transmission organizations to boost clean energy's pathways to market
Bills in Nevada and Colorado would set a 2030 target for utilities to join regional transmission organizations.By Jeff St. John .
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Transmission
The good news and bad news for clean energy from LBNL’s nationwide interconnection study
Solar, wind and energy storage projects make up a massive share of grid interconnection requests, but they’re taking longer to connect and dropping out more often.By Jeff St. John .
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Transmission
MISO takes a deep look at electrification’s potential impact on its grid
A new report outlines how EVs and building electrification will pose challenges for the country’s geographically largest grid operator.By Andy Kowalczyk .
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Transmission
Biden administration boosts support for transmission jobs and clean energy benefits
An ACEG report finds that interstate transmission projects could drive 1.2 million jobs and increase wind and solar capacity by 50 percent. A new $8.25 billion federal loan commitment could help.By Jeff St. John .
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Transmission
How transmission along railroads and highways could break open clean energy growth
High-voltage lines buried along road and rail rights of way could carry renewable power across the U.S. — if a lot of novel challenges can be overcome.By Jeff St. John .
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Policy & regulation
Can federal tax credits help build the transmission needed to green the US grid?
President Biden and Democrats in Congress home in on support for hard-to-build transmission as a linchpin for meeting clean energy goals. -
Clean energy
US now ‘halfway to zero’ on electricity-sector carbon emissions
An LBNL report highlights the technology and economic changes that broke through pessimistic forecasts — and the challenges of cutting the rest of the power sector’s carbon footprint.By Jeff St. John .
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