Policy & regulation
Newsletter: Clean energy wins in Michigan and California
Start your Monday with two accounts of cleaner energy beating out dirtier options.
By Julian Spector .
Wind
Wind
Huge New Jersey offshore wind project approved for construction
The 2.8 gigawatt Atlantic Shores project aims to start construction next year and connect to the grid by 2029. It’ll have to beat legal challenges to get there.
By Keaton Peters .
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Solar
California just OK'd a massive new buildout of renewables and clean storage
A plan to replace the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant with 11.5 GW of zero-carbon capacity — and no natural gas — will test the grid value of renewables and batteries.By Jeff St. John .
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Transmission
Federal plan for regional cooperation on transmission infrastructure could boost clean energy
FERC tackles the thorny problem of interstate transmission planning. -
Policy & regulation
Illinois and North Carolina are hashing out the future of clean energy, and it's getting dramatic
Hope you had a restful weekend. Time to kick off the week with two states hashing out the future of clean energy.By Julian Spector .
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Workforce diversity
Charging Up: Vestas North America gets a new president and more women’s career moves in cleantech
A former FERC chair takes a new perch, hydrogen experts land at Lifte H2 and Hydra Energy, and women assume new leadership roles at CarbonQuest, Smart Wires, WeaveGrid and Arcadia.By Eric Wesoff .
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Clubhouse with Canary: Corporate clean energy deals broaden scope to include environmental justice and community benefits
In 2020, corporations around the world purchased a record 23.7 gigawatts of clean energy via long-term agreements. -
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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Fossil fuels
Newsletter: Shell's gotta do what now?
It's Friday, it's Memorial Day weekend, so we're going to keep this short and sweet.By Julian Spector .
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Wind
Biden administration seeks to pave the way for 4.6GW of offshore wind off California’s coast
A plan to offer leases by 2022 is only the first of many steps to enable West Coast floating wind turbine farms.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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