Electricity
Trump administration change aids renewable projects
The Trump administration provided a major boost to developers of renewable energy, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Kallanish Energy reports. The U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue ...
Tesla to produce ventilators at NY solar plant
Tesla has announced that it intends to retool a solar panel factory in western New York state to manufacture medical ventilators due to the coronavirus pandemic, Kallanish Energy reports. That ...
Vestas to develop Vietnam intertidal wind project
Wind developer Vestas has secured its fourth intertidal project contract in Vietnam with a 29-megawatt order, Kallanish Energy reports. The Ben Tre VI-3 wind project will be ...
Denmark mulls construction of $44.5B mega wind farm
Denmark is investigating the possibility of building one or more “energy islands” with a capacity to produce 10,000 megawatts of offshore wind power, the country’s energy and climate ...
Ohio court dismisses FirstEnergy Solutions’ suit
The Ohio Supreme Court has dismissed a complaint filed by FirstEnergy Solutions against a proposed referendum that could have killed a $1 billion bailout for two nuclear ...
Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island may be acquired, dismantled
A company that specializes in decommissioning nuclear reactors is negotiating to acquire and dismantle Pennsylvania’s infamous Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 reactor, Kallanish Energy reports. The long-mothballed reactor was the site ...
India has lowest renewable cost in Asia-Pacific
India is the Asia-Pacific country with the lowest renewable energy cost, according to a new research note released by independent research company Wood Mackenzie. The levelized cost ...
Boem publishes notice on NY, NJ offshore wind line
A federal agency has taken the next step in developing a key electric transmission line to serve wind development offshore New York and New Jersey, Kallanish Energy reports. ...
Venezuela oil output is said to have dropped by 50%
Power failures that kept Venezuela in darkness for much of March also briefly slashed the country’s crude production by 50%, people familiar with the situation told Bloomberg. ...
France studies biomass usage to deal with coal phase-out
France is studying a project to replace coal-fired power plants with biomass generation plants by 2022, with a view to securing supply in northwest France, particularly in Brittany, ...