In a September 19, 2019 news release, Dominion Energy announced plans to seek approval for the largest offshore wind development in the United States. The 2,640 MW offshore wind development is to be located 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, in the 112,800 acres Dominion Energy currently is leasing from the Bureau of…
A new report from Wood Mackenzie and the Solar Energy Industries Association (“SEIA”) shows that the pipeline of US solar projects has reached an all-time high of 37.9 GW. The report also found that 15 GW of solar capacity was added in the US in 2018, which is a record. The SEIA anticipates that the…
Premature retirements of the US nuclear fleet continued last week as Exelon Generation shut down Three Mile Island’s 829 MW Unit 1 reactor, reigniting the debate as to whether or not Pennsylvania should provide financial assistance to its remaining four nuclear plants. One of the remaining plants, Beaver Valley, is scheduled to be shut down…
As renewable energy generation capacity continues to increase in the U.S. — due in part to state and federal incentives and tax credits—many of these benefits are coming to an end What was once a novel technology seeking to rid the world of fossil fuel energy generation, is now transitioning into a mainstream (and viable)…
