Utility will “dramatically” boost its in-state renewables portfolio and increasingly lean on storage, expanding on its existing hydropower base. Green Mountain Power has joined the ranks of utilities like Xcel Energy that are working toward 100 percent carbon-free electricity. The Vermont-based utility will target 100 percent carbon-free by 2025 and 100 percent renewables by 2030. […]
Siemens Gamesa committed to lowering offshore wind costs through EU-funded i4Offshore project
As announced in December 2018, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and Aalborg University in Denmark are leading the i4Offshore research and development project focused on significantly reducing the cost of offshore wind power. Officially entitled “Integrated Implementation of Industrial Innovations for Offshore Wind Cost Reduction”, the project is supported by a European Union grant of nearly […]
France’s Dunkirk offshore wind tender results due in early May – CRE regulator
PARIS: France’s CRE energy market regulator will publish its recommendations for the 600 megawatt (MW) Dunkirk offshore wind farm tender in early May, and it expects the price to be reasonable, the head of the regulatory body said on Thursday. “We will get reasonable prices for the Dunkirk offshore tender,” Jean-Francois Carenco told a French […]
Report: Levelized Cost of Energy for Lithium-Ion Batteries Is Plummeting
Bloomberg New Energy Finance finds the long-term costs of multi-hour energy storage can compete with natural gas and coal in an increasing number of markets today. The long-term cost of supplying grid electricity from today’s lithium-ion batteries is falling even faster than expected, making them an increasingly cost-competitive alternative to natural-gas-fired power plants across a […]
UK to Get 30% of Electricity From Offshore Wind by 2030
The government says this marks a key milestone in the global shift to clean energy, while some critics say the offshore wind target is “woefully inadequate.” The U.K. this month launched a major commitment to renewable energy development, with a pledge to get 30 percent of electricity from offshore wind by 2030. Energy and Clean […]
ARPA-E Commits $28 Million to Develop Advanced Floating Offshore Wind Turbines
The Energy Department wants to “develop new and potentially disruptive innovations” in floating offshore wind turbine technology. The U.S. Department of Energy’s innovation arm wants to disrupt floating offshore wind turbine technology. On February 1, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced it was making available $28 million in funding for research projects to develop […]
Wind To Surpass Hydro as No. 1 U.S. Renewable Power Source in 2019
Meanwhile, coal will keep losing. Wind power is on track to surpass hydropower as the U.S. grid’s largest source of renewable electricity in 2019, according to Energy Information Administration data. Hydro had a century-long head start, and plants like the 2,000megawatt Hoover Dam and 6,800-megawatt Grand Coulee Dam still outsize any other generating stations. However, […]
US Government Shutdown Slows Progress on Offshore Wind Projects
The closure of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management delays Vineyard Wind meetings. Vineyard Wind has emerged as the first U.S. offshore wind project to face delays caused by the ongoing federal shutdown. Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners were due to start building the 800-megawatt wind farm off of Massachusetts this year, but they […]
Orsted Diversifies From Offshore Wind With 20MW UK Battery
The wind giant’s strategic expansion into energy storage is more about the future than the present. Danish energy giant Ørsted has added energy storage to its global clean energy arsenal. The company activated its first large-scale battery in Liverpool in late December. The 20 megawatt Carnegie Road project inaugurates a new business line for the […]
Siemens Gamesa Looks to Cut Offshore Wind Foundation Costs by 30%
The turbine maker is targeting up to a 30 percent cost reduction. Siemens Gamesa is aiming to cut the cost of offshore wind foundations by up to 30 percent as part of a project unveiled this month. The turbine maker said it is working with Aalborg University of Copenhagen, Denmark on a five-year offshore wind […]