Ameren unit energizes 345-kV Spoon River transmission line in Illinois
Ameren Corp. unit Ameren Transmission Co. of Illinois has placed into service its 345-kV Spoon River transmission project nine months ahead of schedule.
National Grid applies for cross-border permit for NH transmission project
A subsidiary of National Grid USA has applied for a U.S. presidential permit for its proposed 1,200-MW Granite State Power Link transmission project to cross the U.S.-Canadian border.
NextEra, Calif. city want competition for transmission project
The California ISO should open up a 230-kV transmission project in the eastern part of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s service territory to competitive solicitation, the city of Lodi, Calif., and a NextEra Energy Inc. subsidiary said. PG&E is a subsidiary of PG&E Corp.
The hybrids are coming: 11 GW of battery-backed power plants planned and online
Driven by the U.S. power sector's heightened focus on grid flexibility and the need to manage vast new volumes of variable renewable energy resources, a more dynamic class of power plant is emerging: wind, solar and fossil fuel facilities hybridized with battery storage. Roughly 80 such power plants are operating and planned to come online across the United States in the next few years, totaling 11,628 MW, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data.
Southeast will have 15,000 MW of solar by 2021, group projects
Duke Energy Corp. provides the most solar-generated watts per customer of any utility in the southeast United States, an environmental group found, with the region projected to have 15,000 MW of that capacity by 2021.
More than 3,200 MW of renewables added to US grid in December 2017
Almost all of the 3,224 MW of U.S. generating capacity completed in December 2017 is fueled by renewable resources, with wind contributing 2,238 MW and solar another 950 MW.
SDG&E proposes 166 MW of energy storage for emergency response services
Sempra Energy subsidiary San Diego Gas & Electric Co. is proposing 166 MW of energy storage to provide electricity to emergency services during power outages.
FPL completes installation of 600 MW of solar projects
Florida Power & Light Co. energized four new solar facilities with a combined capacity of about 300 MW, marking the completion of an initiative to build eight new solar power plants across the state generating nearly 600 MW.
Indiana's Rockport plant switching almost entirely to Powder River Basin coal
Indiana Michigan Power Co. is in the process of switching its 2,600-MW Rockport power plant in Spencer County, Ind., almost entirely to Powder River Basin coal, a spokesman for the American Electric Power Co. Inc. subsidiary said.
Enel secures power contracts, starts work on 300-MW wind farm in Kansas
Enel Green Power North America started work on the proposed 300-MW Diamond Vista wind farm, according to a company release.
