Report Details Recommendations to Streamline Interconnection with Near- to Long-Term Solutions to Add Clean Energy Resources to the Transmission Grid and Boost Our Clean Energy Economy WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a new roadmap outlining solutions to speed up the interconnection of clean energy onto the nation’s transmission grid and ... [continued] The post U.S. DOE Releases 1st-Ever Roadmap to Accelerate Connecting More Clean Energy Projects to the Nation’s Electric Grid appeared first on CleanTechnica ..read more

President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Equips Utilities and Power Providers With a Suite of Tools to Meet Increasing Demand, While Keeping Costs Affordable for Consumers, Cutting Emissions and Ensuring Reliability Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today outlined a wide array of solutions to address increased electricity demand ... [continued] The post U.S. DOE Releases New Report Outlining Solutions to Meet Growing Electricity Demand appeared first on CleanTechnica ..read more

A new report finds that, although there is likely to be a significant shortage of wind energy workers in the coming decades, impactful opportunities exist to close the wind energy workforce gap. As development increases to meet U.S. wind energy deployment goals, it is important to have enough trained workers ... [continued] The post U.S. DOE Report Highlights Ways to Address Significant Wind Energy Workforce Gap appeared first on CleanTechnica ..read more

WASHINGTON — The Biden-Harris administration yesterday announced a series of historic milestones and actions to promote responsible clean energy development on public lands and help achieve President Biden’s goal of creating a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland yesterday announced that the Department has ... [continued] The post Historic Milestones, New Actions for Clean Energy on Public Lands in USA appeared first on CleanTechnica ..read more

Today I presented again to a large Indian audience, hosted by the India Smart Grid Forum. The theme was Electrify Everything Everywhere All At Once. This was within the frame of the presentation I gave at the India Smart Utility Week on March 14th. In honor of the start of ... [continued] The post The Short List Of Climate Actions That Will Work — India Edition Transcript appeared first on CleanTechnica ..read more

Applications Open for Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project, Which Connects Decision Makers With Energy Insights Remote, coastal, and island communities across the country face similar energy resilience challenges—from high energy costs and aging infrastructure to outages from extreme weather events and climate change impacts—but each community’s values and priorities create ... [continued] The post Local Priorities Drive Energy Transitions in Remote, Coastal, & Island Communities appeared first on CleanTechnica ..read more

NREL Led PR100 Study That Modeled Possible Scenarios Built on Stakeholder Priorities of Energy Affordability, Resilience and Reliability, Land Use, and Economic Benefits Frequent and extreme weather events. Record-setting power outages. High energy costs. These are some of the galvanizing forces that unite the people of Puerto Rico in their ... [continued] The post Yes, Puerto Rico Can Reach Its 100% Renewable Energy Goal by 2050 appeared first on CleanTechnica ..read more

Yesterday, we publicly released the new Wholesale Electricity Market Portal to help users examine and access electricity markets data in the seven Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators. Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators in the United States Watch this video to learn more about how to use the portal. The post Introducing the Wholesale Electricity Market Portal (USA) appeared first on CleanTechnica ..read more

Reconductoring is one way to make the electrical grid more efficient so it can handle more input from wind and solar resources. The post Replacing Wires Could Double How Much Electricity The US Grid Can Handle appeared first on CleanTechnica ..read more

The electricity mix of energy sources in Texas, managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) electricity grid operator, changed noticeably in 2023. Although wind power remains the largest source of renewable power in the state, the installation of new wind turbine capacity slowed in 2023, while additions of ... [continued] The post Texas Solar Power Growth Changing the Shape of Daily Electricity Supply in ERCOT appeared first on CleanTechnica ..read more