December 28, 2024

Renewable Power

BOEM
Draft Environmental Statement Prepared for Maryland OSW
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has prepared a draft environmental impact for the proposed Maryland Offshore Wind Project.
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DOE: Public-private Partnerships Key for Deploying Clean Tech at Scale
DOE gets business friendly. “The private sector has heard that DOE wants to hear their opinions and is willing to be responsive to what they have to say," said LPO Director Jigar Shah.
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NJ Extends Third Solicitation OSW Deadline for ‘Contingent’ Projects
New Jersey agreed to extend the deadline by which developers with solicitations pending in other states can drop out of its third solicitation.
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Maryland PSC Approves Infinite Net Metering Credit Accumulation
The Net Metering Flexibility Act allows solar customers who generate their own electricity to accrue credits indefinitely, instead of only for a year.
DOE
DOE Looks to Build Clean Energy Park at Hanford Site
The Department of Energy wants to convert 30 square miles of the state of Washington’s heavily contaminated Hanford Site into a clean technology park, doesn’t know what type of clean tech it wants there.
General Electric
GE Sues Wind Turbine Blade Recycling Company

GE alleges it paid Global Fiberglass Solutions of Texas LLC $16.9 million to recycle about 5,000 blades, but GFS instead stockpiled them with other companies’ used blades.

South Fork Wind
Plans Would Boost OSW Infrastructure, Supply Chain Development
The plan offered by the Business Network for Offshore Wind calls for spending $36 billion on a network of up to 119 ports nationwide.
BOEM
Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Environmental Report Published
BOEM published the final environmental impact statement for Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, setting the stage for approval of the largest wind farm yet in U.S. waters.
United Nations
Calif. Governor: ‘Climate Crisis is a Fossil Fuel Crisis’
Saying that 'humanity has opened the gates of hell,' UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for an end to subsidies for fossil fuels worldwide and a phaseout of all coal-fired generation in well-off countries by 2030.
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Treasury Issues Principles for Net-zero Financing, Investment
The Treasury Department published guidance for private-sector financial support of net-zero initiatives,  a set of voluntary best practices to promote consistency and credibility.

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