September 30, 2024

Transmission & Distribution

Energy Vault
DOE Targets 90% Cut in Cost of Long-duration Storage
A new initiative at DOE's national labs will use AI and machine learning to cut the time long-duration storage technologies will need to reach commercial scale.
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Two Transmission Projects Selected to Bring Low-carbon Power to NYC
New York selected the Clean Path and the Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission projects from among seven submitted to the CES Tier 4 solicitation.
AES
Storage the ‘Linchpin’ to 24/7 Carbon-free Power, Corporate Buyers Say
Reaching the goal of 24-7 carbon-free power will require a dramatic increase in storage to fill gaps in renewable output, large energy users say.
NYDPS
New York Adopts Groundbreaking Transmission Investment Rules
New York regulators established a new category of transmission and distribution investment and directed utilities to revise proposed benefit-cost analysis.
Idaho National Laboratory
Overheard at the USEA Advanced Energy Technology Forum
A key theme at the USEA forum was the push toward developing no- and low-carbon technologies that have applications beyond energy generation.
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Scientists, First Nations Say Hydropower is Not Clean Energy
A critic of hydropower says politicians often make “vacuous statements about a particular energy source being clean, but that is not the case.”
NV Energy
NV Energy Applies to Build Northern Nevada Line
NV Energy applied to build a 235-mile transmission line across northern Nevada — a project that would complete a transmission triangle around the state.
Plus Power
Largest Standalone Battery Storage System in Northeast Planned for Small Mass. Town
Plus Power filed a petition last week with the Massachusetts Energy Facility Siting Board for approval to build the Cranberry Point Energy Storage project.
Chemeketa Community College
Oregon Program to Provide $50M for Community Renewables, Resilience
Oregon’s Department of Energy is seeking ways to dispense $50 million in public funding to support community-based renewable energy efforts.
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CHPE Transmission Line Opponents Tout Benefits of Excelsior Connect
The environmental organization Riverkeeper says there are proposals preferable to running transmission lines under the Hudson River.

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