September 29, 2024

Utility-scale Solar

Constellation
Biden Waives Tariffs on Key Solar Imports for 2 Years
Responding to pleas from solar developers, President Biden ordered a two-year tariff waiver on PV components from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
EDF Renewables
NY Contracts More Than 2 GW in Solar and Storage Projects
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced awards for 22 solar and energy storage projects totaling 2,078 MW, NY’s largest land-based renewable energy procurement to date.
ISO-NE
ISO-NE Summer Outlook Sunnier than Elsewhere, but not Without Clouds
New England is not facing the same warnings as other regions this summer, but severe heat could still force ISO-NE into emergency actions, the RTO said.
CS Energy
Proposed NJ Solar REC Program Wins Initial Support
New Jersey's proposal to award solar RECs through annual procurements with incentives for projects incorporating storage won initial support from stakeholders.
Sierra Club
Solar Supply Chain Issues Dog PNM Coal Plant Replacement Plan
PNM exhausted every alternative before postponing the retirement of the coal-fired San Juan plant until the end of this summer, a utility executive said.
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Overheard at CLEANPOWER 2022
CLEANPOWER 2022 drew more than 7,000 attendees to San Antonio last week to discuss the clean power industry's challenges in the years to come.
Williamborg, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Big Renewable Projects Take Shape in Central Wash.
A new solar farm has been proposed for Benton County, Wash., while another massive renewable project in the county has passed one state hurdle.
ERCOT
ERCOT, PUC Say Texas Ready for Summer
Texas grid leaders met with reporters to once again allay concerns about ERCOT’s management of the state’s electric supply.
Pepco Holdings
Solar Developers: New Jersey’s Aging Grid Can’t Accept New Projects
Parts of New Jersey’s electricity grid are so old and its capacity so limited that new solar projects can’t be connected in certain areas, developers said.
NERC 2022 Summer Reliability Assessment
West, Texas, Midwest at Risk of Summer Shortfalls, NERC Says
Drought, wildfires, plant retirements and transmission outages have elevated the risk of supply shortfalls in the West, Texas, MISO and SPP, NERC said.

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