Site Map Helps Companies Identify Low-Impact Renewable Energy Possibilities
The Nature Conservancy has publicly released a map to help companies and communities identify the most promising places in the central U.S. to quickly...
New Software Predicts Extreme Weather Events, Power Production
DNV, a provider of advisory, monitoring, verification and certification services for the energy value chain, says it has generated and analyzed 20,000 years of...
Renewable Sector Faces Increasing Loss Due to Extreme Weather
Extreme weather events that fall outside of traditionally modeled natural catastrophe (Nat Cat) definitions - including hailstorms, wildfires and extreme cold - are continuing...
Biden Restores the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan
The U.S. Department of Interior has revoked amendments to the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) filed by the Trump administration last month.
"We are...
Amazon Becomes Largest Corporate Purachaser of Renewables
Amazon has invested in 26 new utility-scale wind and solar energy projects totaling 3.4 GW of electricity production capacity, bringing its total investment in...
SCE: California Grid Needs to Adapt to Realize Clean Energy Future
Fundamental changes in how the electric power grid is planned, designed, built and operated are necessary to meet future challenges. These challenges are created...
New York Power Authority Approves the VISION2030 Energy Roadmap
The New York Power Authority’s (NYPA) board of trustees has approved a new strategic plan, VISION2030, which provides a roadmap for transforming the state’s...
New Alliance Formed to Support Low-Carbon Solar Energy
Renewable energy companies from a diverse cross-section of the solar industry have joined together to launch the Ultra Low-Carbon Solar Alliance.
The alliance will work...
Terracon Enhances Site-Selection Tool
Consulting and engineering firm Terracon says it has further enhanced Stage1, a site-selection tool, to now include environmental and geotechnical condition assessment.
Stage1 combines Terracon's...
Cuomo Proposes Regulations to Speed up Renewable Siting, Construction
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced the availability of proposed regulations that would implement the Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth and Community Benefit Act.
The draft...
