Hurricane Ida Exposes Grid Weaknesses as New Orleans Goes Dark

Most of New Orleans went dark on Sunday after Hurricane Ida took out transmission lines and forced power plants offline. It was an all too familiar scene in a city that has often lost power during big storms.But this was an outage that was…

After a Summer of Disasters, Some Lawmakers See a Chance for Climate Action

WASHINGTON — As the country reels from the cascade of deaths and devastation wrought by this summer’s record floods, heat waves, droughts and wildfires, President Biden and progressive Democrats are using the moment to push for aggressive…

Satellite Images Find ‘Substantial’ Oil Spill in Gulf After Ida

Cleanup crews are working to contain what experts called a substantial oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to an examination of satellite and aerial survey images, ship tracking data and interviews with local officials and others involved…

Energy Transfer, SB Energy Sign Power Purchase Agreement

Energy Transfer has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with San Francisco-based SB Energy for 120 MW of electricity from…

Signal Energy Completes Texas Clean Renewable Energy Project

Signal Energy, an EPC contractor based in Tennessee, has completed construction of the 418 MWp Juno Solar Project in Borden County, Texas. The project was delivered on time and is now…

RWE, LG Energy Solution Integrate Battery Energy Storage System

RWE Renewables has signed contracts with LG Energy Solution to provide an integrated battery energy storage system (BESS) for two of RWE’s upcoming projects with co-located solar PV…

Invenergy Finalizes Construction Financing for Michigan Solar Project

Invenergy, a global developer and operator of sustainable energy solutions, has completed term and construction financing for the…

Quanta Services Purchases Blattner – Solar Industry

Quanta Services Inc. is acquiring Blattner Holding Company, a utility-scale renewable energy infrastructure solutions provider in North America. Minnesota-based Blattner provides front-end…

EDF Renewables, Clean Power Alliance Ink Power Purchase Agreement

EDF Renewables' Desert Harvest 1 Solar project in California EDF Renewables North America (EDFR) and Clean Power Alliance (CPA) have signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for…

U.S. Solar Photovoltaic Module Shipments Increase Over Last Year

Despite the global COVID-19 pandemic, U.S shipments of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules reached a record high of 21.8 million peak kW in 2020, 5.4 million peak kW more than in 2019, according…