This article first appeared on CT Mirror and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. The offshore Revolution Wind project is nearing completion after nearly three years of work based out of the State Pier in New London, Connecticut, officials with Danish wind energy developer Ørsted said Thursday. In a presentation […]

The Pacific Northwest will need a massive buildout of new energy infrastructure over the next six years to meet rising electricity demand, according to a draft regional power plan released Thursday.  Implementing the plan will cost the Pacific Northwest approximately $2.3 billion. And the rate of building will need to quicken to make it happen […]

(The Center Square) – After Gov. Greg Abbott issued two data center directives, several data center companies and other large companies said they will comply. One dropped its plans to build a data center, stating it couldn’t comply. 

What do record-setting heat waves, hurricane season, and severe droughts all have in common? They all create strain on the power grid, threaten reliability, and drive up costs. Duke Energy, which serves customers throughout the Carolinas, forecasts a demand increase eight times the pace of the prior 15 years due to economic development, population growth, […]

(The Center Square) – Ohio power regulators are taking steps they say are designed to protect large electric customers from paying higher rates because of data centers.

(The Center Square) - Strained electrical grids and long wait times to hook up to public utilities will push about 40% of all new data center capacity additions entirely off the main grid through 2030, according to energy research firm Enverus.

Louisiana could be home to one of a handful of new locations the Trump administration envisions to manage the full life cycle of nuclear energy.  The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Louisiana and four other states as potential sites for Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses. Each would handle the enrichment of radioactive materials, deployment of […]