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FERC Charts Open, Unbiased Course to Enhance Energy System Resilience

Andrew Burger January 12, 2018

Closing a DOE proposed new rulemaking and opening a new docket, FERC launched a more open, holistic and unbiased course aimed at enhancing the resiliency of U.S. power and energy systems.Read More

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New U.S. Capacity from Renewable Sources Far Outpace Natural Gas

Thomas Schueneman May 5, 2016

The first quarter of 2016 is one of lopsided records. First there are the monthly temperature records, with February the most unusually warm on record followed by March, with yet a new record deviation. In the midst of these increasingly worrisome records is another, offering hope that the response to these changing climate patterns is underway. The […]Read More

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Nearly Two-Thirds of New Generating Capacity in 2015 from Renewable

Thomas Schueneman February 8, 2016

It was quite a year for renewable energy. 2015 set the record for new electrical generation placed in service from solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal and biomass according to the latest Energy Infrastructure Update report released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Office of Energy Projects. Of the 16,485 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity in 2015, 63.85 […]Read More

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Renewable Energy Delivers 70 Percent of New Generating Capacity in

Thomas Schueneman July 24, 2015

According to the recently released Energy Infrastructure Update from the Office of Energy Projects at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), renewable energy sources accounted for 69.75 percent of new electrical generation placed into service in the first six months of 2015.* Wind provided more than half (50.64 percent) of all new capacity, or 1,969 megawatts (MW) thus […]Read More

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Wind and Solar Supply 100 Percent of New Generating Capacity

Thomas Schueneman May 29, 2015

According to the latest Energy Infrastructure Update, released from the Federal Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Office of Energy Projects, April unambiguously confirms the ongoing trend of renewable energy’s dominance in new supply of electrical generation in the United States. Wind and solar accounts for 100 percent of new generating capacity placed online in April. Jumbo Road Wind, […]Read More

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Renewable Sources Provide 75 Percent of New Generating Capacity in

Thomas Schueneman April 27, 2015

Wind energy leads the way in new generating capacity – The latest Energy Infrastructure Update report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Office of Energy Projects confirms the continuing trend for the dominance of renewable energy sources in new electrical generating capacity. The report shows energy sources from wind, solar, geothermal and hydropower combined a […]Read More

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Renewable Energy Beats Natural Gas for New Capacity in 2014

Thomas Schueneman January 29, 2015

It was a close race throughout the year, but in the end new generating capacity from renewable sources beat out new natural gas capacity by 1.16 percent in 2014. Of the 49.81 percent of new capacity from renewable energy, more than one-quarter, or 26.52 percent, came from wind energy while solar power provided another 20.40 […]Read More

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