Virginia’s energy storage target goes one-up on New York State
Virginia lawmakers passed a bill to support the US Commonwealth’s electric grid going 100% “clean” by 2050, which includes an energy storage deployment target of 3.1GW by 2035.
Articles tagged with: Coal Plant Retirement
Coal retirements in Indiana could be hastened by 2.6GW of wind, solar and energy storage
US utility Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) has issued request for proposals (RfPs) for a mix of technologies across solar, energy storage, wind and others to meet requirements for extra power generation identified under its Integrated Resource Plan (2018 IRP).
Ameren to develop 30MW of solar-plus-storage in rural Missouri
Ameren Missouri is planning three grid-scale solar facilities with energy storage, reportedly marking the first ever instance of an energy company in the US Mid-West state powering its customers’ homes with batteries.
Two more US utilities make major gas, solar and storage plans
New Mexico and Tennessee have both released plans for new solar, storage and gas infrastructure.
Florida utility plans world’s largest battery combined with solar
Major US utility Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) is planning to build the world’s largest battery energy storage system adjacent to an existing solar power plant, with plans to roll out multiple other storage systems across the state.
Xcel’s plan: Accelerate coal retirements, 275MW of storage for PV at ‘unprecedented low prices’
Xcel Energy has filed a plan which would retire two coal plants, add significant capacities of renewables and gas – and deploy 275MW specifically in combination with PV.