The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced US$4.37 billion in clean energy investments for rural utilities through the Empowering Rural America (New ERA) programme.
Luigi Resta, president of rPlus Energies, discusses the developer’s efforts to be first past the post in building new pumped hydro energy storage projects in the US with ESN Premium.
rPlus Energies has submitted a Final License Application for a 900MW/9GWh pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant in Wyoming, a milestone reached by only six projects in the past 20 years.
Two pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) projects at very different stages of development in Hawaii and Wyoming would enable hundreds of additional megawatt-hours of clean energy use in each region.
