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Perry Orders DOE to Review Electric Grid's Power-Source Mix, Resiliency

April 25, 2017

Energy Secretary Rick Perry has directed his department to examine whether subsidies, wholesale markets or other incentives may be skewing electric markets to favor one electricity power source over another or make the electric grid less resilient.

Energy Viewpoint

Killing Clean-Energy Regulations Won't Restore Fossil Fuels

Thomas F. Armistead

March 29, 2017

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The fossil-fuel industry can’t be restored by rolling back the Clean Power Plan or other clean-energy programs. That train has left the station. Trump would do better to catch it and try to direct where it goes.

Europe Wind Power Plans Are Soaring, But Costs Are Not

Peter Reina

March 29, 2017

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From water depth to turbine sizes, everything about European offshore-wind power is getting larger, except cost.

Renewable Energy

Mortenson to Build in Colorado the Largest Single-Phase Wind-Energy Project in North America

March 17, 2017

The 600MW Rush Creek Wind Project will be home to 300 turbines and an 83-mile transmission line near Limon, Colo.

ENR Southeast's 2017 Owner of the Year: NextEra Energy/FPL Group

NextEra Energy/FPL Group Touts Clean Power

Jim Parsons

March 7, 2017

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NextEra Energy/FPL Group chosen as Southeast's 2017 Owner of the Year.

Commentary

Energy Viewpoint: Evolving Action on Climate Change Accelerates to a Glacial Pace

Thomas F. Armistead

February 22, 2017

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Climate change and its causes were not much discussed during the 2016 U.S. general election, but the issue has not gone away.

Southern California Edison’s Mira Loma Battery Storage Facility

California Infrastructure Leaders Tout 'Post-Renewable' Era

Scott Blair

February 8, 2017

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With several large, grid-scale battery-storage facilities opening in quick succession in Southern California, pundits say the state has taken a leading role in developing infrastructure to hold renewable power generated during low-demand periods, using it to supply customers during peak hours.

Energy Viewpoint

A Case For Renewable Energy

Thomas F. Armistead

January 25, 2017

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Engineers and contractors can’t make good business decisions without making doubly certain that their data are good and their understanding of their market is clear-eyed and accurate.