by PNCECE | Mar 17, 2020 | Clean Energy News, Hydro Power, Wind Power
Wind is now the top renewable source of electricity generation in the country, a position previously held by hydroelectricity. Annual wind generation totaled 300 million megawatthours (MWh) in 2019, exceeding hydroelectric generation by 26 million MWh. Wind generation...
by PNCECE | Mar 16, 2020 | Clean Energy News, Wind Power
It’s difficult to recycle a gigantic wind turbine. The blades are built to withstand extreme weather, from scorching desert heat to hurricane-like winds, and that means their life almost always ends in a landfill. In Europe alone, about 3,800 blades will be removed...
by PNCECE | Mar 15, 2020 | Clean Energy News, Smart Grid
The battery backup Elon Musk built has saved South Australia tens of millions of dollars. Musk’s Australian solar and wind farm powers rural South Australia, with a population density between Wyoming and Alaska. South Australia experienced a near total blackout in...
by PNCECE | Mar 15, 2020 | Clean Energy News, Trending Topics
The TransAlta coal plant in Centralia will fully close down by 2025, as part of an agreement that will see $55 million invested to help the community prepare for the transition. The Centralia agreement is an example of an unusually well-funded, long-planned...
by PNCECE | Feb 12, 2020 | Clean Energy News
Consolidated Edison and National Grid are experimenting with energy storage in New York. ConEd is in the middle of several major projects to advance the state’s distributed grid, while working to add 300 MW of energy storage by 2023. Storage is essential to New...