An agreement yesterday among the Interior Department, California and the Department of Defense signals that a new kind of renewable power is set to emerge: floating offshore wind.
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Nebraska-based energy developer Tenaska on Friday filed a complaint with federal regulators, alleging that the Southwest Power Pool s (SPP) multi-million dollar increase in charges related to interconnecting a wind project are unjust and unreasonable.
According to Tenaska s complaint, the grid operator initially told the company that its 242 MW Clear Creek project in Missouri, which began commercial operation last year, would require $16 million in network upgrades. The developer says SPP later more than doubled those estimates to $33.5 million, and ultimately proposed Tenaska pay $99 million in charges related to interconnection upgrades.
Tenaska and the renewables industry say the additional costs, nearly $66 million over SPP s second estimate, highlight the need for FERC to reform transmission planning and cost allocation in order to provide renewable energy developers with transparency and certainty in developing new projects.
WASHINGTON, May 26 The American Clean Power Association issued the following statement: The American Clean Power Association (ACP) issued the following statement today after the Biden-Harris Administration, in partnership with the state of California, announced an effort to advance offshore wind off the northern and central coasts of California and open the Pacific
North Dakota Ranks as a Leading State for New Wind Development During Strong First Quarter
Staff Feature
Bismarck – North Dakota was ranked as a leading state for new wind power development over the first quarter of 2021, marking an even stronger start to clean power development when compared to last year’s record year for installations. The American Clean Power Association’s (ACP) Clean Power Quarterly Market Report released showed a 40 percent increase in wind power additions over the first three months of 2021 when compared to 2020. North Dakota was ranked fifth in the county, with 299 megawatts (MW) of wind power installed in the quarter.