Sierra Club West Virginia Files Testimony in Mon Power’s $2.48 Billion Gas Plant CPCN
High Costs for Constructing the Plant Would Reach West Virginians’ Energy Bills CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sierra Club submitted Direct Testimony on Friday in the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) case for Mon Power’s proposed $2.48 billion, 1,200 MW combined cycle gas plant. The plant, according to the utility, … [continued] The post Sierra […]
Battery Storage Boom Brings Free Electricity To Australia
Grid scale and residential Battery storage in Australia has increased so much the energy regulator will supply free electricity next month. The post Battery Storage Boom Brings Free Electricity To Australia appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Indiana coal plant that Trump forced to stay open is not operating
The DOE says the Schahfer plant is key for reliability, but repairs mean it’ll be offline for much of 2026. The grid is set to be just fine without it this summer. Link copied to clipboard Indiana’s R.M. Schahfer coal plant seen in 2021 (Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons) The Trump administration […]
Guyana Emerges as an Oil Winner in the Iran War
In just seven years, Guyana has become one of the fastest-growing oil exporters and global economies and an oil-producing powerhouse with nearly 1 million barrels per day of production capacity. And the war in Iran is only turning up the heat even more. Since ExxonMobil launched production from the offshore Stabroek block in 2019, Guyana’s […]
There’s Enough Hydrogen Underground to Power Earth for 170,000 Years
Green hydrogen has been hyped as a silver bullet solution to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors like steelmaking and industrial shipping for decades now. It can be combusted at high heats like fossil fuels, but leaves behind nothing but water vapor when it burns, rather than world-heating greenhouse gas emissions. So why does green hydrogen still represent […]
‘Giga battery’ wind-hydro hybrid project begins commissioning
Tâmega Complex wind-hydroelectric megaproject (Credit: Iberdrola) Iberdrola announced the commissioning of the Tâmega Norte wind farm, part of a wind-hydro hybrid project located between Braga and Vila Real, in the Portuguese municipalities of Cabeceiras de Basto and Montalegre. It is the first of two wind farms that form part of the Tâmega Complex, (also known as […]
Solar and wind are overtaking coal and hydropower projects across Africa, industry leaders say
FILE – A shepherd watches livestock near Khi Solar One, a solar thermal plant that converts the sun’s light energy into electricity, outside Upington, South Africa, in the Northern Cape province, Aug. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File) NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Africa’s next generation of power projects is increasingly being built around solar and […]
California makes controversial change to cap-and-invest program
Air regulators say the new plan balances industry needs and environmental goals — but critics worry that the state has just undermined its own emissions targets. Link copied to clipboard The Valero Wilmington Refinery near Los Angeles on April 11, 2026 (Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images) The California Air Resources Board on Friday approved major […]
A generator’s roadmap to NERC Category 2 compliance
Image art by Paul Gerke via Gemini. Developers, owners, and operators of inverter-based resources (IBR) across North America are entering a new age of North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) compliance. As of May 15, 2026, many solar, wind, battery storage, and hybrid assets that were previously outside direct NERC oversight are subject to new […]
Unlocking the value of utility data with E Source | DTECH Interview Studio
Having served the utility industry for almost 40 years, the team at E Source is focused on bridging the gap between people and purpose, data and decisions, and utilities with their customers. At DTECH 2026, Factor This Content Director Paul Gerke sat down with Melanie Wemple, Vice President, Data Science Client Success at E Source, […]