There are many ways to gauge the growth of clean power in the United States. One measure is the volume of new generating capacity awaiting access to the grid. A study by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab...
According to the latest report from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA), the issues surrounding COVID-19 have delayed construction of new electric generation projects. “According to the U.S...
Skeels Electric Co., Bismarck, N.D., was the electrical contractor for the replacement of an oil refinery power station cooling tower and related work at the facility’s power station unit in Mandan, N.D. The refinery opened...
According to the 2019 Summer Reliability Assessment by the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC), projected electric grid resources are at or above the levels needed to satisfy summer peak demand until anticipated...
When it comes to transmission and distribution grid improvements, headlines tend to use the word smart. However, following a range of natural disasters, from hurricanes to floods to wildfires, many utilities also are pursuing...
Renewable energy is rapidly approaching the point at which it will outperform other sources of electricity generation in the nation’s overall energy mix. According to recent figures released by the U.S. Energy Information...
Despite the Trump Administration’s efforts to prolong the life of coal in the United States, the industry seems to be on an inevitable decline. According to statistics released recently by the U.S. Environmental Information...
More coal plants across the world are now operating at a loss, and in the not-too-distant future, nearly all will be more expensive to run than renewable energy sources, according to a report by the Carbon Tracker Initiative...
For most electrical contractors, the majority of their projects are similar in nature—work they have done before and will continue to do into the future. For some, though, new opportunities occasionally come along and...
While California remains the nation's leader in carbon-free power, nuclear will no longer be in its arsenal. On Jan. 11, the state's energy regulator, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), approved a proposal...
Double energy production by 2030 is the message that Dan Arvizu, director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and a blue-ribbon panel of 20 energy experts recently drove home at the National Press Club in...
