U.S. solar PV market tops two million installations in 2019

Energize Weekly, May 22, 2019 Photovoltaic (PV) solar installation in the U.S. hit two million in 2019, according to data from the market analysis consultant Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). It took nearly 40 years to reach the one-million-installation mark in 2016 and just three years to double it. Wood Mackenzie forecasts the

U.S. utility industry coal consumption set to fall to lowest level in 40 years in 2019

Energize Weekly, May 22, 2019 The U.S. power sector is forecast to consume about 555 million short tons of coal to produce electricity in 2019—the lowest amount since 1979, according to the federal Energy Information Administration (EIA). Coal will still be the second-largest source of generation in 2019, providing 996 million megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity—24 percent of the total. Natural

Retired coal-fired power plant site to be turned into $650 million transmission facility for offshore wind

Energize Weekly, May 22, 2019 The site of a former Massachusetts coal-fired power plant is slated to be turned into a $650 million relay for electricity produced offshore, according to energy developer Anbaric. The Anbaric Renewable Energy Center, built on the site of the old Brayton Point power plant in Somerset, will have a 1,200-megawatt (MW), high-voltage, direct-current (HDVC) converter