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

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

Wind developers rush to get project in the pipeline before federal tax credits end in 2020

Energize Weekly, May 22, 2019 Wind farm projects are forecast to swell in 2019 as developers look to get their projects in the pipeline before federal tax credits vanish, according to the federal Energy Information Administration (EIA). The EIA is projecting that wind projects will double over 2017 to 12.7 gigawatts (GW) of capacity in 2018, making the second biggest