Renewables

“Putting these factors together – an island with a need for renewables and a lot of wind off its coast – it’s not a surprise that LIPA was the first utility in the U.S. to sign a power purchase agreement to develop offshore wind in federal waters.”

“We modeled the job creation and economic benefits of the renewable energy projects that PJM will attempt to pass through the interconnection queue in the next four years as PJM implements reforms recently approved by FERC.”

Excerpts of remarks by EPRI’s Jeffery Preece, U.S. DOE’s Catherine Clarke, Cummins’ Traci Kraus, Energy Futures Initiative’s Alex Kizer, and Third Way’s Rudra Kapila.

“Renewable power is at less risk if it’s on an installation behind a fence. Our fence provides security. That is why it’s attractive to utilities.”

“The conversion process through the simple method of electrolysis is not one hundred percent effective, but it is much better than throwing away renewable energy when there is not enough demand.”

A conversation about optimizing the cycling of pumped hydro to get the most from regional clean energy sources and uses.

“Green hydrogen is exciting because it gets to that storage issue in terms of potentially having ability to store excess renewable energy from sources like solar and wind for electricity.”

The Repower Project will increase energy production by about 30%, reduce the turbine count by 40% and reinvest hundreds of millions of dollars in Murray County.

“In Washington and Oregon, there is a larger push for decarbonization of our gas stream. We’re looking at purchasing RNG and providing both to all customers, and also providing that as a separate program for people who are interested in taking RNG at a slightly higher price.”

Conversation with Utah State Representative Steve Handy and The Western Way’s John Karakoulakis.