Wind

“EDP has tangible and realistic transition plans in place to convert its coal plants into green hubs using emerging technologies like renewable hydrogen and storage. Projects like Alqueva Park are part of EDP’s green growth strategy, aligning with the clean energy transition and consolidating core technologies and regions.”

“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.”

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.

A conversation with PJM VPs Asim Haque and Ken Seiler.

Conversation about Burns & McDonnell and Bladt Industries allying to build equipment needed for offshore wind along the Eastern Seaboard.

Both Maryland and New Jersey insulated offshore wind developers from upgrade cost uncertainty through a two-part bid with one part indexed to the actual upgrade cost, determined after project selection.

"We’re talking thousands of jobs being potentially created on that eastern seaboard."

Conversations with Tony Appleton, Bruce Albright and Matt Olson, Burns & McDonnell.

"More than sixty percent of costs of offshore wind have been taken out over the last five years."

Backbone transmission and expandable transmission designs have the potential to lower costs, but they present significant coordination challenges with generation development.