New York released a new offshore wind solicitation last Thursday, seeking proposals for offshore wind and land-based renewable projects. The solicitations will support New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act targets to obtain 70% of New York’s electricity from renewable sources by 2030 and develop 9 GW of offshore wind by 2035.
Port of Long Beach officials unveiled 33 zero-emission, battery-electric cargo-handling yard tractors, along with the supporting charging infrastructure, on November 29. The vehicles were funded in part by a $50 million grant from the California Air Resources Board. Both the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach face a 2030 deadline to transition cargo equipment to zero emissions. By 2035, both ports have also pledged to have a full zero-emissions drayage truck fleet.
Renewable power developer energyRe has raised $1.2 billion in funding for a number of clean power projects, including solar-plus-storage and transmission and distribution work in the U.S. The funding will be used to support the deployment of several transmission projects, including Clean Path NY, a project to develop 3.8 GW of new wind and solar capacity and a 1.3 GW high voltage direct current transmission line in and around New York state, and the SOO Green HVDC Link, a 350-mile transmission line that will connect the MISO and PJM power grids.
Shasta County is taking its fight to the courts to stop a controversial wind energy project that it rejected two years ago, but has revived with the help of a new state law. At a public meeting last Tuesday hosted by the California Energy Commission (CEC), Assistant Shasta County Counsel Matthew McOmber said the county is partnering with the Pit River Tribe to sue the commission.
Shaped like white Lego bricks the size of a baby blue whale, 44 Tesla Megapacks began to fill with electricity last Friday in Goleta. The bank of batteries will hold 160 MWh of power when full, enough to power 30,000 homes for about four hours. It’s the first project of its size to be completed in Santa Barbara County, installed, owned, and operated by GridStor, a battery storage company based in Portland, Oregon.
Renewable America will build a 2.2 MW commercial solar project portfolio for Pearl Crop, a food processing company in central California. The portfolio involves four projects across three different locations in Ripon, Linden, and Stockton. Pearl Crop’s Stockton location is the largest site in the portfolio, and the solar project will provide 86% of the facility’s annual energy usage.
Salt River Project (SRP) is planning a project that would involve the release of water from a reservoir near Apache Lake to generate electricity at night, with the water pumped back uphill to the reservoir using solar power during the day. Along with the new reservoir, the plan would require the installation of roughly 100 miles of new transmission lines and other infrastructure to connect this giant hydro battery to SRP’s electric grid at a substation near San Tan Valley. SRP already produces hydropower, equivalent to about 265 MW, enough to power about 60,000 average-sized homes. The proposed Apache Lake “pumped storage” project could add another 1,000 to 2,000 MW of electricity.
The Air Force is taking steps towards starting a geothermal plant at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, as part of a larger effort to make the branch’s energy infrastructure more resilient and sustainable. If the effort is successful, it could pave the way for geothermal energy at other Air Force installations. The announcement comes about two months after the Air Force announced it had signed agreements to explore geothermal energy at JBSA and Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho.
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