6 More Weeks of Winter Will Hit Your Utility Bill Hard As Groundhog Day is here, we’ll be speculating on whether or not we will see six more weeks of winter. New insights from SolarReviews.com have identified what that could mean for electric bills across the country—and the biggest is increased pricing! The data analyzed by SolarReviews … Continue reading “It’s Groundhog Day: Do You Know Where Your Electricity Rates Are Going?”
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SB 1221 also requires that zonal decarbonization projects be cost-effective, she said: Whatever the utility spends on the project must be less than the cost of the pipeline investments they’re avoiding. At the same time, the customers being asked to commit to switching to all-electric heating and appliances have to be compensated for the extra … Continue reading “Switching California from gas to electricity, one neighborhood at a time”
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Transmission lines Searchlight, Nevada, March by U.S. National Archives is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 The massive Greenlink West Transmission Project in Nevada got the final green light this week by the US Department of the Interior. The project will create a new 525 kV transmission line that will stretch 350 miles from Las Vegas to … Continue reading “A 350-mile electricity transmission line in Nevada is now approved”
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This financial trouble, made more dire by climate regulations, has helped drive coal off of the U.K.’s grid, in line with the country’s current goal of phasing out the fossil fuel by the start of October. It’s a remarkable transformation for a country whose grid has relied heavily on coal for much of its existence. The rapid … Continue reading “Chart: The UK is about to stop using coal to produce electricity”
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Photo: Strauss Wind In a major milestone, July 28 marked the 100th day of a 144-day stretch in which California supplied 100% of its electricity demand with renewables. The 100 days of continuity means not that renewables are powering the grid for the entire day, but that it’s happening consistently on a daily basis – … Continue reading “California achieves 100 days of 100% electricity demand met by renewables”
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Photo: Cypress Creek Renewables Global electricity demand is rising at its fastest rate in two decades, but solar is on course to meet half of demand growth, says the IEA. Global electricity demand is forecast to grow by around 4% in 2024, up from 2.5% in 2023, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) newly released … Continue reading “Solar to meet half of global electricity demand growth in 2024 and 2025”