In a renewed sign that energy companies are progressing beyond whipsawing U.S. government policy on environmental issues, three major oil companies are pushing for a reversal of the Trump Administration’s rollback on methane emissions from natural gas operations. Royal Dutch Shell announced it wants a future Biden Administration to reverse the Trump rollback on methane,...
Energy Cast is a podcast featuring some of the top experts across all links in the energy industry chain, including renewables, generation and more! Jay Dauenhauer created the show and has been hosting Energy Cast for several years. Click below to listen to the full episode: We cover energy storage technologies a lot on this...
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Gas Technology Institute (GTI) announced this week that they are embarking on a five-year initiative to accelerate the development and demonstration of low-carbon energy technologies. With the increase of decarbonization goals from private companies and governments, existing technology is not enough to achieve these targets. The Low-Carbon Resources...
Virginia is seeking to improve its impact on the environment with the Virginia Clean Economy Act. This act requires the state’s largest utilities to deliver electricity from 100% renewable sources by 2045 and includes a timeline for closing down old fossil fuel plants. Dominion, Virginia’s largest utility provider, praised the new legislation. In addition, Virginia’s...
On May 1, Dominion Energy Virginia announced that it has quadrupled the amount of solar and wind generation in its 15-year, long-term integrated resource plan (IRP). The increase is driven by Governor Ralph Northam’s executive order on climate change and the Virginia Economy Act. Dominion Energy issued a request for proposals, soliciting bids for up...
Dominion Energy, a Virginia-based utility, has chosen Ramboll as the owner’s engineer for the 2,600-MW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. Ramboll’s role entails development and engineering support on the project, which aims to produce enough zero-carbon electricity to power 650,000 Virginia homes. Construction is expected to begin in 2024 and estimated to end by...
Dominion Energy today announced an expansion of the company’s greenhouse gas emissions-reduction goals, establishing a new commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. The goal covers carbon dioxide and methane emissions, the dominant greenhouse gases, from our electricity generation and gas infrastructure operations. The company had previously committed to cut methane emissions from its natural gas...
Today, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) said that Dominion Energy named it the preferred supplier for what could be the largest offshore wind farm in the world. The project will be an expansion of the 12-MW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) pilot project, which is also not yet begun. The 12-MW CVOW project will be...
The company has committed to having 3,000 MW of new solar and wind energy in operation or under development in Virginia by 2022. With today’s announcement, Dominion Energy has fulfilled about 45% of this commitment.
State-owned buildings and facilities in Virginia will soon be powered with solar and wind energy under a new agreement between the Commonwealth and Dominion Energy. The agreement represents the largest procurement of renewable energy by a state to meet its own renewable energy needs, a significant step in accepting Governor Ralph Northam’s challenge to power state government with clean...