Politique Etats-Unienne de l' énergie

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Etats-Unis : 7 milliards de dollars pour les hubs hydrogène

24.09.2022 LA RÉDACTION h2-mobile

Le ministère américain de l'Énergie (DOE) vient d'ouvrir les candidatures pour un projet de plusieurs milliards de dollars. Celui-ci vise la création d'hubs régionaux d'hydrogène propre (H2Hubs) à travers les USA.

Ces H2Hubs auront pour objectif de créer des écosystèmes d'hydrogène à grande échelle, financièrement viables et qui remplaceront les solutions actuelles à forte émission de carbone.

Chacun d'entre eux sera soutenu par plusieurs partenaires locaux et régionaux qui mettront en commun diverses technologies afin de générer et d'utiliser de grandes quantités d'hydrogène propre pour différentes applications.

Le DOE a défini quatre étapes pour le déploiement de ces hubs.

> La première étape prendra la forme de planifications et d'analyses avec les parties prenantes concernées pour s'assurer que le concept du H2Hub est viable sur le plan technologique et économique.

> La seconde étape consistera à finaliser les développements techniques et commerciaux, l'accès au site, les accords professionnels, les permis, les contrats d'acquisition et les activités d'engagement communautaire permettant le lancement de l'étape suivante.

> La troisième étape consistera à lancer les différentes activités d'installation, d'intégration et de construction.

> La quatrième étape permettra enfin d'exploiter le H2Hub. Cette dernière phase inclura une collecte d'informations permettant d'analyser les opérations, la performance et la viabilité économique du hub.

Pour le lancement du projet, le DOE sélectionnera 6 à 10 hubs subventionnés par un financement fédéral d'un montant maximal de 7 milliards de dollars. Les documents conceptuels devront lui être remis avant le 7/11/2022 et les demandes complètes avant le 7/04/2023.

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AIr Products va investir 500 millions de dollars pour construire une usine de production d'Hydrogéne vert dans l' état de New York.

Air Products to invest about $500m to build green hydrogen production facility in New York

By NS Energy Staff Writer 07 Oct 2022

New York's hydrogen hub ambitions directly support the goals of the State's Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act

Air Products (NYSE: APD), the world leader in hydrogen production and a first mover developing and executing low carbon hydrogen megaprojects driving the energy transition, today announced plans to invest approximately $500 million to build, own and operate a 35 metric ton per day facility to produce green liquid hydrogen at a greenfield site in Massena, New York, as well as liquid hydrogen distribution and dispensing operations. The commercial operation of this facility is targeted to begin in 2026-2027.
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https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/news/a ... -new-york/

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Pétrole : les Etats-Unis vont puiser 15 millions de barils supplémentaires dans leurs réserves

BOURSORAMA AVEC MEDIA SERVICES•19/10/2022

L'objectif est de faire baisser les prix du baril, qui ont flambé depuis la guerre en Ukraine.


Les Etats-Unis vont puiser 15 millions de barils supplémentaires dans leurs réserves stratégiques pour tenter de soulager les cours de l'or noir , et le président Joe Biden n'exclut pas d'en utiliser davantage, a indiqué mardi un responsable gouvernemental.

Cette nouvelle ponction, qui sera réalisée en décembre , constitue la dernière tranche du programme annoncé au printemps par le chef d'Etat américain et qui prévoyait de libérer 180 millions de barils au total pour faire face à la flambée des prix liée à l'invasion de l'Ukraine.

Les cours ont décroché
La nouvelle de cette utilisation supplémentaire, rapportée par plusieurs médias américains mardi dans la journée, avait suffi à faire décrocher les cours du brut.

Le prix du baril de West Texas Intermediate (WTI), variété de référence américaine, pour livraison en novembre, a ainsi chuté de 3,08%, pour finir à 82,82 dollars.

"Le président a demandé au ministère de l'Energie de se tenir prêt à vendre davantage de (pétrole tiré des réserves) cet hiver si nécessaire, du fait de la Russie ou d'autres actions qui perturberaient le marché", a indiqué le responsable à des journalistes.

Refaire des réserves

Parallèlement, le président américain prévoit de mettre en place un mécanisme de nature à reconstituer, à long terme, les réserves stratégiques . Le gouvernement américain se mettra à racheter du brut lorsque le cours du WTI descendra dans une fourchette comprise entre 67 et 72 dollars.

L'administration prévoit de négocier des contrats de rachat à prix convenu à l'avance, moyennant un processus d'enchères, ce qui limitera les aléas liés à la volatilité des cours, selon le responsable.

Depuis début septembre 2021, les Etats-Unis ont extrait plus de 212 millions de barils des réserves stratégiques , qui sont au plus bas depuis juin 1984.

Le président en appelle également aux compagnies pétrolières afin qu'elles "répercutent immédiatement la baisse des prix de l'énergie aux clients", selon le responsable. "Maintenir des prix élevés quand les coûts chutent est inacceptable", a-t-il insisté.

https://www.boursorama.com/actualite-ec ... f399c58390

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Gros plan d'investissement dans les réseaux électriques aux USA : 13 milliards de dollars.

America’s Ailing Power Grid Is Getting A $13 Billion Bump

By Tsvetana Paraskova - Nov 18, 2022, oilprice

The U.S. is allocating $13 billion in funds to modernize its power grid.

>The funds will be used to upgrade transmission lines, amongst other things.

> The programs represent the largest single direct federal investment in critical transmission and distribution infrastructure, the White House said.

> The U.S. Administration is allocating $13 billion in federal funds to programs for the modernization and expansion of America’s power grid, the White House said on Friday.


The funds, part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, are expected to be used for upgrades on transmission lines, which will “reduce electricity costs for families and businesses, prevent power outages in extreme weather, and create good-paying jobs in the clean energy economy,” the Biden Administration said.

To allocate the funds, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Friday that first-round applications are open for competitive grants under the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership Programs, which total $10.5 billion in available funding, as well as the $2.5 billion Transmission Facilitation Program.

The programs represent the largest single direct federal investment in critical transmission and distribution infrastructure, the White House said.

The U.S. needs a lot of investment in its aging grid, where an estimated 70% of the transmission lines are over 25 years old

An upgraded transmission system is also one of the critical requirements for the current Administration’s goal of achieving 100% zero-carbon electricity by 2035.

By some estimates, America would need $360 billion invested in transmission through 2030 and $2.4 trillion by 2050 in a “high electrification” scenario. Yet, it’s not only a matter of money, many analysts and industry consultants say. That’s because the U.S. currently lacks a national strategy that clearly defines the roles of policymakers, states, federal agencies, grid operators, and utilities in preparing the transmission system on a national level to handle a surge in renewable power generation, demand from EV charging, and the “electrify everything” drive at home. The regulatory and political issues make investments in the grid more complicated, which could delay much-needed transmission infrastructure updates, and thus push further the timeline of the clean energy goals, analysts say.

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-Gene ... -Bump.html

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Le DOE alloue 750 millions de dollars pour accélérer les développements dans l'Hydrogène vert.

Biden-Harris Administration announces $750m to accelerate clean hydrogen technologies

By NS Energy Staff Writer 19 Dec 2022

The funding is a crucial component of the Administration’s comprehensive approach to accelerating the widespread use of clean hydrogen and will play a vital role in supporting commercial-scale hydrogen deployment

The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), today announced its intent to issue $750 million in funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to dramatically reduce the cost of clean-hydrogen technologies. The funding is a crucial component of the Administration’s comprehensive approach to accelerating the widespread use of clean hydrogen and will play a vital role in supporting commercial-scale hydrogen deployment. Produced with net-zero carbon emissions, clean hydrogen is a key pillar in the emerging clean energy economy and will be essential for achieving the President’s goal of a 100% clean electrical grid by 2035 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

“Today’s announcement is yet another exciting step toward lowering the cost of and scaling-up clean hydrogen production, a versatile fuel essential to the nation’s historic transition to an equitable and secure clean energy future,” said U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm. “By investing in the cutting-edge research and development necessary to making market-ready clean hydrogen a reality, DOE is delivering on President Biden’s promise to implement an ambitious climate agenda.”

Clean hydrogen—which is produced with zero or next-to-zero emissions from renewables, nuclear energy, or natural gas with carbon sequestration—is set to play a vital future role in reducing emissions from some of the hardest-to-decarbonize sectors of our economy, including industrial and chemical processes and heavy-duty transportation. Clean hydrogen can also support the expansion of renewable power by providing a means for long-duration energy storage and offers flexibility and multiple revenue streams to all types of clean power generation—including today’s nuclear fleet, advanced nuclear, and other innovative technologies. By enabling diverse, domestic clean-energy pathways across multiple sectors of the economy, hydrogen will strengthen American energy independence, resiliency, and security. While hydrogen technologies have come a long way over the last several years, costs and other challenges to at-scale adoption need to be addressed for clean hydrogen to realize its full potential.

Together with the regional clean hydrogen hubs (H2Hubs), tax incentives in the President’s Inflation Reduction Act, and ongoing research, development, and demonstration in the DOE Hydrogen Program, these investments will accelerate the technical advances and scale-up needed to achieve DOE’s Hydrogen Shot goal of $1 per kilogram of clean hydrogen within a decade.

Managed by DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO), projects funded through this opportunity will address underlying technical barriers to cost reduction that can’t be overcome by scale alone and ensure emerging commercial-scale deployments will be viable with future lower-cost, higher-performing technology. Reaching cost reduction goals will open new markets for clean hydrogen—creating more clean energy jobs, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and strengthening America’s competitiveness in the global clean energy market.

By enabling a sustainable clean-hydrogen economy, these investments will help reduce harmful air pollution and decarbonize some of the economy’s most polluting sectors—including chemical and industrial processes and heavy transportation. Reducing emissions in these sectors will be especially beneficial for disadvantaged communities that have suffered disproportionately from local air pollution in the past. Additionally, DOE’s National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap and President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative serve as important pillars driving the energy justice efforts by HFTO and the Hydrogen Program.

https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/news/b ... hnologies/

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Solar accounted for over 5% of US electricity generation in first 10 months of 2022

ByWill Norman January 4, 2023

Solar energy accounted for over 5% of the total electricity generation in the US in the first 10 months of 2022 as solar output increased 26.23% year-to-date (YTD), according to data released by the US Energy Information Administration.

The data was reviewed in a report by non-profit research organisation the Sun Day Campaign, and showed that almost 23% of the US’ electricity was generated by renewable energy sources in the period January-October 2022. Total renewable electricity generation grew 14.3% in the last 12 months, whilst the total net generation increased by 3.14%.

Solar saw by far the greatest growth in the period, increasing by over 26% and accounting for 5.05% of total electricity output, and in October alone solar output was 31.68% greater than the same time a year earlier. In March 2016 solar energy’s YTD generation reached 1% for the first time, since which time its monthly generation has increased almost six times over.

Wind energy provided 9.8% of the US’ total electricity generation, whilst hydropower and geothermal energies both accounted for just over 6%.

Over the ten-month period, combined renewable energies outperformed coal and nuclear generation by 16.62% and 27.39%, respectively, though natural gas maintains the lion’s share of generation with 39.4%.

Executive director of the Sun Day Campaign, Ken Bossong said: “As we begin 2023, it seems very likely that renewables will provide nearly a quarter – if not more – of the nation’s electricity during the coming year, and it is entirely possible that the combination of just wind and solar will outpace nuclear power and maybe even that of coal during the next twelve months.”

Since the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) last year, the US has seen plans for 22GW of module and cell manufacturing facilities. September research by Wood Mackenzie found that the effects of the IRA may not be fully felt until 2024, as import tariffs and supply chain issues continue to plague the industry’s expansion.

https://www.pv-tech.org/solar-accounted ... s-of-2022/

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DOE Awards $118Mn To Accelerate Domestic Biofuel Production

by Bojan Lepic|Rigzone Staff|Monday, January 30, 2023

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $118 million in funding for 17 projects to accelerate the production of sustainable biofuels for US transportation and manufacturing needs.

The selected projects, located at universities and private companies, will drive the domestic production of biofuels and bioproducts by advancing biorefinery development, from pre-pilot to demonstration, to create sustainable fuels that reduce emissions associated with fossil fuels.

Funding for this opportunity supports President Biden’s goals to deliver an equitable, clean energy future, and put the United States on a path to achieve net-zero emissions, economy-wide, by no later than 2050. Projects selected as part of this funding opportunity will contribute to meeting DOE’s goal to achieve cost-competitive biofuels and at least a 70% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030.

“Biofuels are a versatile tool because they have the immediate potential to power our ships, trains, airlines and heavy-duty vehicles—a huge contributor to total carbon emissions—with a significantly reduced carbon footprint. DOE investments are helping to build out a domestic bioenergy supply chain that increases America’s energy independence, creates jobs, and accelerates the adoption of cleaner fuels for our transportation needs,” said U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm.

Made from widely available domestic feedstocks and advanced refining technologies, energy-dense biofuels provide a pathway for low-carbon fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the transportation sector and accelerate the bioeconomy. Financing for novel biorefinery process systems can be a barrier to commercializing advanced biofuels, and this funding will reduce technological uncertainties and enable industry deployment.

The selected projects include pre-pilot, pilot, and demonstration projects that will scale-up existing biomass to fuel technologies that will eventually create millions of gallons low-carbon fuel annually.

By investing in these technologies, the projects will create good-paying jobs in rural and underserved communities in nine states. Plans submitted by the selected projects show intent to collaborate with local school districts to educate and train the bioenergy workforce of tomorrow.

Additionally, the funded projects align with renewable fuels goals in the first-ever U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization, a multi-agency framework for reducing emissions, creating a robust transportation workforce, and securing America’s energy independence.

The projects also support the U.S. Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge goal of enabling the production of three billion gallons of sustainable aviation fuel annually by 2030 and 35 billion gallons annually by 2050.

Award amounts range from $500,000 to $80 million, with most receiving at least $2 million. See full list of funded projects here. The selections, which are subject to final award negotiations and additional eligibility vetting, will be administered by DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO).

Over the past two years, DOE has invested more than $500 million in bioenergy and biorefinery research and development through BETO.

https://www.rigzone.com/news/doe_awards ... 1-article/

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Bastion du pétrole aux Etats-Unis, le Texas bourgeonne de projets en énergies renouvelables

AFP le 05 mars 2023

Des champs noircis par des panneaux solaires à perte de vue et des forêts d'éoliennes qui rompent la monotonie des plaines: le Texas, foyer historique de la production du pétrole aux Etats-Unis, se veut aujourd'hui à la pointe d'une nouvelle révolution énergétique, celle du renouvelable.

Au sud de Dallas, les comtés de Navarro et Limestone sont symboliques de cette transition: berceaux de l'industrie pétrolière texane à la fin du XIXe siècle, qui a fait la richesse de la région, ils sont aujourd'hui aux avant-postes des énergies vertes.

Un nouveau parc d'éoliennes y a été inauguré la semaine passée par l'énergéticien français Engie, avec 88 mâts et une capacité de production de 300 mégawatts (MW).

Plus à l'ouest, à Abbott, autre bourgade rurale, une ferme solaire de 250 MW a commencé à produire de l'électricité, accompagnée d'une zone de stockage d'énergie par des batteries.

Selon l'organisation American Clean Power, le Texas est l'Etat américain qui hébergeait en 2022 la plus grande part de projets d'énergie renouvelable à destination d'entreprises commerciales et industrielles. Avec 35% des capacités en énergie, il caracole loin devant le second, l'Illinois, dans le nord du pays, à 7%.

Le vaste Etat du Sud concentre également 20% des projets en cours.

Les mâts d'éoliennes sont cependant encore loin de remplacer totalement les derricks de pétrole dans le paysage texan.

"Certes, lorsque nous pensons au Texas, nous voyons un grand Etat gazier et pétrolier. Je dirais plutôt que le Texas est riche en ressources naturelles (...) et ils sont très bons pour gérer ces différentes ressources", souligne Frank Demaille, directeur général adjoint d'Engie.

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Terre des raffineries et de l'industrie pétrochimique, le Texas dispose de son propre réseau pour alimenter ses 30 millions d'habitants, une exception aux Etats-Unis.

En 2021, une vague de froid intense provoquant des délestages sur le réseau avait entraîné des coupures pour plusieurs millions de foyers et fait plus de 200 morts, poussant cet Etat conservateur à renforcer et diversifier son approvisionnement.

Le Texas reste aujourd'hui largement tributaire des énergies fossiles, le gaz restant en tête de son mix énergétique début 2023 (42%, selon le gestionnaire du réseau Ercot) aux côtés du charbon (11%). Il accorde de plus en plus de place au renouvelable cependant, en particulier l'éolien (29%) et le solaire (11%). Le reliquat est fourni par le nucléaire et l'hydraulique.

"Nous utilisons les énergies classiques, à base de carbone, mais le Texas est aujourd'hui leader en énergie propre. Je pense que nous assisterons à l'avenir à une combinaison des deux", estime Jeff Montgomery, président de Blattner Energy, qui a réalisé 400 projets d'énergie renouvelable dans tout le pays.

"Le gaz est extrait pour être vendu à l'Europe, et la guerre en Ukraine a renforcé cette dépendance au gaz américain et surtout texan. En parallèle, ils ont développé une vraie expertise dans les énergies solaire et éolienne", détaille Frank Demaille.

L'IRA, le grand plan vert du président Joe Biden voté l'année dernière, pourrait accélérer la tendance, en prévoyant de larges subventions pour la transition énergétique.

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Les impôts générés par les énergies renouvelables ont permis d'améliorer les écoles, selon certains responsables locaux.

Mais certains sont plus circonspects, à l'image de John Null, ingénieur de 42 ans résidant du comté de Navarro, pour qui les habitants proches ne profitent pas réellement des investissements réalisés dans l'éolien, alors que les gigantesques mâts apparaissent devant leurs fenêtres.

Lors de la dernière vague de froid début février, "il aurait été pratique qu'un interrupteur puisse transférer l'énergie produite ici vers la communauté" avoisinante, estime-t-il.

Des projets visant à alimenter des zones défavorisées sont en cours, comme sur une ancienne décharge où doit être construite une ferme éolienne, dans un quartier défavorisé de Houston, la quatrième plus grande ville des Etats-Unis.

"Il y a des besoins en énergie", assure Paul Curran, directeur exécutif de BQ Energy, qui devrait entamer les travaux cette année pour une installation solaire de 50MW.

Et pour cet ancien cadre de l'industrie pétrolière, les deux énergies ne sont pas en concurrence.

"Il n'y a aucun problème si vous réalisez les projets solaires ou éoliens aux bons endroits, à destination des bons marchés. C'est même bien reçu par l'industrie pétrolière et les experts", assure-t-il.

https://www.connaissancedesenergies.org ... les-230305

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L'administration Biden veut limiter la pollution de l'eau par les centrales à charbon

AFP le 08 mars 2023

L'administration de Joe Biden a annoncé mercredi vouloir durcir les restrictions concernant les polluants que peuvent relâcher les centrales à charbon dans leurs eaux usées, et qui se retrouvent ensuite dans la nature.

Ces normes avaient été assouplies en 2020 sous l'administration du président républicain Donald Trump.

Selon l'Agence américaine de protection de l'environnement (EPA), les nouvelles normes proposées permettraient d'éviter le rejet de près de 265.000 tonnes de polluants.

Les centrales à charbon relâchent de "grands volumes d'eaux usées dans les cours d'eau, comme les étangs, les lacs, les rivières", a souligné l'EPA dans un communiqué. Or ces eaux usées contiennent des métaux toxiques et d'autres polluants (mercure, arsenic, nickel...).

Ils peuvent nuire à l'écosystème et à la santé des populations en contaminant des sources utilisées pour la consommation d'eau. Les populations à faibles revenus et les minorités sont disproportionnellement affectées par cette pollution, a souligné l'EPA.

"Les limites proposées par l'EPA, fondées sur la science, vont réduire la contamination de l'eau par les centrales à charbon et aider à avoir un air et une eau propres, et des terres saines pour tous", a déclaré dans un communiqué Michael Regan, le patron de l'agence américaine.

Selon la proposition, les centrales s'engageant à arrêter le charbon d'ici 2028 bénéficieront d'une exemption.

Les nouvelles normes sont soumises à une période de débat public obligatoire durant 60 jours.

"Des technologies abordables existent pour éliminer presque tous les métaux toxiques et les autres produits chimiques des eaux usées des centrales -- et beaucoup de centrales les utilisent déjà", a souligné dans un communiqué Holly Bender, de l'organisation environnementale Sierra Club, qui a applaudi l'annonce.

Selon cette organisation, les centrales à charbon sont responsables de 30% de la pollution des eaux de surface.

La plupart des centrales à charbon en service aux Etats-Unis ont été construites dans les années 1970 et 1980, selon l'Agence américaine d'information sur l'énergie (EIA).

Avec le développement des centrales à gaz et la baisse des coûts des énergies renouvelables, une quantité importante de centrales à charbon a fermé durant la dernière décennie.

Le charbon produisait 19,5% de l'électricité américaine en 2022, contre un peu plus de 37% dix ans plus tôt.

https://www.connaissancedesenergies.org ... bon-230308

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Un projet de STEP de 1000 MW aux USA, Nevada :

rPlus Hydro seeks FERC approval for White Pine pumped storage project

By NS Energy Staff Writer 09 Mar 2023

FERC will commence a detailed environmental review and licensing process for White Pine, a 1,000MW pumped storage hydropower project located in White Pine County, Nevada, US



White Pine Pumped Storage project. (Credit: Business Wire/rPlus Hydro, LLLP)

rPlus Hydro has submitted a Final License Application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), seeking approval for its White Pine hydro project.

White Pine is a 1,000MW pumped storage hydropower project located in White Pine County, Nevada, US.

It is the US-based pumped storage projects developer’s second project to be submitted to FERC this year.

FERC will commence a detailed environmental review and licensing process for the pumped storage project, with construction expected to start in 2025.

rPlus Hydro CEO Matthew Shapiro said: “White Pine is located at an important crossroads of existing, planned, and proposed electric transmission in Nevada.

“From this location, the project would help the state meet peak power needs in its northern and southern load areas, and help stabilise the grid, while making the most effective use of renewable energy sources.

“With planned third-party transmission build-outs, the White Pine project will sit at the intersection of regional energy markets. It’s hard to imagine a more strategic location for this project.”

Touted to be Nevada’s first pumped storage project, White Pine pumped storage is expected to provide eight hours of energy storage at its full output of 1,000MW.

The project represents more than a $2.5bn investment in Nevada’s energy infrastructure and is expected to bring substantial economic benefits to the local community.

Its multi-year construction phase is expected to create up to 500 construction jobs and will support Nevada’s move towards the clean energy goals.

Once operational, the hydropower plant is expected to create more than 35 new full-time, skilled jobs and offer to generate about $12m in additional annual tax revenue.

White Pine County Commission Chairman Shane Bybee said: “This is a key milestone in the project’s progression and demonstrates that rPlus Hydro is committed to our community and the ultimate success of this development.”

White Pine County Manager Mike Wheable said: “White Pine County is geographically and politically positioned to be the future of Nevada’s energy production, transmission, and storage.

“White Pine County recognizes the effort and resources rPlus has dedicated to achieving this step in the development and is thankful to participate in this unprecedented and necessary project that will benefit all Nevadans.”

In June last year, rPlus Hydro announced its plans to build the 900MW Seminoe pumped storage project in the US state of Wyoming with an investment of around $2.5bn.

https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/news/r ... e-project/

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Un projet de 450 MWh de batterie stationnaire au Texas :

CATL, HGP partner for 450MWh energy storage project in Texas

By NS Energy Staff Writer 28 Mar 2023
The partnership leverages CATL’s advanced battery technology and HGP’s expertise in energy infrastructure and storage resource development


CATL, HGP establish partnership. (Credit: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited)

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) and HGP Storage have partnered to supply more than 450MWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) for a project in Texas.

The partnership leverages CATL’s advanced battery technology and HGP’s expertise in energy infrastructure and storage resource development.
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The project on which the 450MWh BESS will be deployed is scheduled to begin commercial operations in 2024.

https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/news/c ... ect-texas/

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Enorme projet de 1 GW de parcs de data centers en Virginie qui pourrait être à terme aliment par 4 à 6 réacteurs SMR de 250 MWe

Green energy vision for Virginia

13 April 2023

In a separate announcement, Virginia-based property and project development company Green Energy Partners LLC said it plans to create the USA's first fully integrated green energy centre at the 641-acre site it has secured in Surry County, Virginia. The Surry Green Energy Center (SGEC) will include the building of 1-gigawatt of data centres and a Green Hydrogen Hub, with the eventual deployment of four to six 250 MWe small modular reactors (SMRs), the company said. The SGEC may also incorporate energy storage capabilities to balance supply and demand.

The "SGEC vision" is to begin constructing the data centres now, with electricity provided by the grid, the company said. In the future, the data centres would interconnect to carbon-free sustainable power from the co-located on-site SMRs.

"The SGEC exhibits the ideal combination of clean hydrogen production, hydrogen consumers and energy-intensive customers (the data centres) all in proximity with a connective infrastructure," the company said. "These green data centres can ultimately benefit not only from on-site SMR electricity production, but also hydrogen-fuelled generator backup power."

With data centres in Loudoun County, Virginia, currently using about 20% of Virginia's power capacity while handling upwards of 70% of the world's data traffic, the SGEC "will provide much-needed support to America and the world's internet traffic with positive national security implications - at a site that is highly suited for new nuclear today", it added.

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Arti ... rogen-proj

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Projet d'une ligne électrique de 3 GW sur 1178 km de long à travers 4 états :

US BLM approves construction of 3GW TransWest Express project

By NS Energy Staff Writer 12 Apr 2023

The TransWest Express project will extend from south-central Wyoming through northwestern Colorado and central Utah to end in southern Nevada, and will transmit clean energy produced by the more than 3GW Chokecherry and Sierra Madre wind energy project located in Carbon County, Wyoming

The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has issued a notice to proceed (NTP) for the construction of the 3GW TransWest Express transmission project (TWE project), a 1,178km high-voltage transmission line that will traverse four states in the US.
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https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/news/u ... s-project/

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Grosse baisse de la génération électrique au charbon au Q1 2023 aux US.

IEEFA: US coal generation falls to record first-quarter low

Published by Will Owen, Editor
World Coal, Wednesday, 12 April 2023

Dennis Wamsted and Seth Feaster of The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), have published key findings relating to US coal generation in 1Q23.

According to Wamsted and Feaster:

It was a brutal first quarter for US coal-fired power plants. Electricity generation from the fuel totalled 162.3 million MWh for January, February, and March – down more than 25% (56.7 million MWh) from the same period in 2022, according to data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The decrease is a record low for the three-month winter period, and pushed coal’s power-market share below 17%, versus more than 22% in the same quarter of last year.

In contrast, renewable generation (wind, utility-scale solar, and hydropower) grabbed 22.5% of the overall electric market, highlighting the different trajectories for the two energy resources.
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https://www.worldcoal.com/coal/12042023 ... arter-low/

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U.S. Wind + Solar Now Exceed Coal in Both Installed Generating Capacity and Actual Electrical Generation.

April 27, 2023 evwind

According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), wind and solar combined now provide more generating capacity and produce more electricity than coal.

The latest issue of EIA’s “Electric Power Monthly” report (with data through February 28, 2023) reveals that in the first two months of this year, electrical generation by solar (including small-scale distributed systems) grew by 6.7%, compared to the same two-month period in 2022 – faster than any other energy source. This was driven in large part by growth in “estimated” small-scale (e.g., rooftop) solar photovoltaic (PV) whose output increased by 23.6% and accounted for 32.5% of total solar production.

The mix of utility-scale and small-scale solar PV plus utility-scale solar thermal provided 3.9% of the nation’s electrical output.

Simultaneously, electrical generation by wind increased by 6.6% compared to the same period a year ago and provided 12.2% of total electrical generation. Thus, wind and solar combined provided 16.1% – or nearly one-sixth – of U.S. electrical generation in the first two months of 2023.

By comparison, electrical generation by coal plummeted by 32.7% and provided just 16.0% of total U.S. electrical generation.

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https://www.evwind.es/2023/04/27/u-s-wi ... tion/91561