Headline News:
- Rocky Mountain Power’s commercial customers will soon have a new option to use solar power and commercial customers will be able to reserve solar blocks. Subscriber Solar allows commercial and residential customers to purchase solar power even if they do not have suitable roofs. [St George News]
Rocky Mountain Solar Farm
- According to the calculations by Agora Energiewende, due to the weather conditions on Sunday, May 8, renewable energy generation in Germany reached a new high. At 11 AM local time, renewables covered a record 95 % of the country’s electricity consumption. [pv magazine]
- Extremely negative prices were seen on the German wholesale electricity market over the weekend. On the EPEX SPOT exchange, the German Sunday baseload price was minus €12.89/MWh (minus $14.66). For the 14:00-15:00 Berlin-time slot, it was minus €130.09/MWh (minus $147.94). [ICIS]
- Anbaric Transmission and National Grid filed with the New York Public Service Commission for a permit for an extension of their Vermont Green Line. The project would connect 400 MW of New York wind generation to Vermont through lines under Lake Champlain. [RTO Insider]
- Developers of a $900 million upstate New York [gas-fired] power plant are at the center of a federal probe into allegations of improper lobbying and conflicts of interest. They had sought and received important state approvals to fast-track the plant. Now, progress could soon grind to a halt. [Newsday]
For more news, please visit geoharvey – Daily News about Energy and Climate Change.
from Green Energy Times http://www.greenenergytimes.net/2016/05/10/may-10-green-energy-news-3/
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