Kennedy Maize

Lazard: renewables consistently lowest cost of new electric generation By Kennedy Maize When it comes to the levelized cost of energy (LCOE), “Unsubsidized renewable energy remains the most cost competitive form of new-build generation…. Wind, solar and storage are expected to continue to account for the majority of near-term U.S. capacity additions given their relatively short deployment timeline,” according to a new report from the financial advisory and asset management firm Lazard.

FERC rolls back hydro power environmental analysis By Kennedy Maize The federal government’s assault on the 1969 National Environmental Policy Act — pronounced in the Trump administration and abetted by the U.S. Supreme Court — continued yesterday (July 16) at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. A unanimous FERC at its July meeting approved two measures to fast-track agency review of the environmental impacts of actions planned at licensed hydropower projects.

IEEFA: nuclear cooling clouds troubled Texas data center plan By Kennedy Maize Fermi America’s 17-GW, $60 billion AI data center planned for 7,500 acres on the arid Texas panhandle, which would combine nuclear and fossil generation, has a serious nuclear weakness, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. The troubled and conflict-ridden Texas-based firm Fermi Inc.