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Green River Energy Center Quadruples Storage Capacity, Establishing Project as One of the Largest Solar + Storage Systems Under Development in the US

March 16, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, lithium-ion batteries, pacificorp, press releases, Solar energy, solar power plants

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 05:26:28 +0000

The project has a combined solar and storage capacity of 800-megawatts SALT LAKE CITY — rPlus Energies (“rPlus”), a leading privately held renewable energy developer, announced that its Green River Energy Center project recently amended its power purchase agreement (“PPA”) with PacifiCorp to quadruple the battery storage capacity from 400-megawatt-hours (“MWh”) to … [continued]

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PacifiCorp, TerraPower Evaluating Deployment of Up to Five Additional Natrium Advanced Reactors

October 28, 2022 admin Business, Coal, coal plants, DOE, full coverage, natrium, news, Nuclear, pacificorp, Technology, terrapower

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 20:15:45 +0000

Regulated utility PacifiCorp has launched a joint study with nuclear technology firm TerraPower to evaluate the feasibility of deploying up to five additional Natrium pool-type sodium fast reactors (SFRs) and integrated energy storage systems at retired coal plant sites in the utility’s service territory by 2035. The joint study “will evaluate, among other things, the […]

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EPA to Withdraw Federal Regional Haze Plan for Utah Based on New Analysis

January 23, 2020 admin bart, Coal, Environmental, EPA, Legal & Regulatory, news, NOx, pacificorp, particulate matter, regional haze, sox, Utah

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 13:14:10 +0000

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Citing new technical information gleaned from a more modern modeling analysis, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to withdraw a federal implementation plan (FIP) to control regional haze from four PacifiCorp coal-fired units in Utah and allow the state to revert to conditions set out in a 2015-submitted state implementation plan (SIP). The agency’s […]

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PacifiCorp Plans Shift From Coal To Renewables & Storage

October 8, 2019 admin berkshire hathaway, clean power, coal fired generating plants, Energy Storage, pacificorp, renewable energy, rocky mountain power, Solar, Solar energy, Wind, wind energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 19:30:38 +0000

Long a laggard in the clean energy revolution, PacifiCorp is now proposing to invest billions in solar, wind, storage, and transmission line upgrades.

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Old Wind Farm Has A Secret Weapon Up Its Turbine Towers

August 21, 2019 admin clean power, onshore wind farms, pacificorp, wind energy, Wyoming

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 16:40:44 +0000

An old wind farm can still pack plenty of punch, as demonstrated by a new upgrade for the vintage Foote Creek I farm in Wyoming

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Rocky Mountain Power Considers Early Closure of Coal Units

April 25, 2019 admin Coal, irp, natural gas, news, pacificorp, rocky mountain power

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 16:12:27 +0000

Rocky Mountain Power (RMP) on April 24 said an updated analysis of its operations suggests the company could lower costs for customers if it accelerates the retirement of four coal-fired units in Wyoming. Gary Hoogeveen, president and CEO of RMP, which is part of Pacificorp, told state and local officials the company has not made […]

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