$1.4B saved: #Massachusetts locks in cheaper #offshorewind power
Massachusetts has activated long-term contracts for #VineyardWind, the state’s first #utilityscale offshore wind project. Officials say the move will stabilize prices for 20 years and cut a projected $1.4 billion from customer electricity bills over that period.
The contracts, signed by utilities on behalf of customers, are expected to deliver average direct savings of about 1.4 cents per kilowatt-hour.
https://electrek.co/2026/05/01/1-4b-saved-massachusetts-locks-in-cheaper-offshore-wind-power/

#Renewables provided almost 30% of #US #electrical generation in March and are now second-largest source of US electricity behind natural gas with 40.5% share during Q1 #2024 but fell to 39.4% in March.
Small-scale #solar grew 20.4% while #utilityscale #solarhermal and #photovoltaic expanded by 28.4% – faster than any other energy source.
Generation by solar and #wind combined (17.1%) surpassed coal (15.2%) during Q1 and nearly doubled coal in March alone (20.8% vs 11.6%)
https://electrek.co/2024/05/28/renewables-us-electrical-generation-march/

The US's largest #solarpanel maker just got a huge domestic orde
US #utilityscale #solar developer #Lightsource bp has placed an order with #FirstSolar, the largest solar panel maker in the US, for 4 gigawatts (GW) of advanced thin film solar modules.
https://electrek.co/2023/02/28/the-uss-largest-solar-panel-maker-just-got-a-huge-domestic-order/

South Africa Solar and Storage Plant Reaches Milestone by generating its first power to the national grid https://squeet.me/display/962c3e10-845b-ff70-f442-3ae030044599