EnergyOnline
Services

RSS FEED

EnergyOnline.com rss

News

Qcells and Nofar USA Sign Agreement to Develop Energy Storage Projects in Texas

LCG, March 26, 2025--Qcells USA Corp. (Qcells), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hanwha Qcells, and Nofar USA (Nofar), a wholly owned subsidiary of Nofar Energy, recently announced a signed agreement to cooperate on the development and construction of two energy storage projects in Texas. The projects have a combined capacity of 350 MW with a 2-hour duration (700 MWh).

Read more

SPP Receives FERC Approval to be First RTO Operating in Both Eastern and Western Interconnections

LCG, March 205, 2025--The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) today announced it will soon be the first regional transmission organization (RTO) in the nation to provide full services in both the Eastern and Western Interconnections of the U.S. power grid. On March 20, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) unanimously approved Southwest Power Pool’s amended tariff that includes provisions that enable Western members to join the RTO. The expansion of the SPP RTO is scheduled to go live April 1, 2026.

Read more

Industry News

Elkhorn Ridge Wind Project Commences Operations

LCG, March 19, 2009--The Elkhorn Ridge Wind Project is now generating electricity and delivering power to the grid in Nebraska. The 80-MW project is located near Bloomfield, Nebraska and includes 27 wind turbines. The project cost $140 million.

Elkhorn Ridge is majority-owned by Edison Mission Group (EMG), a subsidiary of Edison International. One-third of the project is owned by Tenaska.

Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) purchases all of the electricity generated by the wind farm and will in turn sell half of the power generated to Omaha Public Power District (OPPD), the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska, Lincoln Electric System and Grand Island Utilities.
Copyright © 2025 LCG Consulting. All rights reserved. Terms and Copyright
UPLAN-NPM
The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
Uniform Storage Model
A Battery Simulation Model
UPLAN-ACE
Day Ahead and Real Time Market Simulation
UPLAN-G
The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
PLATO
Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
CAISO CRR Auctions
Monthly Price and Congestion Forecasting Service