Failure to Launch

The SunZia transmission line has become emblematic of the challenges of delivering the nation’s energy future. The project – a $10 billion effort essential to moving wind generation across several states – had been stuck in legal limbo and permitting purgatory for 17 years until it was finally approved last year. But now several Tribes […]

On January 30, 2024
ClearView Energy Partners LLC, Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory, permitting, SunZia project, transmission lines, Wall Street Journal, wind

20Nov

Can the Biden EPA Accept Reality?

As The Wall Street Journal recently put it, “the energy transition is getting a dose of reality.” In the U.S., offshore wind projects are evaporating, transmission lines remain extraordinarily difficult to build, the nation’s first planned small modular reactor project was just cancelled and dozens of renewable-power developers are trying to rewrite contracts to recoup […]

On November 20, 2023
ClearView Energy Partners LLC, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), James Danly, Orsted, PJM Interconnection, Politico, renewable energy, SunZia project, transmission lines, Wall Street Journal