PJM planning major upgrades for grid
The upgrades will include a 500-kilovolt transmission line in North Jersey that will strengthen the regional grid, Valley Forge, Pa.-based PJM said.
It will also include changes to the approved Mid-Atlantic Power Pathway project that involves a high voltage direct current line from under the Chesapeake Bay at Calvert Cliffs, Md., to the Vienna and Indian River substations on the Delmarva Peninsula.
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Could selling renewable energy be Alberta's next big thing?
CALGARY - Alberta has big potential when it comes to providing renewable energy, advocates say.
The Pembina Institute says the practice of corporations committing to buy renewable energy is just taking off in Canada, and Alberta has both the energy sector and the skilled workforce to provide it.
Earlier this week, a company owned by U.S. billionaire Warren Buffett announced a large new wind farm near Medicine Hat. It has a buyer for the power.
Sara Hastings-Simon, director of the Pembina's Business Renewables Centre, says this is part of a trend.
"We're talking about the practice of corporate institutions purchasing renewables to meet their…
