Joachim Seel

Wind contract (PPA) prices have drifted higher, with a recent range from below $20/MWh to more than $40/MWh depending on region and other details. Wind prices, counting federal tax credits, are similar to solar prices and to future fuel costs of gas-fired generation. /9

The lowest installed costs for new wind projects in the United States are found in the SPP and ERCOT regions, mostly less than $1.50 per Watt. Report, data, charts, and visualizations can all be found at: windreport.lbl.gov /8

Wind turbines keep getting bigger. Longer blades and taller towers are driving better performance. These advancements helped bring utility-scale wind to Mississippi for the first time. (See the @CanaryMediaInc article at canarymedia.com/articles/wind/…) /5

The annual Land-Based Wind Market Report is out from @BerkeleyLab, updating US #windpower data, trends, and analysis. The report, slide deck, data file, and data visualizations can all be found at windreport.lbl.gov. Highlights -->

The data collection was partially funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Interconnection Innovation e-Xchange process, said DOE’s Cynthia Bothwell, who helps run the exchange created to enable simpler, faster and fairer interconnection of clean energy resources. ✏️ @JDowning37

Join me and Julie Mulvaney Kemp for a #BerkeleyLab webinar on escalating interconnection costs tomorrow, June 29th at 10am pacific/1pm eastern. We will discuss cost trends for MISO, PJM, SPP, ISONE, and NYISO. Get the underlying analyses at…lnkd.in/gZZ7dVq9

I had a nice conversation with Reuters last week - they dived deeper into some of the looming bulk power interconnection challenges brought on by all the recent new queue requests and offered insights where #MISO and #SPP hope to g…lnkd.in/gYh9T7Fn lnkd.in/gJMD9n5F

In #SPP, #interconnection costs for #solar and #wind have been greater than those of storage and natural gas since 2010. Estimated interconnection costs have been much higher for those projects that have subsequently chosen to withdraw from the queue.  …lnkd.in/g7ZZMyem

We spent ~550 hours to collect this data, and it is incomplete. The lack of easily accessible interconnection cost data poses a barrier for prospective developers, resulting in a less efficient interconnection process. Project-level data is at emp.lbl.gov/interconnectio…. 10/x

As the line to connect generation projects to the grid gets longer, interconnection costs are going up. We collected and analyzed data from the PJM interconnect, our second analysis in a series exploring interconnection costs. Thread… emp.lbl.gov/interconnectio…

PJM is reforming its #grid interconnection process, aiming to become one of the fastest regions in the country. Clearing their massive queue backlog would improve and transform their capacity portfolio, says @BerkeleyLabETA's Joachim Seel. reutersevents.com/renewables/win…

The cost to interconnect to the power grid in PJM varies in part by technology. Wind, storage, and solar see much higher costs than natural gas. For projects that have completed all interconnection studies, gas and storage costs have fallen, while wind an…lnkd.in/gsv2-WZz

Data on generator interconnection costs in PJM show that costs for upgrades at the point of interconnection don’t vary much, but broader network upgrades do -- and they have risen sharply. Assessed network costs for active project have boomed since 2019.…lnkd.in/gPTvGRvd