Clean Energy Projects at Fossil Sites Lured by Fast-Lane Reviews

Electric utilities and clean energy developers are increasingly considering a quicker way to lower carbon emissions: plugging in new power at closing or underutilized fossil fuel power plant sites.

Xcel Energy Inc. is planning to build the Upper Midwest’s biggest solar farm and will use existing grid interconnection points at a coal plant slated to close this decade. AES Corp. is replacing retiring coal plant units in Indiana with a mix of solar, batteries, and natural gas. The Tennessee Valley Authority is looking at the same mix of power and batteries to replace many of its former ...