Public News Service | Mike Moen, August 20 Job seekers might be surprised to learn clean energy is among the fastest growing careers right now. Labor leaders say developers are getting better at hiring union workers to build wind and solar farms but they see room for improvement in North Dakota. Industry analysts said theContinueContinue reading “In clean energy mad dash, union-scale jobs look for their place”
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Two transmission lines in North Dakota part of new federal grid investment
Bismarck Tribune | Joey Harris October 19 Two transmission lines in North Dakota will receive millions in federal investment as part of a broad effort to improve the U.S. electric grid. The projects are part of the $3.5 billion federal Energy Department’s Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships program which will fund 58 projects across the U.S.ContinueContinue reading “Two transmission lines in North Dakota part of new federal grid investment”
Area plan to upgrade grid would cost $3 billion, improve reliability and help prevent blackouts
Patrick Springer | INFORUM August 14, 2022 FARGO — North Dakota has ample electricity but has long faced bottlenecks in the transmission grid making it difficult to deliver power to markets to the east and south. That “trapped” power means lower revenues for North Dakota power generators, especially wind farms that are located in aContinueContinue reading “Area plan to upgrade grid would cost $3 billion, improve reliability and help prevent blackouts”