The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Interagency Task Force on Natural Gas Storage Safety recently issued a report on the department’s efforts to stop natural gas leaks in the wake of last year’s largest-ever natural gas leak at California’s Aliso Canyon facility.
The report provided 44 ... Read More »
The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) recently held its annual grid security conference where attendees discussed potential cyber and physical security threats facing power grids across North America.
Presentations included grid security perspectives from Canadian utilities, the on... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Administration said in a recent report that an estimated 62,500 power plants operating around the world in 2015 had a total installed generating capacity of 6,075 gigawatts (GW), up from a total 5.869 GW in 2014.
The nine largest operating power plants in the world are... Read More »
The American Gas Association (AGA) proposed an adjustment to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Furnaces this week, which would balance energy efficiency while protecting low-income consumers.
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The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) said this week that final rules regulating onshore oil and gas operations established by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will increase costs and threaten America’s supply of energy.
The trade association representing oil and natural ga... Read More »
Alliant Energy’s Iowa utility reached a settlement on Wednesday with customer groups regarding the proposed New Wind Project that, if approved, could generate approximately 500 megawatts of wind energy and increase economic and environmental benefits for customers.
“The goal of this project i... Read More »
A report released on Wednesday by the U.S. Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) shows consistent growth in the geothermal power industry through 2016.
"Developing nations in Central America, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, and the South Pacific are accelerating their geothermal development through... Read More »
Southern Company subsidiary Mississippi Power announced on Wednesday that its Kemper County, Miss. energy facility has successfully generated electricity using a combination of clean syngas and natural gas produced at a Mississippi Lignite facility.
"After decades of research and years of hard wo... Read More »
New data published on Friday by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Loan Programs Office (LPO) illustrates the explosive growth in large-scale solar farm development that resulted from the Obama administration’s early support for solar photovoltaic (PV) projects.
LPO’s loan guarantees... Read More »
A nationwide initiative working to provide support to military veterans working in the energy industry held its first National Leadership Summit on Friday.
The “Veterans in Energy” summit was held at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C., where leaders from the energy industry and federal go... Read More »