Ohio and Pennsylvania each increased natural gas production by approximately 1.2 Billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2016, the largest annual natural gas production increases from 2015 to 2016 for any U.S. state, according to a recent report released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.... Read More »
The American Petroleum Institute (API) and the Association of Oil Pipe Lines (AOPL) released this week
a pipeline safety report that reviewed the industry’s 2016 safety performance and outlined safety plans for 2017 through 2019.
In 2016, the amount of pipeline safety incidents fell by 10 pe... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently selected three small businesses to collaborate with DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) through the Small Business Voucher (SBV) Program on projects involving bio-coal, hydrogen for fuel cell cars, and nanomaterial manufacturing.
PNNL... Read More »
More than 50 percent of the operating utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in the United States use some form of tracking technology to follow the sun throughout the day and optimize efficiency, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
The weather and amount of ava... Read More »
Alabama Power, Signature Homes, Southern Company, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and several technology vendors recently partnered to develop Smart Neighborhood in Hoover, Alabama to test, demonstrate and collect data from various emerging energy technologies.
The 62-home community will be locate... Read More »
Working natural gas in storage finished the heating season at a level 15 percent higher than the five-year average, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report.
On March 31, the last day of the traditional heating season, natural gas invent... Read More »
The Texas House and Senate are considering changes to the Texas Economic Development Act, commonly known as Chapter 313, that stakeholders say could strangle the state’s chances to compete for new energy-related projects.
The 16-year-old Chapter 313 law allows school districts to waive a portio... Read More »
States are working diligently on the legislative and regulatory fronts to establish markets for advanced energy, according to state policy experts at Advanced Energy Economy (AEE).
In the Silver State, for instance, several bills now head to the Nevada General Assembly, which starts its session J... Read More »
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and other lawmakers recently met with leaders from Missouri’s electric cooperatives at the Thomas Hill Energy Center in Clifton Hill, Missouri.
In addition to Pruitt, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), Reps. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) and Blaine Luektemeyer
(R-MO), Missouri Att... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Earth Day Texas 2017, which was observed last week, the 38 American small businesses that will partner with national lab researchers through the Small Business Vouchers (SBV) pilot.
The businesses will receive access to the national labs and colla... Read More »