A partnership of the Wind Catcher Energy Connection, the High Plains Technology Center (HPTC) and Oklahoma Panhandle State University (OPSU) will yield $200,000 in scholarships to encourage students toward the wind energy sector.
This is pending, however, on regulatory approval of the Wind Catche... Read More »
Alliant Energy recently announced Tuesday that it has finalized an agreement with developer Tradewind Energy under which it will build and own the 170-megawatt (MW) English Farms Wind Farm project located in Poweshiek County in central Iowa.
"Wind energy is a win for Iowans," Doug Kopp, presiden... Read More »
Natural gas production has begun in the super-giant Zohr gas field off the coast of Egypt, which is the largest natural gas discovery in the Mediterranean Sea to date, BP announced last week.
Discovered by Uni in 2015, the Zohr gas field could hold up to 30 trillion cubic feet of gas. Eni operate... Read More »
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. recently announced that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted Rover Pipeline, LLC approval to place Phase 1B of the Rover Pipeline project into service.
With the addition of Phase 1B, the project is capable of transporting up to 1.7 billion cubic ... Read More »
Con Edison issued Monday a Request for Proposals (RFP) for alternatives to new natural gas pipelines consistent with New York City’s and New York State’s environmental goals to meet growing energy demand in its service territory.
The company said it would invest at least $100 million annuall... Read More »
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) recently sent a letter to the members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), urging them to reform the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA).
In the letter, NARUC described four major changes in th... Read More »
For its Tompkins County, New York service area, the energy company NYSEG has asked for developer-driven alternative solutions to meeting area gas demand, reliability, and supply.
“We strongly support an innovative approach to address reliability challenges,” Michael DeAngelo, program manager ... Read More »
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) CEO Jim Matheson released a statement Monday on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) advance notice of proposed rulemaking to replace the Clean Power Plan.
“We are pleased that EPA has taken this necessary step to replace the Cle... Read More »
NextEra Energy Resources recently commissioned a wind energy center in Portland, Indiana, consisting of 57 GE wind turbines with the capacity to generate nearly 120 megawatts of electricity.
Officials from NextEra Energy Resources, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy and American Electric Power (AEP)... Read More »
Port Corpus Christi recently announced that it expects to handle more than 3,000 large wind turbine components by the end of 2017, including wind turbine blades and tower sections.
In 2015 and 2016, the number of wind turbine components handled at Port Corpus Christi was 2,603 and 2,875, respect... Read More »