Researchers recently discovered that a form of perovskite could be used in smart windows to convert sunlight into electricity.
The material, the scientists found, works as a reversible photoactive semiconductor material that can switch between a transparent and a non-transparent state without de... Read More »
Georgia Power filed an update recently with the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) for the Nuclear Construction Cost Recovery (NCCR) tariff that reduces its customer’s payment for the Plant Vogtle expansion by $139 million in 2018.
Beginning in April, a residential customer using 1,000 ki... Read More »
Entergy New Orleans recently announced the selection of a portfolio of updated proposals that will include an expected total of 90 megawatts (MW) toward the company’s commitment to pursue 100 MW of renewable energy.
The recent selections are from the company’s reopened 2016 request for propo... Read More »
Miami-Dade County will see an additional 1 million solar panels, a new reclaimed water system, and zero-emission nuclear capacity under a new effort launched by Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) and the county on Tuesday.
In addition to adding more than 1 million solar panels to the county and a r... Read More »
Hydraulically fractured horizontal wells accounted for 69 percent of all new oil and natural gas wells in the United States in 2016 and 83 percent of the total linear footage drilled, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a recent news release.
Approximately 10.7 million of th... Read More »
The CEOs of six U.S. energy companies are currently urging President Donald Trump to create funding support for the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project (CIP).
In a letter written under the collective weight of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, NuStar Energy L.P., Buckeye Partners L.P... Read More »
According to the American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA) recently released U.S. Wind Industry Fourth Quarter 2017 Market Report, the United States added 7,017 megawatts (MW) of new wind power capacity in 2017, including 4,125 MW in the fourth quarter.
The report also found that 2017’s new ... Read More »
U.S. crude oil exports hit a record high of 1.7 million barrels per day (b/d) in October 2017 when export facilities reopened following Hurricane Harvey, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
From August through September, gross inputs to refineries in the U.S.... Read More »