Coal mining production ticked up in 2017, but is down 24 percent since 2012, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Annual Coal Report.
The report found that coal production is down 24 percent from 1,016 million tons in 2012 to 774 million tons in 2017. There have been a larg... Read More »
Con Edison is continuing restoration following Winter Storm Riley in New York while preparing for a second storm forecast for today.
Crews had restored power to approximately 111,200 customers impacted by the storm, as of yesterday. Crews are working to restore power to the remaining 28,000 affec... Read More »
In a move hailed by the Energy Storage Association (ESA), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has inched closer to formal guidance toward opening residential solar projects to tax credits, by issuing a favorable ruling in a private letter.
In that ruling, the IRS determined that an energy storage ... Read More »
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently issued its annual assessments of operational performance for 2017 to the nation’s 99 operating commercial nuclear power plants.
All but three plants scored in the two highest performance categories. Of the 96 highest-performing reactors, 83 met a... Read More »
ENGIE North America Inc. announced Monday an agreement to acquire SoCore Energy, a Chicago-based developer, owner and operator of solar projects across the United States.
The acquisition includes 150 megawatts (MW) of solar assets in operation or under construction by March 31 as well as 170 MW ... Read More »
Twenty-three senators called on Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for a 60-day extension of the comment period for Draft Proposed Program of the Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2019-2024 on Monday.
U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natur... Read More »
Cheniere Energy Inc. sent on Monday its first shipment of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) to India through the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Louisiana.
Cheniere, which is based in Houston, signed a 20-year deal with GAIL India Ltd., to supply the company 3.5 million metric tons of LNG/annually. Th... Read More »
Chris Crane, president and CEO of Exelon Corp., and Dean Apple, president and business manager of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 15 in Illinois, have been awarded the John D. Dingell Award for their partnership in working toward a clean energy future in Illinois.
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Two U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories agreed recently to collaborate on research into new ways to use coal to create high-value products.
Representatives of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) at NETL’s Pittsburgh site si... Read More »
Florida Power and Light (FPL) has officially selected four locations for a series of new solar energy plants to be built across the state by mid-2019.
The new plants will be located in St. Lucie County, Miami-Dade County, Volusia County and Columbia County. Each will boast 74.5-megawatt capaciti... Read More »