The United States Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy recently awarded funding for a design and cost estimate for a carbon dioxide (CO2) capture facility at Nebraska Public Power District’s (NPPD) Gerald Gentleman Station near Sutherland, Nebraska.
The project aims to complete su... Read More »
The Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP) recently announced that it has stored 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) into a series of depleted oil fields in northern Michigan.
The large-scale demonstration project, which is managed by the National Energy Technology La... Read More »
Representatives sent a letter Monday to the Interim Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) regarding recent allegations of corruption and mismanagement of power restoration operations on the island.
Committee on Natural Resources Chair Rob Bishop (R-UT), Subcommitt... Read More »
Efforts to advance energy storage recently crossed national borders with the development of the International Coalition for Energy Storage and Innovation (ICESI).
Though the organization just held its inaugural meeting this year, its ranks include the U.S.--particularly the Pacific Northwest Nati... Read More »
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam recently signed a bill in Richmond, Virginia, that will encourage solar and wind development in the state, initiate a grid modernization effort and end the freeze on energy utility rates and refunds to customers.
“Today I signed legislation ending the freeze on energ... Read More »
Transfer of service from a 1920s-era substation to a new facility will leave customers of Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) in Fort Wayne, Indiana, without electricity for up to three hours on Sunday, March 18.
The outage is necessary for the company to transfer energy between the two facilities, but... Read More »
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, joined by former Vice President Al Gore, recently announced that New York formally requested an exemption from the five-year National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program.
Cuomo also announced a total of $1.4 billion in competitive awards for 26 larg... Read More »
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) recently announced that it will produce a new report focused on liquified natural gas (LNG) and the United State’s role in the LNG market.
New York Commissioner and Gas Committee Chair Diane X. Burman and Chair of the Staff Su... Read More »
The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) recently urged the Trump Administration to exempt steel products used to build natural gas transmission pipelines
We believe the steel products used to build interstate pipeline infrastructure meet the two, independent criteria on which t... Read More »
Walmart has agreed to purchase wind energy from the Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) and its new proposed wind farm project in Oklahoma, the Wind Catcher Energy Connection.
The $4.5 billion Wind Catcher project includes acquisition of a 2,000-megawatt wind farm being built in Guymon in th... Read More »