The Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) is urging Congressional leaders to address the economic effects of COVID-19 on clean energy industries in the next response and relief measure.
“The next COVID-19 relief bill should include measures to stabilize investment and bring people in t... Read More »
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant earned a Top Innovative Practice award from the Nuclear Energy Institute for its project that enables the plant to produce more carbon-free energy from its three units.
The project, called an “extended power uprate,” recognizes the... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has allocated $64 million for 18 projects to facilitate affordable hydrogen production, storage, distribution, and use.
This is part of the DOE’s H2@Scale’s initiative to realize hydrogen’s benefits across the economy. The next round of funding will go t... Read More »
In a sobering prediction for a market hit hard by COVID-19, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)’s July Short-Term Energy Outlook predicted that consumption of total petroleum and other liquid fuels will not cross average 2019 levels until August next year.
In April, the consumption... Read More »
In an effort being touted as a means of shoring up the region’s pandemic-hit economy, Minnesota Power announced last week that it will invest $40 million into three solar projects, tripling its solar energy portfolio through the addition of 20 MW of renewable energy.
The three arrays will be pl... Read More »
Legislation to ensure that overburdened communities in New Jersey have access to clean energy passed the state's Senate Environment and Energy Committee this week.
The New Jersey Clean Energy Equity Act, Senate Bill 2484, would create the Office of Clean Energy Equity within New Jersey's Board o... Read More »
The rapid expansion of renewable energy in the United States has enough momentum behind it to overcome any headwinds caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, panelists at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Summer Policy Summit said on Tuesday.
Optimism that the U.S. econ... Read More »
Southern California Gas Co. is powering two of its largest facilities in the Los Angeles area with solid oxide fuel cells.
The fuel cells will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, air pollutants, and the cost of power. Plus, they will provide reliable electricity independent of the power grid.
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The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) has formed a new partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy.
The Natural Gas Partnership between NAUC and the DOE will facilitate the exchange of information on emerging technologies and investments in natural gas for electr... Read More »
As part of the Coal FIRST (Flexible, Innovative, Resilient, Small Transformative) Initiative, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) will invest $118 million into cost shared research and development (R&D) efforts to make coal, biomass, and waste plastics into clean, low-cost, carbon-neutral e... Read More »