Duke Energy’s REC Solar completed the world’s largest commercial solar system installed at the highest altitude.
The rooftop solar project is at the W. M. Keck Observatory on the Big Island of Hawaii, located near the summit of Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii. The in... Read More »
Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power seek to recover costs associated with improvements and upgrades it made to comply with recently revised environmental regulations at the John Amos, Mountaineer, and Mitchell plants in West Virginia.
These regulations apply to work done related to ash handling... Read More »
The Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies (USE IT) Act was signed into law this week, extending the 45Q tax credit for carbon capture projects for two years and supporting carbon utilization and direct air capture research.
The legislation, originally introduced by U.S. Sen... Read More »
CITGO Petroleum Corporation released “A Clear Direction Forward” this week, its first report on internal environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives, covering its progress in 2019 and 2020, and looking to document ethics and governance efforts for accountability.
"CITGO has never... Read More »
Legislation designed to accelerate energy storage development was signed into law this week as part of the omnibus package.
The Better Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Act, authored by Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Tina Smith (D-MN), requires the Department of Energy to... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding up to $45 million for research to advance solar hardware and systems integration.
Currently, solar only makes up three percent of U.S. electricity, but usage is expected to rise steadily. By 2050, it should account for 18 percent of U.S. electricity... Read More »
Still reckoning with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Arizona Public Service Company (APS) announced a major extension of aid for customers this week, pledging to waive late fees until Oct. 15, 2021, and eliminate limited-income customer balances of $250 or less.
Late fees at APS have been suspended si... Read More »
The Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) has finished work on and expects to begin operations at five new solar energy centers by year’s end, activating 1.4 million more solar panels and bolstering what is already the nation’s largest community solar program: SolarTogether.
Each site consists ... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced funding awards to three different research teams through its new Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP).
ARDP is designed to help private industry demonstrate advanced nuclear reactors in the United States. The DOE expects to invest approximat... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) introduced a bill that creates a bipartisan commission within the Department of Energy (DOE) to study the civilian nuclear power industry.
The American Nuclear Leadership Commission Act directs the new commission to explore how a nuclear reactor is brought from d... Read More »