The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded grants for two carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) projects in North Dakota.
One award is for $9.8 million to fund the final phase of the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) study for Project Tundra, a post-combustion technology to retrofit ex... Read More »
DTE Energy announced this week that it is seeking requests for proposals from both large and small energy developers for new solar and wind projects in Michigan.
The expansion’s goal is compliance with Michigan’s Renewable Portfolio Standard and to meet a carbon emissions reduction goal of at... Read More »
The New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment approved a proposal by Baron Winds to build and operate a wind facility in Steuben County.
The 242-megawatt (MW) Baron Winds project features 68 high-capacity, 492-foot tall wind turbines with 11 of the turbines producing... Read More »
With the advancement of the Coastal Economies Protection Act through the House of Representatives, Congress has moved to bar new offshore drilling from federal waters.
The move is specifically aimed at preventing future spills, like those of the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill, which wreaked havoc o... Read More »
(Corrects throughout to reflect plant is not the state's first renewable natural gas injection facility.)
Wisconsin has opened a new combined dairy renewable natural gas (RNG) processing and interstate injection facility thanks to DTE Biomass Energy.
DTE pulls raw biogas from nearby partner fa... Read More »
In its final Statewide Energy Assessment released last week, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) determined that the state’s energy systems are currently adequate, but laid out significant ways they could be improved to withstand future challenges.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer requested the ... Read More »
U.S. Reps. Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Peter Welch (D-VT) introduced a bill that would extend residential construction tax credits that expired in 2017 and expand them to rental properties.
The legislation, Building Efficiently Act of 2019, would extend the expired New Energy Efficient Home Credit, w... Read More »
New York State officials announced the completion of the largest energy storage installation in the state, which will enhance grid performance and reliability and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The 20-megawatt Key Capture Energy storage system, located in the Albany area, supports Gov. Andrew ... Read More »
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) along with the Department of the Army are repealing a 2015 rule that expanded the definition of “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act.
This follows years of litigation surrounding the 2015 rule. Recently, two federal district c... Read More »
Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L) is undertaking a $97 million initiative to reduce the frequency and duration of power outages.
Part of JCP&L’s Reliability Plus Infrastructure Investment Program calls for the installation of 1,700 new automated reclosing devices on power lines across its ... Read More »