Law

Biofuel

Washington Governor Signs SAF Tax Incentive Worth up to $2 a Gallon Into Law

Washington Gov. Inslee signs seven climate-related bills into law May 3.Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a bill to promote and incentivize sustainable aviation fuel (…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Egypt Parliament Approves Bill to Speed Up Work at El Dabaa NPP

Egypt's House of Representatives has approved government-drafted amendments to the 1976 law regulating the activities of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority …

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Hydrogen Fuel Is on the Cusp of Taking off in the United States

As government money begins flowing through several work and climate programs, H2 is gearing up.Hydrogen fuel is seeing some substantial potential in the United …

Carbon Emissions

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeals From Fossil Fuel Companies in Climate Change Lawsuits

Baltimore and other cities, states and counties are suing the industry for damages from climate-induced extreme weather and sea level rise. They want their case…

Offshore Wind Power

Maryland Governor Enacts Offshore Wind Bill, Announces Foundation Component Centre With ØRsted

Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed the state’s Promoting Offshore Wind Energy Resources Act (the POWER Act) into law on 21 April, thus codifying Maryland&…

Carbon Emissions

Activists Rally at Illinois Capitol, Urging Lawmakers to Pass 9 Climate and Environmental Bills

“We can't really afford to keep waiting on this [legislation] when our communities are getting sick or people are dying,” one said.

Solar project

Development Banks Ifc and Afdb Finance Solar-Plus-Storage Projects in Malawi and Eritrea

Development banks IFC and AfDB have financed co-located projects in Malawi and Eritrea which collectively total 25MW of energy storage.The International Finance…

Decarbonization

Maritime to Benefit From EUR 2 Billion Fund to Decarbonize

The European Parliament formally approved on Tuesday the new EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) law, earmarking around EUR 2 billion of the revenues of the Innov…

Solar Power Plant

Maryland Passes Laws to Expand Community Solar and Energy Storage

Summit Ridge Energy hosted a ribbon cutting Tuesday for the project, which it operates and jointly owns along with climate investment firm Hannon Armstrong. Loc…

Carbon Emissions

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $8.8 Million to Support Local Governments With Their Clean Energy Goals

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Supports Reducing Carbon Emissions, Improving Energy Efficiency, and Reducing Overall Energy Use in Smaller CommunitiesThe…

Energy Storage Battery

Interconnection Requests Surged in 2022 Adding to Deep Backlog

Voltage transmission lines above city. Courtesy National Grid ESO.Requests to connect to the U.S. transmission grid grew by 40% in 2022, including nearly 2,000 …

Nuclear Policy

Lawmakers Back Measure to Bolster U.S. Nuclear Energy Sector

Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R., W.Va.), Tom Carper (D., Del.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D., R.I.) have introduced S. 1111—the Accelerating Deployment of Versati…

India

Statkraft, First Mnc to Buy Bankrupt Indian Power Firm

Europe’s largest renewable energy company Statkraft is set to become the first MNC player to buy an Indian power company under the insolvency and bankrupt…

Nuclear Technology

Virginia Nuclear Bills Signed Into Law

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin participates in a bill-signing ceremony at Energy DELTA Lab in southwest Virginia. (Photo: Christian Martinez/Office of Gov. Glenn …

Electric Vehicle Charging

EU Votes to Kill Range Anxiety With Rapid Boost in EV Chargers for Cars and Trucks

A new law agreed by the European Union this week will require member countries to significantly ramp up the deployment of publicly available charging stations f…