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Carbon Emissions

By 2030, North Carolina Could Cut Climate Emissions by Two-Thirds. Here’s How:

A high-rise building under construction in downtown Raleigh in 2014. (Credit: James Willamor / Creative Commons)by Elizabeth Ouzts, Energy News NetworkA new Nor…

Offshore Wind Power

Forks Up! South Fork Wind Becomes the First Completed Utility-Scale Offshore Wind Farm in the United States

The first turbine is installed on South Fork Wind (Credit: Orsted)New York officials have announced the completion of Ørsted and Eversource’s South…

Solar Power Plant

1-GWh Battery Now Operational in Arizona for Solar Site Powering Google Data Center

Courtesy of NextEra Energy Resources. Example of an Arizona-based solar plant, Wilmot Solar Energy Center in Tucson, Arizona on May 5, 2021 (Credit: SRP, NextEr…

Energy Storage Project

Glennmont Partners, Emeren to Develop Battery Storage in Italy

Europe-based renewable energy investor Glennmont Partners and U.S. solar power developer Emeren Group (SOL.N), opens new tab have agreed to jointly develop 155 …

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Restarts Production at Gigafactory Berlin After Arson Attack

Tesla announced that it restarted production at Gigafactory Berlin today after an arson attack killed the power at the factory earlier this month.Earlier this m…

Hydrogen Project

US Releases National Strategy to Accelerate Deployment of Zelectric & Hydrogen Infrastructure for Freight Trucks

The US has released the National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy. Developed by the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation and US Department of Energy…

Solar Power Plant

Regulators Approve Early Start for Largest Solar Farm in South Dakota

(Photo by American Public Power Association on Unsplash )By Joshua Haiar, South Dakota SearchlightUtility regulators took actions that will allow a solar energy…

Offshore Wind Power

Empire Wind Is First Wind Farm to Get Ferc Approval for NYC Interconnect

Empire Wind 1 continues to reach milestones as it moves toward its financial investment decision by mid-2024 (Equinor)Equinor reports that its proposed New York…

Wind Farm

Orsted Sells Stakes in U.S. Wind Farms for $300 Mln

Electric power transmission pylon miniatures and Orsted logo are seen in this illustration taken, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo P…

Hydrogen Project

US Grants $750 Million for Hydrogen Projects Across 24 States

U.S. Energy Secretary?Jennifer Granholm views an electric Subaru Solterra EV on a visit to the Washington Auto Show in Washington, U.S. January 25, 2023. REUTER…

Oil & Gas Trade

US Slowly Replenishes Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Oil rig pumpjacks, also known as thirsty birds, extract crude from the Wilmington Field oil deposits area near Long Beach, California July 30, 2013. REUTERS/Dav…

United States

Yellen Says Biden Tax Credits Boost Clean Energy Investment in Coal Country

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks next to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, U.S.…

LNG

US Asks Venture Global LNG to Justify Confidentiality of Calcasieu Filings

The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Wednesday asked Venture Global LNG to explain why reports on its Calcasieu Pass LNG plant need to be kep…

Biofuel

EIA: Biomass Power Production Expected to Increase Slightly in 2024

SOURCE: U.S. Energy Information AdministrationRenewables are currently expected to account for 24% of U.S. electricity generation in 2024, increasing to 25% in …

Geothermal Power Plant

Pro-geothermal Policies Being Pushed in the US at Federal, State Levels

United States Capitol, Washington, DC (source: USCapitol, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)The geothermal sector in the United States is receiving much need…