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Biofuel

DOE Awards $16.7m to Advance Production of Affordable Biofuels, Biochemicals

The U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office announced $16.7 million in funding for five projects to advance the production of affordable biofuel…

Carbon Emissions

US Can Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 90% Through Existing Measures, Report Says

(Photo by Ernest Ojeh on Unsplash.)ICF, a global consulting and technology services provider, released a new report that leverages proprietary climate modeling …

Solar Panel

Arizona Utility Building 200 MW Battery System

(Image Credit: 123rf.com)Tucson Electric Power (TEP) will build a large battery energy storage system in southeast Tucson to help satisfy customers’ every…

Microgrid

DOE Grant to Accelerate Ca Children's Hospital Microgrid

Artist's rendering of the future solar field on Valley Children's Hospital campus in Madera (Credit: Valley Children's Hospital)Valley Children&rsqu…

Hydropower Plant

Low Water Supply in Parts of Washington, Elsewhere in West Reduces Hydropower

Officials say the abnormally dry, warm conditions from spring and summer led to a low water supply, reducing hydropower generation.The United States Energy Info…

Oil & Gas Trade

Exxon Investors Ready to Embrace Buying Existing Oil Over New Drilling

The logo of Exxon Mobil Corporation is shown on a monitor above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, December 30, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/F…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Holtec Takes Step to Give Michigan Nuclear Plant New Life

Holtec International said on Friday it has filed with U.S regulators to reopen a closed nuclear power plant in Michigan, part of a process that, if successful, …

Offshore Wind Power

Iberdrola Terminates Power Purchase Agreements for Park City Wind

Iberdrola’s US subsidiary, Avangrid, has terminated the power purchase agreements (PPA) that it signed for its Park City Wind offshore wind project.Accord…

Biofuel

West Biofuels Completes Major Construction Milestone at Hat Creek Bioenergy Facility

West Biofuels LLC in late September announced the completion of concrete pouring and foundation work for the Hat Creek Bioenergy Facility in Burney, California.…

Oil & Gas Trade

Exxon Mobil Reportedly Nearing $60B Megadeal to Buy Pioneer Natural Resources

Exxon Mobil Corp. is reportedly on the brink of securing a purchase deal with Pioneer Natural Resources Co. an acquisition that could be worth approximately $60…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Wants Gov to Deploy Infrastructure at Giga Mexico Site, Possible Holdup

Tesla and the Nuevo León state government are still negotiating for the latter to deploy infrastructure at the Gigafactory Mexico site, which could possi…

Offshore Wind Power

Three Northeast States Sign the First Multi-State Offshore Wind Agreement

FILE - Three wind turbines from Deepwater Wind stand in the water off Block Island, R.I, the nation's first offshore wind farm, Aug. 15, 2016. The governors…

Solar Panel

In July, Solar Provided Two-Thirds of New U.S. Generating Capacity and Produced More Electricity Than Hydropower and Almost as Much as Wind.

Based upon a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data newly released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the U.S. Energy Information Administra…

LNG

Exxon Mobil to Sell Majority Stake in Italy Lng Terminal to Blackrock

The logo of Exxon Mobil Corporation is shown on a monitor above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, December 30, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/F…

Offshore Wind Power

Revolution Wind Offshore Wind Project Receives Air Permit

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the final Clean Air Outer Continental Shelf air quality permit for the construction and operation of the R…