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Oil & Gas Trade

CPUC, Socalgas Reach $71 Million Settlement Over Aliso Canyon Gas Leak

Aliso Canyon entrance in Porter Ranch on Monday, August 7, 2023. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Compounding the financial fallout from the…

Power Construction

Closure of 3 Southern California Power Plants Likely to Be Postponed, State Energy Officials Decide

A man pushes a stroller near the AES power plant in Redondo Beach, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022. The California Energy Commission voted Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, to ext…

Energy Storage Project

ICL Breaks Ground on $400M Lfp Battery Materials Manufacturing Plant in St. Louis

ICL, a global specialty minerals company, celebrated the groundbreaking of its battery materials manufacturing plant in St. Louis, which is expected to be the f…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Terawatt Infrastructure Breaks Ground on EV Charging Site for Light-Duty Fleets Near LAX

TeraWatt Infrastructure hosted a groundbreaking event in Inglewood, California for a new charging site for light-duty fleets in the LA area. The site will be ow…

SMR

NRC Authorizes Fuel Loading and Operation at Vogtle 4

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has authorized Southern Nuclear Operating Company to load fuel and begin operation of Vogtle Unit 4 in Georgia. This is the…

Battery

Chloride Ions From Seawater Could Replace Lithium in Batteries of the Future

Sodium, potassium and zinc have all been promising contenders for lithium's place in rechargeable batteries of the future, but researchers at Worcester Poly…

Offshore Wind Power

All Monopiles up at New York's First Offshore Wind Farm

Source: South Fork WindAll eleven monopile foundations have been installed at the South Fork Wind Farm site offshore New York, the state’s first offshore …

Electricity Transmission

ACP Statement on Department of Energy Proposal to Establish Federal Permitting of Electric Transmission

Today, American Clean Power Association (ACP) Vice President of Markets & Transmission Carrie Zalewski released a statement on the U.S. Department of Energy&rsq…

Hydropower Plant

Consumers Energy Exploring Possible Sale of 13 Hydroelectric Dams Across Michigan

(Source: Consumers Energy.)JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — Consumers Energy wants to explore the possible sale of its 13 hydroelectric dams as the Michigan utility evalu…

Renewable Energy

DOE to Lease Land for Clean Energy Projects

The U.S. Department of Energy intends to repurpose parts of DOE-owned land for utility-scale clean energy generation projects.Under the Cleanup to Clean Energy …

Solar Materials

EDF to Buy Up to 7 GW of Canadian Solar Modules From New Texas Factory

(Courtesy: Canadian Solar )EDF Renewables North America has ordered up to 7 GW of solar modules produced by Canadian Solar’s new manufacturing facility un…

Solar project

First Solar chooses Louisiana for its fifth US manufacturing facility

First Solar's module manufacturing facility in Ohio (Courtesy: First Solar)First Solar announced that it has selected the Acadiana Regional Airport in Iberi…

Electrolyzer

Large-Scale Electrolysis Company Verdagy Secures $73M Series B Funding Led by Temasek and Shell Ventures

Verdagy, a company scaling electrolyzer technologies for industrial markets, announced the closing of a $73-million Series B funding round. Temasek and Shell Ve…

Hydropower Plant

Consumers Energy Exploring Potential Sale of Hydro Portfolio

Consumers Energy has announced its intention to delve into the possibility of selling its portfolio of 13 hydroelectric facilities in Michigan, US, marking a st…

Biofuel

DOE Funds 3 Bioenergy, Bioproduct Feedstock Projects

The U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) awarded $2.18 million in funding to three projects as part of the 2023 Cooperative Research a…