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Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle

Will Biden’s Proposed Emissions Limits Help or Hinder Hydrogen Cars?

The EPA’s proposal for stricter vehicle emission limits has the potential to boost electric vehicle sales, projecting that 67% of new passenger vehicles a…

Coal Mine

Coal Phase-Out Not Happening Fast Enough to Avoid Rising Global Temperatures

A stockpile of coal maintained by the base power plant at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. (Reference image by The U.S. National Archives, Picryl.)A recent stu…

Energy Saving Products

A Scalable Strategy to Synthesize Purer and Highly Performing Single-Crystal Cathodes

Energy engineers and material scientists are continuously trying to create safe battery technologies that exhibit higher energy densities and efficiencies, alon…

Electric Vehicles

Environmental and Economic Benefits of Overhead Cable Line Technology to Power Trucks

Electrical cables have been suspended over trams and trolley tracks for more than 140 years. They've electrified bullet trains in Japan and Amtrak railways …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

NPR Podcast Highlights Perspectives on Nuclear Energy

Nuclear energy was the focus of a recent NPR 1A podcast episode, hosted by journalist Jenn White, who welcomed guests to discuss the role of nuclear energy in t…

Carbon Emissions

US Energy Secretary Says G7 Can Lead Global Emissions Cuts

Wealthy nations can lead by example in cutting carbon emissions, though much faster action is needed to stem global warming, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Gran…

Geothermal Power Project

Japan, US Agree to Cooperate on Geothermal Energy

Japan and the United States agreed Saturday to cooperate on developing geothermal energy, one of the most plentiful resources on this volcanic island chain.The …

Nuclear Fuel

“On the Verge of a Crisis”: The U.S. Nuclear Fuel Gordian Knot

This chart from the EIA shows sources of uranium for U.S. nuclear power plants, 1950-2021. In 2020, according to the chart, 39.60 million pounds of uranium oxid…

Energy Storage Project

Maryland Targets 3GW of Energy Storage by 2033

Legislators in the US state of Maryland have voted to approve a bill requiring the deployment of at least 3GW of energy storage by 2033, the latest US state to …

Energy Storage Project

Arizona Utility Breaks Ground on State’s Largest Battery Storage Project

Officials at a groundbreaking ceremony April 12 for the Sierra Estrella battery project. Photo by Salt River Project.Construction is expected to begin soon on a…

Biofuel

Iowa Biodiesel Industry Commends Rep. Hinson on Advocating for Higher RFS Volumes in Letter to EPA

The Iowa Biodiesel Board commended U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Iowa, for leading a bipartisan letter to U.S. EPA trying to convince the agency to…

Biofuel

Hinson, Craig Urge EPA to Increase Advanced Biofuel Rvos

A group of 37 representatives led by Reps. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, and Angie Craig, D-Minn., on April 11 sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Andrew Regan urg…

Solar Power Plant

Wind and Solar Are Far and Away the Least Expensive Sources of Electricity Available Today

There is some question about whether the lofty goals of the Biden administration to promote the adoption of electric vehicles will succeed — they are ambitious…

Natural Gas

G7 Interview: US Sees Need for New Gas Investments in Light of Russia War, Tight Market

The world "absolutely" needs new gas investment while Russia's war in Ukraine keeps supply risks high, US Assistant Energy Secretary Andrew Light said April…

Oil & Gas Supply

BP Cheers First Oil From Its New Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Platform

UK-headquartered energy giant BP has kicked off oil production from its fifth operated production platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and the first new one sinc…