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Joe Biden

ACP CEO Heather Zichal Statement on President Biden Signing the Inflation Reduction Act Into Law

Heather Zichal, CEO of the American Clean Power Association, issued the following statement today after President Biden signed the historic Inflation Reduction …

United States

US DOE Announces $44M Funding for EGS Innovation Projects

Through Utah FORGE, the U.S. Department of Energy will provide funding for up to 17 awards that will build on FORGE's existing work on EGS technologies.

Crude Oil

U.S. Big Company Oil Reserves up 13% Since 2017, Deals Drive Recent Growth -Study

U.S. oil reserves held by 50 large companies rose by 13% over the five years ended in December, according to an Ernst & Young report released on Wednesday, with…

Floating Offshore Wind

Researchers Design Novel Floating Wind Turbine for Deep Waters

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories created a tool that they plan to use to design a novel floating wind turbine that the…

Crude Oil

Latin America’s Crude Exports Drop In August

Exports of crude oil and condensates from Latin America, excluding Venezuela, have fallen so far in August compared to high levels in July

CCS

Renewable Energy, Electrification Big Winners in Inflation Reduction Act

The U.S. House on Aug. 12 passed a bill with major implications for the power generation industry, joining the U.S. Senate in supporting the Inflation Reduction…

Crude Oil

More U.S. Sour Crude Heads to Germany to Replace Russia Oil

A second shipment of crude from a U.S. Gulf of Mexico offshore field has sailed for Germany, according to vessel tracking data and trade sources on Tuesday, as …

Energy Investment

‘Tepid’ Demand for U.S. Sustainable Funds in July, Report Says

Investors deposited $120 million into U.S. sustainable funds last month, a "tepid" amount of inflows that coincided with a broader retreat from mutual funds and…

Nuclear waste

Nuclear Waste Recycling Startup Wants to Solve the ‘Ball and Chain’ Problem Holding Back Nuclear

Ed McGinnis knows firsthand about the nuclear waste problem in the United States after working for the Department of Energy from 1991 to 2021.

Geothermal Power Plant

Enhanced Geothermal Energy System R&D Gets a Boost From DOE Money

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy field laboratory announced up to $44 million for projects to develop and…

Oil Shale

Oil Output in Permian to Rise to Record High in September -EIA

Oil output in the Permian in Texas and New Mexico, the biggest U.S. shale oil basin, is due to rise 79,000 barrels per day (bpd) to a record 5.408 million bpd i…

CCS

Oil Industry Gears up to Tap U.S. Climate Bill for Carbon Capture Projects

Tax credits in the $430 billion U.S. climate and tax bill set to be signed into law this week will kickstart carbon sequestration projects, say oil and gas prop…

Electric Car

U.S. States Urge Postal Service to Halt Gas Vehicle Purchases

A group of 17 state attorneys general urged the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to halt planned purchases of gasoline-powered delivery vehicles pending a new environ…

Nuclear Power Plant

California Might Keep One Nuclear Plant Open

Anticipating electricity supply shortages well into 2026, California Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed allowing the state’s last-remaining nuclear power plant…

Energy Transition

American Clean Power Week 2022 Kicks Off

During a time of historic legislative action that will turbocharge the domestic clean power industry, the American Clean Power Association today kicked off Amer…