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Offshore Wind Power

US Launches Biggest yet Auction for Offshore Wind

Bidding began Wednesday in the biggest US offshore wind energy auction yet, involving nearly 500,000 acres off the coasts of New York and New Jersey.

United States

U.S. Slaps Sanctions on Company Building Russia's Nord Stream 2 Pipeline

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on the company in charge of building Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

Rooftop PV System

Wisconsin Town Offsets 50% of Municipal Energy Use with Rooftop Solar

The city of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, has taken a giant step forward in its commitment to reduce municipal emissions by 50% by 2030 (compared to 2010 baseline figur…

Carbon Emissions

Biden Administration Pauses Federal Oil and Gas Leases Again

Amid ongoing court battles over oil and gas leases with Republican state attorneys general, including Louisiana’s Jeff Landry, the Biden administration is once…

Hydrogen Project

Unseen Green Hydrogen Volumes Set to be Produced at Proposed Texas Gulf Coast Project

In the latest move to develop the state of Texas into a leading player in the world of hydrogen, plans have today (Feb 22) been unveiled for a gigawatt-scale gr…

Oil Price

U.S. Sanctions on Russia not Targeting Energy Markets

Actions the Biden administration took on Tuesday to punish Russia's economy over its aggression in Ukraine are not intended to hit global energy markets.

Pumped Storage

Construction Begins on 3.5GWh Gran Canaria Pumped Hydro Plant; Progress on 18GWh More PHES

Construction has started on a 3.5GWh pumped hydro plant in Gran Canaria, Spain, and progress has been made on two other projects totalling 18GWh of storage in m…

Wave Energy

Wave Energy Nails Spot Among 68 New Projects Getting $175 Million Love Tap from ARPA-E

ARPA-E, the federal office charged with funneling cash into the advanced energy technology pipeline, has included a project in its latest round of funding that …

Geothermal Power Plant

US Berkeley to Lead Research on Salton Sea Geothermal Lithium

​The US DOE-funded research, led by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, will characterize the geothermal lithium resource in California's Salton Sea.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi, European, American Officials Discuss Iran's Nuclear File

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abullah held talks on Sunday with several ministers and political leaders on the sidelines of the Munich Sec…

CCS

Hurdles to a Successful Hydrogen Future in the US

Clean hydrogen production and use must increase by 50 fold by 2050, from 10 million tonnes per year to more than 500 million tonnes, if US decarbonization goals…

Wave Energy

U.S. Researchers Gearing up to Test Electromagnetic Wave Energy Device

Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funding, the researchers at Portland State University (PSU) are preparing to test and validate a new type of el…

United States

U.S. Geothermal Technologies Office Releases 5-Year Program Plan

The U.S. DOE's Geothermal Technologies Office has released an extensive and detailed multi-year program plan to help it achieve its strategic goals in pushing g…

Solar Power Plant

Utility-Scale Energy Storage in US Tripled in 2021 While Growth of Other Clean Energy Stalled

Utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) installations in the US grew 196% to 2.6GW in 2021 but overall clean power installations fell 3%, according t…

CCS

Feds Roll Out $12.1B In Infra Funding for Carbon Capture Tech, Pipelines

The White House is gearing up to spend $12.1 billion under the federal infrastructure bill to develop and deploy carbon capture technologies and build carbon di…