Energy

DETROIT — Automotive giant General Motors is partnering with SunPower, a residential solar power provider, to develop a new residential energy system that will enable GM’s electric vehicles to provide backup energy to consumers’ homes. As part of the agreement,... Read More

HOUSTON — Chevron’s Renewable Energy Group and Bunge, an agriculture trading company, have purchased an Argentine firm to help both companies meet the growing demand for lower carbon renewable feedstocks. The company they bought, Chacraservicios SRL, was previously owned by... Read More

HOUSTON — ExxonMobil has signed a carbon capture agreement with Nucor Corporation, one of North America’s largest steel producers. Under the terms of the agreement ExxonMobil’s Low Carbon Solutions division will capture, transport and store up to 800,000 metric tons... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is proposing changes to the federal financial assurance requirements for oil and gas companies to protect taxpayers from the costs of decommissioning offshore oil wells and infrastructure no longer in use. By law, oil and... Read More

WINDSOR, England (AP) — President Joe Biden and King Charles III, two leaders who waited decades to reach the pinnacle of their careers, used their first meeting in those roles Monday to zero in on the generational challenge of climate change, prodding private companies to... Read More

WASHINGTON — Seven national associations, representing everyone from farmers to retailers to renewable fuel producers, are urging the Environmental Protection Agency to adopt a “market-oriented, technology-neutral” approach to setting the next round of tailpipe emissions standards. In April, the EPA... Read More

MONTPELIER, Vt. – The state of Vermont launched a community electric vehicle charger incentive program Thursday aimed at increasing access to electric charging stations at workplaces, multi-unit homes and public areas. The $7 million grant program was announced through the... Read More

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — President Joe Biden is visiting the midlands region of South Carolina on Thursday to celebrate the growth in manufacturing in the state since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. After arriving at the metropolitan airport... Read More

ALBANY, N.Y. — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland will travel to Albany, New York, Thursday to discuss offshore wind energy and how it ties into President Joe Biden’s Investing in America agenda.  Haaland is set to talk with local... Read More

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health, the parent company of the CVS Pharmacy chain and Aetna, the health insurance provider, has signed a pair of clean energy purchase agreements to advance its long-term sustainability goals. Through a deal inked with NRG... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Department of Agriculture is investing up to $450 million from the Inflation Reduction Act to increase the availability of domestic biofuels and provide consumers with additional cleaner fuel options at the pump. The infusion of significant money... Read More

WASHINGTON — A new venture backed by Vikram Solar Ltd., one of the largest solar module manufacturers in India, is set to invest up to $1.5 billion in new manufacturing facilities in Colorado and an as-yet undisclosed state in the... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy is investing up to $13.5 million in job training partnerships to bolster the solar energy industry in 13 states. In a press release explaining the initiative, administration officials said the effort is particularly geared... Read More

PINEHURST, N.C. — A congressional panel considered options Friday for enhancing security of the nation’s power grid as the federal government continued to ward off another cyberattack traced to a Russian gang. The Energy Department was one of the agencies... Read More

WASHINGTON— The Nuclear Regulatory Commission made a pitch to Congress Wednesday for a $1 billion annual budget at a time when climate change makes it likely the agency is going to get what it wants. Only days after smoke from... Read More

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Young people challenging Montana officials over inaction on climate change are expected back in state court on Tuesday in a first-of-a kind trial of a lawsuit that environmentalists hope will spur changes in the fossil fuel-friendly state. State officials... Read More

WASHINGTON — Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., is seeking to promote innovation and advance the next generation of hydroelectric technology. “Eastern Washington is the perfect example of what’s possible when we unleash the potential of hydropower in America,” she said... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy is investing more than $192 million in a number of projects involving battery technology. Initiatives covered by the funding will bolster the recycling of batteries used in consumer products, help launch an advanced... Read More

WASHINGTON — Less than two months after announcing it has received $20 million in new funding, Hydrosat, a D.C.-based thermal data and analytics company, has acquired IrriWatch, a Dutch competitor that delivers daily climate, crop and soil-condition updates to farmers... Read More

WASHINGTON — Several hundred protestors descended on the concrete “courtyard” between Lafayette Park and the White House on Thursday to urge President Joe Biden to block a massive pipeline currently slated to pass through their Appalachian homelands. Chanting “Joe Manchin... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday will sign an executive order that aims to bolster job opportunities for military and veteran spouses whose careers are often disrupted by their loved ones' deployments. Biden is using a visit to the recently renamed... Read More

WASHINGTON — Clean hydrogen is part of the latest effort to slow climate change, according to a new strategy released Monday by the Department of Energy.  The 97-page U.S. National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap outlines a plan for developing... Read More

HOUSTON — ExxonMobil has signed a carbon capture and storage agreement with the Nucor Corporation that will see the energy giant capture, transport and store up to 800,000 metric tons of CO2 a year from a manufacturing site in Convent,... Read More

NEW ORLEANS — Federal regulators are one step closer to authorizing the first-ever offshore wind energy lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico having concluded that such development activity will have no significant impacts on the environment. The Bureau of... Read More

GOLDEN, Colo. — Seven projects will share in $3.5 million in federal funding intended to advance research in solar heliostat technology. A heliostat is a large mirror that turns over time to keep reflecting sunlight at a predetermined target. They... Read More

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Federal regulators gave the green light last week to construction of a large-scale battery storage project intended to boost renewable energy capacity in California and increase the reliability of the state power grid. The Sunlight Storage... Read More

LAS VEGAS — The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a proposed 300 MW solar energy farm with battery storage that if approved would be located on roughly 2,500 acres about 30 miles northwest of Las Vegas.... Read More

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — For most of the year, California's quest to rid itself of fossil fuels seems on track: Electric cars populate highways while energy from wind, solar and water provides much of the power for homes and businesses.... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy on Monday awarded $42 million in funding for 22 projects in 14 states to advance technologies critical for producing, storing and deploying clean hydrogen. At the same time, the department announced it is awarding... Read More

BOSTON — A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled against a Nantucket nonprofit trying to block development of a large offshore wind farm about 15 miles off the coast of the island and Martha’s Vineyard. In its underlying complaint, the group... Read More