Renewable Energy
WASHINGTON — When President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law on Tuesday, business leaders throughout the renewable... Read More
WASHINGTON — When President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law on Tuesday, business leaders throughout the renewable energy sector cheered the finalization of the nation’s largest ever investment in climate and the clean energy solutions of the... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued new guidance Tuesday on changes to the tax credit... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued new guidance Tuesday on changes to the tax credit for electric vehicles now that President Joe Biden has signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. While the reforms in... Read More
WASHINGTON — The United States and Japan are two countries known for protecting and promoting leading-edge technologies, but given lessons... Read More
WASHINGTON — The United States and Japan are two countries known for protecting and promoting leading-edge technologies, but given lessons learned over the past few years, “just having innovation is not sufficient,” according to Tatsuya Terazawa, chairman and CEO of... Read More
WASHINGTON — Up to $44 million is being made available for projects to develop and test technology to foster innovation... Read More
WASHINGTON — Up to $44 million is being made available for projects to develop and test technology to foster innovation in enhanced geothermal energy systems, the U.S. Department of Energy announced Monday. The funding opportunity is being managed by the... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has extended the deadline to make comments on two potential wind energy... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has extended the deadline to make comments on two potential wind energy areas in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf to Sept. 2. Previously the deadline for responses and comments had... Read More
BOSTON — Republican Gov. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts has signed a climate bill that both boosts support for renewable energy... Read More
BOSTON — Republican Gov. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts has signed a climate bill that both boosts support for renewable energy and sets limits on fossil fuel use. The Massachusetts state Legislature passed the bill at a time when the federal... Read More
DETROIT — The Ford Motor Company has signed an agreement to purchase 650 MW of solar power from Michigan utility... Read More
DETROIT — The Ford Motor Company has signed an agreement to purchase 650 MW of solar power from Michigan utility DTE Energy in a bid to make the car maker’s Michigan operations carbon free by 2025 — a full decade... Read More
POWHATAN, Va. — Dominion Energy successfully completed an energy storage pilot project last week that could extend the reach of... Read More
POWHATAN, Va. — Dominion Energy successfully completed an energy storage pilot project last week that could extend the reach of solar power in the mid-Atlantic region. The pilot project was carried out at the Scott Solar facility in Powhatan, which... Read More
WASHINGTON — Maiden Wave Energy, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is one of three winners of a federal contest to come up... Read More
WASHINGTON — Maiden Wave Energy, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is one of three winners of a federal contest to come up with unique ways to capture marine energy to power hurricane-monitoring systems. The company, which filed its first patent for an... Read More
GOLDEN, Colo. — Project developers seeking to build renewable energy projects in the U.S. got a big leg up Tuesday... Read More
GOLDEN, Colo. — Project developers seeking to build renewable energy projects in the U.S. got a big leg up Tuesday with the release of two new databases of state and local wind and solar energy zoning ordinances by the National... Read More
WASHINGTON — “It wasn’t on the scoreboard one month ago,” Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., marveled when talking to reporters over... Read More
WASHINGTON — “It wasn’t on the scoreboard one month ago,” Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., marveled when talking to reporters over the weekend, but in just a matter of days a budget reconciliation bill long presumed dead was suddenly a “historic”... Read More
WASHINGTON — No one ever said reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 was going to be easy, but a new... Read More
WASHINGTON — No one ever said reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 was going to be easy, but a new report from ClearPath suggests several constraints, including local opposition, regulatory delays and supply chain issues could dramatically limit the nation’s... Read More
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An aggressive push toward renewable energy has run headlong into anxiety over keeping the lights on... Read More
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An aggressive push toward renewable energy has run headlong into anxiety over keeping the lights on in California, where the largest utility is considering whether to try to extend the lifespan of the state’s last operating... Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Community Solar Partnership will host a webinar on Aug. 18 to explain... Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Community Solar Partnership will host a webinar on Aug. 18 to explain its new Sunny Award prize program, the awards to be given and how to nominate a community solar project or... Read More
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Maryland Department of Labor has received a $22.9 million Good Jobs Challenge grant from the federal... Read More
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Maryland Department of Labor has received a $22.9 million Good Jobs Challenge grant from the federal government to help it implement a new apprenticeship model to support the region’s growing offshore wind industry. The Maryland project... Read More
SEATTLE — Alaska Airlines and 14 airlines of the Oneworld Alliance announced Tuesday an agreement with biofuel company Gevo, Inc.... Read More
SEATTLE — Alaska Airlines and 14 airlines of the Oneworld Alliance announced Tuesday an agreement with biofuel company Gevo, Inc. that could further kick-start the commercialization of sustainable aviation fuel. The agreement provides for Alaska Airlines to purchase 37 million... Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy plans to award a total of $26 million to fund projects that will... Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy plans to award a total of $26 million to fund projects that will demonstrate the nation's electricity grid can reliably run on a mix of solar, wind, energy storage and other clean resources.... Read More
WASHINGTON — So-called “clean hydrogen” technologies and grid resilience were the subject of a notice of intent for potential funding... Read More
WASHINGTON — So-called “clean hydrogen” technologies and grid resilience were the subject of a notice of intent for potential funding filed by the U.S. Department of Energy last week. Kelly Speakes-Backman, principal deputy assistant secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to propose 2023 renewable fuel volume requirements by Nov. 16, and finalize... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to propose 2023 renewable fuel volume requirements by Nov. 16, and finalize them no later than June 14, 2023, to settle a lawsuit over delays in setting the totals under the Renewable... Read More
HONOLULU — Hawaiian Airlines and Par Pacific Holdings, Hawaii’s largest supplier of fuel products, have embarked on a joint study... Read More
HONOLULU — Hawaiian Airlines and Par Pacific Holdings, Hawaii’s largest supplier of fuel products, have embarked on a joint study of the commercial viability of locally produced, sustainable aviation fuels.Under the terms of the partnership, two of Par Pacific’s refinery... Read More
WASHINGTON — A new research group has been launched to make cadmium telluride solar cells less expensive, more efficient and... Read More
WASHINGTON — A new research group has been launched to make cadmium telluride solar cells less expensive, more efficient and develop new markets for solar cell products. Cadmium telluride solar cells were first developed in the United States and are... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy is investing a total of $165 million to spur the growth of the geothermal... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy is investing a total of $165 million to spur the growth of the geothermal energy sector in the United States. The department’s goal is to form a consortium of experts who will then use... Read More
WASHINGTON — The White House on Wednesday rolled out a series of initiatives it says will not only reduce the... Read More
WASHINGTON — The White House on Wednesday rolled out a series of initiatives it says will not only reduce the price of electricity, but will make solar energy and energy efficient homes more affordable to Americans living on low or... Read More
ABU DHABI, UAE — The cost of renewable energy continued to fall through 2021, resulting in a “seismic shift in... Read More
ABU DHABI, UAE — The cost of renewable energy continued to fall through 2021, resulting in a “seismic shift in its competitiveness with fossil fuels, despite supply chain bottlenecks and other challenges, the International Renewable Energy Agency says in a... Read More
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Opposition from friends, not foes, is creating potential roadblocks to President Joe Biden’s green energy agenda... Read More
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Opposition from friends, not foes, is creating potential roadblocks to President Joe Biden’s green energy agenda on federal lands in the blue-leaning, western swing state of Nevada. Two lithium mines and a geothermal power plant in... Read More
SOMERSET, Mass. — President Joe Biden on Wednesday traveled to this small New England town, which in many ways is... Read More
SOMERSET, Mass. — President Joe Biden on Wednesday traveled to this small New England town, which in many ways is emblematic of the nation’s energy transition, to announce a series of measures to deal with the extreme heat now gripping... Read More
FARNBOROUGH, England (AP) — Airplanes are a minor contributor to global greenhouse-gas emissions, but their share is sure to grow as... Read More
FARNBOROUGH, England (AP) — Airplanes are a minor contributor to global greenhouse-gas emissions, but their share is sure to grow as more people travel in coming years — and that has the aviation industry facing the prospect of tighter environmental regulations... Read More
WASHINGTON — The House has passed a bipartisan amendment to the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act submitted by Rep. Deborah... Read More
WASHINGTON — The House has passed a bipartisan amendment to the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act submitted by Rep. Deborah Ross, D-N.C., that rolls back former President Donald Trump’s 10-year moratorium on offshore energy leases off the Atlantic coast. For... Read More
WASHINGTON — Advocates for the just-blossoming U.S. offshore wind energy sector are up in arms over a provision included in... Read More
WASHINGTON — Advocates for the just-blossoming U.S. offshore wind energy sector are up in arms over a provision included in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act that would impose new nationality requirements for crew members working on offshore energy projects.... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy is making $27 million available to support projects aimed at lowering the cost of... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy is making $27 million available to support projects aimed at lowering the cost of solar energy, developing next-generation solar technologies and boosting American solar manufacturing. According to the DOE’s Solar Energy Technologies Office, which... Read More