Energy

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Despite the political headwinds currently buffeting the offshore wind sector as a whole in the United States, work continues on how to foster the industry’s success over the long term. One example of that was the... Read More

WASHINGTON — Nearly 3,000 of the nation’s leading scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs are expected to be in attendance this week as the annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit once again takes center stage at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center... Read More

WASHINGTON — Energy equipment and service provider GE Vernova and Amazon Web Services, Inc., announced last week that they are expanding their mutual efforts to address accelerating global energy demand. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based GE Vernova has long provided AWS with turnkey... Read More

WASHINGTON — JPMorgan Chase and the Starwood Property Group are investing $2 billion to fund the completion of a massive data center in Utah. Novva Data Centers and its real estate and infrastructure partner CIM Group completed the first stage... Read More

SANTA FE, N.M. — Melanie Kenderdine, a cofounder of the nonprofit Energy Futures Initiative here in Washington, has been confirmed as New Mexico’s new secretary for the state’s Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department. The state Senate voted to confirm... Read More

WASHINGTON — House Republicans reversed a trio of Biden-era energy and climate regulations on Wednesday, yet another step in the chamber’s efforts to quickly advance President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda. The vehicle for reversals, which still must be signed by... Read More

WASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic governors gathering in the nation’s Capitol last week called for a wide range of new policies to streamline the permitting process for vital energy and infrastructure projects. At the same time, governors participating on an... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday creating a new White House council to expand the United States’ energy dominance by “unleashing” its already surging oil and gas production. During the same Oval Office event, the president... Read More

WASHINGTON — A coalition of energy groups and their member companies have begun a lobbying blitz on Capitol Hill aimed at convincing lawmakers on both sides of the aisle that clean energy tax credits are critical to the continued growth... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday agreed to pause a 25% tariff levy against Mexico after the nation’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, agreed to send 10,000 members of her national guard to tighten control of the border with the U.S.... Read More

PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Thursday unveiled a package of energy-related proposals he says will bolster the state’s competitiveness while making it a leader in clean, affordable energy for years to come. The proposal, which Shapiro, a... Read More

WASHINGTON — In one of the first acts of his second term, President Donald Trump on Monday signed a national energy emergency declaration, granting himself broad new powers to foster new fossil fuel production. In the days leading up to... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden issued two memoranda on Monday intended to protect all Outer Continental Shelf areas off the East and West coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and additional portions of the Bering Sea off of Alaska from... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Associated Press called the 2024 race for the White House at 5:34 a.m. last Wednesday morning, and almost immediately, word of Donald Trump’s election victory ignited a sell off of renewable energy stocks. As the stock market... Read More

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J. — A New Jersey nonprofit has introduced a new assessment tool to help small- and medium-sized companies in the state get involved in the growing offshore wind energy sector. The new tool, called the New Jersey Manufacturing... Read More

EDINBURGH, Scotland — Wood Mackenzie Ltd., the global data and analytics provider in the energy space, is the last consultancy to weigh in on what a victory by either former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris might mean... Read More

WASHINGTON — The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act gave a significant boost to the wind energy sector, enabling it to account for 12% of new electricity capacity last year, while ensuring it’s well-positioned for future growth, according to a... Read More

WASHINGTON — Seventy days before voters decide who will occupy the Oval Office for the next four years, the one thing that’s certain is that Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump hold opposing views on almost everything.... Read More

WASHINGTON — The National Offshore Research and Development Consortium is soliciting proposals to compete for a share in $10.6 million in funding aimed at driving advances in floating offshore wind technology. A webinar on the funding opportunity has been scheduled... Read More

WASHINGTON — Small businesses in 39 states will share in $52 million in grants awarded this week to address a range of clean-energy related issues, the Department of Energy announced.  In all, 229 projects will be funded through the grants.... Read More

WASHINGTON — Americans might be sharply divided on a number of issues these days, but when it comes to climate change, they’re surprisingly in sync, according to Jon Krosnick, a professor of communication, political science and psychology at Stanford University.... Read More

BOSTON — A Boston school district is reaping the benefits of clean energy after deciding that its most recently built elementary school will run entirely on a geothermal system, with no fossil fuel use on-site. In the year since it... Read More

WAYNESBORO, Ga. — Plant Vogtle Unit 4, a nuclear power project that backers describe as one of the “largest clean energy projects in the nation” has begun commercial operation near Waynesboro, Georgia, a bucolic town about 30 miles south of... Read More

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — With a nod toward Kermit the Frog, it’s not always easy going green, no matter how good one's intentions. At least that appears to be the experience of shopping center giant Tanger, which wants to install... Read More

NEW LONDON, Conn. — Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., visited State Pier in New London, Connecticut, on Monday to tout and celebrate the Biden administration’s decision to expand eligibility of federal tax credits for offshore wind projects. “This tax credit has... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden-Harris administration on Wednesday rolled out an ambitious new regulatory regime aimed at bolstering the standards of electric and hybrid vehicles by placing new restrictions on tailpipe emissions. According to administration officials, who briefed reporters on the... Read More

WASHINGTON — When you have a busy life packed with work, family and other obligations, it can be challenging to find time to exercise. Even if you carve out the time, you may find yourself so tired and stressed that... Read More

AMES, Iowa — Gross-Wen Technologies, a company founded by two Iowa State University professors, will share in a $2 million grant with project partners to develop carbon-sequestering molecular films to capture carbon dioxide with algae. In addition to Gross-Wen Technologies,... Read More

WASHINGTON — Events large and small happen in the nation’s capital all the time, but few seem to represent the level of promise manifested at the recent Hydrogen Americas 2023 summit at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.... Read More

WASHINGTON — Just weeks after the Biden administration rolled out its national strategy for incorporating hydrogen into the nation’s clean energy mix, entrepreneurs, engineers and energy officials converged in a downtown conference center on Monday to discuss how to harness... Read More