Cities have historically been at the mercy of incumbent utilities when it comes to meeting emissions targets. But now a city in Michigan is embarking on an energy project that — if […]
Plug Power hits “Go” button on largest liquid green H2 plant in the US
Production of liquid green hydrogen is underway at the company’s plant in Georgia. Plug Power has begun operation of the largest liquid green H2 plant in the U.S. market, a huge accomplishment […]
IEA Says Increases in Oil Demand Set to Halve
Increases in global oil demand are set to halve from 2.3 million barrels per day in 2023 to 1.2 million barrels per day this year, with the post-Covid recovery all but complete, […]
U.S. Offshore Wind Projects Hit by Surging Costs
The Biden administration wants to build 30 GW of offshore wind generation capacity by 2030. To this end, the federal government has been holding tenders for offshore wind farms and has boasted […]
Woodmac: three predictions for the global solar industry in 2024
Industry will grow slower than before “If our forecast for 2023 holds, the average annual solar installation growth rate from 2019-2023 was 28%, including 56% growth in 2023. By contrast, annual average […]
Rise in relatively denser crude oil production drives U.S. growth
Crude oil production in the United States reached a record high in August 2023, led primarily by more production in Texas. In 2023, most of the crude oil produced in Texas was […]
House GOP says SEC is overstepping authority, cannot demand climate disclosures
Dive Brief: Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee argued Thursday that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s upcoming rule requiring businesses to submit climate-related disclosures oversteps its authority, in light of recent […]
NERC issues 3-year plan for setting reliability standards for wind, solar, storage
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The North American Electric Reliability Corp. last week released a nearly three-year plan for developing reliability standards for inverter-based resources, […]
How Texas’ Troubled Grid Weathered the Winter
Texas’ navigation of recent frigid temperatures show the ways in which the state’s energy industry and electrical grid management have progressed – and the ways in which they haven’t – since the […]
Why floating solar PV will play a “critical role” in land-constrained south-east Asia
Floating solar PV capacity is expected to play a “critical role” in fulfilling Southeast Asia’s overall solar expansion, with countries such as the Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand well positioned to use their […]
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