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UW selected to lead critical mineral and material coalition by DOE
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UW selected to lead critical mineral and material coalition by DOE

The University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources was recently selected to receive $7.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management to lead a regional coalition expanding a domestic critical mineral and materials supply. The project, totaling more than $10.1 million, will assess the carbon ore, rare earth...

Biden to Push Geothermal Energy to Boost AI Growth
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Biden to Push Geothermal Energy to Boost AI Growth

President Joe Biden’s administration plans to streamline permitting for geothermal energy development as part of a broader executive order to boost infrastructure for AI data centers, according to people familiar with the matter. Officials aim to publish the rules within the next week, according to the people, but the timing remains subject to change. The...

Freezing In the Dark? Report From Seven New England States Outlines “Staggering Costs” of Regional Green Energy Policies
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Freezing In the Dark? Report From Seven New England States Outlines “Staggering Costs” of Regional Green Energy Policies

New England residents already pay some of the highest electricity rates in the country, as most regional state governments have respectively committed to reducing their carbon emissions by at least 80% by 2050. If this plan is not revised, residents and businesses can expect electricity rates to double, along with suffering from rolling blackouts, according...

DOE issues draft energy storage road map to accelerate cost reductions, diversify supply
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DOE issues draft energy storage road map to accelerate cost reductions, diversify supply

While the U.S. Energy Information Administration has projected that “new storage capacity additions [eclipsed] wind, nuclear, and all fossil capacity combined” in 2024, lithium-ion batteries comprise more than 95% of U.S. storage deployments, underscoring the need for a wider range of technology options to improve supply chain resilience, DOE said in the road map.  The recent oversupply...

UK Power Prices Surge as Freezing Weather Tightens Market
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UK Power Prices Surge as Freezing Weather Tightens Market

Power prices jumped after the UK’s grid operator issued a market warning for this afternoon as declining wind output crimps supply just as plunging temperatures boost demand.  The three-hour notice period is set to begin at 4 p.m. London time when there’s an insufficient buffer between predicted supply and demand, the National Energy System Operator...

Farm bill leaders go back to drawing board
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Farm bill leaders go back to drawing board

The leaders of the House Agriculture Committee put on a display of cordial bipartisanship at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Now, the hard work begins. Rep. Angie Craig, D-MInn., who was just recently sworn in as the new ranking member of the House Ag Committee, said her priority is to get a new farm bill done,...

Texas, Utah, Last Energy challenge NRC’s ‘overburdensome’ microreactor regulations
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Texas, Utah, Last Energy challenge NRC’s ‘overburdensome’ microreactor regulations

Only three commercial nuclear reactors have been built in the United States in the past 28 years, and none are presently under construction, according to a World Nuclear Association tracker cited in the lawsuit. “Building a new commercial reactor of any size in the United States has become virtually impossible,” the plaintiffs said. “The root cause is...

Wind Britain’s top electricity source in 2024
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Wind Britain’s top electricity source in 2024

Wind power was Britain’s largest source of electricity in 2024, topping gas-fired power plants for the first time, data showed on Tuesday. Britain has almost 15 gigawatts (GW) of installed offshore wind power and aims to quadruple that to 60 GW by 2030 as part of plans to largely decarbonise its power sector by then....

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