"CCS technology has been used for years, often to enhance oil well production rates, but rising carbon prices in regions such as Europe have lifted hopes it might take off as a stand-alone business in the future."
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California must invest in forest management or risk squandering CO2 reductions
Kenneth Schrupp outlines why California should invest in forest management in The Orange County Register. “If California is serious about improving the environment, the state’s top priority ought to be preventing mass wildfires that make breathing worse than smoking cigarettes and cause asthma in children — not magic trains that won’t be completed before the...
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Exclusive: Exxon prepares to start up $2 bln Texas oil refinery expansion
"Exxon's Beaumont expansion marks a return to an era of steady refining capacity gains through processing tweaks and adding new equipment to existing plants."
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Energy and Commerce Committee Addresses American Energy Security
By promoting an innovation-led, “all of the above” strategy, Congress can continue to unleash ways for America’s energy sector to meet families’ needs while charting a path forward on environmental progress.
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Three States that are Advancing Energy Innovation
By implementing pro-growth policies at the state and federal levels, policymakers can ease burdens to allow innovators and entrepreneurs to continue this remarkable progress.
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Constellation Energy Announces $800 Million Investment for Illinois Nuclear Plants
Two nuclear plants in Illinois are getting an $800 million upgrade. Constellation Energy’s Braidwood and Byron Generating Stations will be fitted with new equipment that will increase generating capacity. Once slated for early retirement, the two generating stations will now be bringing even more clean energy to the Chicago area. >>>READ: Last Energy has a...
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Type One Energy Raises $29M to Work on a Crazy Fusion Device
"Stellarator fusion devices rely on a pretzel-shaped torus of magnets to contain the plasma where fusion takes place. They have a design that’s strikingly different from, say, the giant tokamak that’s being built for the multibillion-dollar ITER experimental fusion reactor in France, or the laser-blasting device at the National Ignition Facility in California that recently hit an energy-producing milestone. Some have gone so far as to call stellarators the 'fusion reactor designed in hell.'"
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The Lithium Shortage Is Real—but There Is Room for Optimism
"Secondarily, we should not be closing doors on alternative energy storage solutions. Lithium batteries are a major part of moving sustainable energy forward, but they are not the only way to get there. Investors and policymakers should look seriously at new players and emerging technologies, and do as much as possible to foster new talent and startups in this area."
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This California nonprofit is fighting fire with finance
"Rather than wait on government funds, they’ve created a unique bond that pools money from private investors, public agencies, utilities and companies to pump millions of dollars into wildfire projects up-front — and finish the job years in advance."
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New Nuclear Power is Coming to Ohio
Oklo plans to deploy two advanced nuclear reactors to the Buckeye State in the next ten years.
