Dive Brief: Read more in Utility Dive here.
Post
World’s first commercial carbon storage facility begins operations, injecting CO2 deep under North Sea
The world’s first commercial service offering carbon storage off Norway’s coast has carried out its inaugural CO2 injection into the North Sea seabed, the Northern Lights consortium operating the site said Monday. The project by Northern Lights, which is led by oil giants Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies, involves transporting and burying CO2 captured at smokestacks...
Post
China coal power projects surge despite clean energy growth
China has logged an increase in coal power projects in the first half (H1) of 2025, suggesting a resurgence in coal dependency despite the nation’s clean energy advancements. The Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) and Global Energy Monitor’s latest review indicates a boom in commissioned coal projects, with the highest number...
Post
Conservation Victory: Feds to Restore Targeted, Science-Based Endangered Species Policy
In a major win for wildlife conservation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced it will pause use of the controversial “blanket 4(d) rule” and initiate steps to rescind it over the next 14 months—a key objective of a lawsuit filed last year by the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) and the Rocky...
Post
Trump administration halts work on New England offshore wind project
The Interior Department on Friday halted construction on Ørsted’s Revolution Wind project off Rhode Island’s coast. Why it matters: It’s another sign of the Trump administration’s hostility to offshore wind and comes after it issued — then lifted — a stop-work order on a major wind project under construction off New York’s coast. Driving the news: Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued...
Post
Report Finds Battery Storage Could Cut Energy Costs and Boost Reliability in Central U.S.
A new analysis from Aurora Energy Research suggests that deploying 4 gigawatts (GW) of battery storage across the Central U.S. could deliver more than $7 billion in energy cost savings over the next two decades, while also strengthening grid reliability in a region facing some of the nation’s fastest-growing power demand. The study, commissioned by...
Post
Enabling Enhanced Geothermal Systems with transformative technologies
Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) are emerging as one of the most promising frontiers in geothermal energy, potentially enhancing its productivity and efficiently, and making it possible to implement geothermal projects in more parts of the world. To learn more about EGS and the technologies that are enabling its adoption, we spoke with Ajit Menon, Vice President...
Post
Maryland’s energy price explosion
In July, my electric bill crossed a number I never thought I’d see: over $500. Yes, it was a brutally hot month, but we’ve had very hot summers before in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. We’ve run the air conditioning nonstop before and never reached even $400. What’s going on? A few things. Let’s start with...
Post
India set to allow its private firms to mine and import uranium to help nuclear expansion
India aims to allow private firms to mine, import and process uranium as part of plans to end a decades-old state monopoly over the nuclear sector and bring in billions of dollars to boost the industry, two government sources said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government plans to expand nuclear power production capacity by 12 times...
Post
FERC Must Seize the Supreme Court’s Energy Opportunity
President Trump’s nomination of attorney Laura Swett to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission comes at a pivotal moment for American energy and technology. The promise of artificial intelligence presents incredible economic opportunity but also brings new challenges for energy and national security. Fortunately, the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County has tilted the...