The big oil and gas (O&G) industry players are relatively new entrants into the renewable energy world but are making serious moves into areas such as solar. In fact, solar power systems have become an essential addition to many remote O&G operations, providing a useful clean energy source for critical infrastructure. Renewable power generation is...
Federal regulators on Friday rejected calls by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator and its transmission owners that the grid operator’s independent market monitor be effectively barred from transmission planning oversight. MISO’s tariff “unambiguously” authorizes MISO’s market monitor to review and analyze actions that affect the competitiveness, economic efficiency and operation of the grid operator’s markets...
Amazon’s emissions increased 6 percent last year, as the e-commerce and cloud computing giant continued to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) efforts and build out its data center footprint. The company’s total emissions ticked up from 64.38 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2023 to 68.25 metric tons in 2024, according to its annual sustainability...
Britain has secured investment for the Sizewell C nuclear plant from Canadian pension fund La Caisse, Centrica and Amber Infrastructure, enabling the government to give the final go-ahead on Tuesday for the 38 billion pound ($51 billion) project. Under the deal, the British state will be the largest shareholder in the project with a 44.9%...
A new field trial at Republic Services’ Sunshine Canyon Landfill in Sylmar, California, is putting microbes to work in a bid to curb methane emissions and control odors. Developed by Windfall Bio, this approach uses naturally occurring soil microorganisms — referred to as “mems” — that consume methane while also breaking down hydrogen sulfide and other odor-causing...
Chinese Premier Li Qiang announced the construction commencement of a hydropower project in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River. A ground-breaking ceremony was held in Nyingchi City, located in the Xizang autonomous region of southwest China, as reported by state news agency Xinhua. The project is being built with a total estimated investment of...
Infrastructure developer Black & Veatch announced the company has completed execution of a front-end engineering design (FEED) study for the Whitelee Green Hydrogen Project near Glasgow, Scotland. Whitelee is a proposed development by owner ScottishPower Energy Retail Limited. The contract was awarded to Black & Veatch in October 2024. The first phase of the project,...
Republican lawmakers fear Washington may be headed for a government shutdown later this year after two bruising fights over President Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill Act and a $9 billion rescissions package created bad blood on Capitol Hill. White House budget director Russell Vought says the administration plans to send up another wave of spending rescissions to...
Early during my time on the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, I quickly realized continuing along the same path for buying capability was not sustainable and would threaten our national security. As the Defense Subcommittee Chairman, I put dollars where they could immediately impact the most change, disrupt the DoD from within, and grow the defense...
The passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” means that subsidies for wind and solar power are slated for repeal after 2027. Unsurprisingly, this has sparked a litany of analyses explaining just how catastrophic the end of these subsidies will be for the United States and the world. While there’s good reason to doubt those claims, they shouldn’t...
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