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Solar Project Converts Cranberry Bog Into An Efficient Power Source
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Solar Project Converts Cranberry Bog Into An Efficient Power Source

Repurposing airfields, building on landfills, and blending with cranberry bogs, Syncarpha Capital wants to change the energy scene. Syncarpha Capital’s aim is to transform the energy landscape by reducing or completely removing obstacles to the mass use of solar energy and energy storage in the United States. Recently, a couple of community projects expressed their...

EXCLUSIVE: GOP Reps To Grill Top Biden Officials On Natural Gas Exports Pause
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EXCLUSIVE: GOP Reps To Grill Top Biden Officials On Natural Gas Exports Pause

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee is bringing in top Biden administration energy officials for a Dec. 4 hearing on the administration’s decision to pause approvals for certain new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities. Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon, a Republican from Texas, will be hosting the...

LANL conducts first HALEU fuel experiment in two decades
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LANL conducts first HALEU fuel experiment in two decades

For the first time in more than two decades, researchers at the US Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) have performed critical experiment using high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) TRISO (TRI-structural ISOtropic) fuel. The Deimos experiment was performed at the National Criticality Experiments Research Centre (NCERC) outside of Las Vegas, operated by LANL at the Nevada National...

Maine sues oil giants over climate change
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Maine sues oil giants over climate change

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey (D) this week announced a lawsuit against major oil companies and their top lobbying group, alleging they knowingly concealed the role of fossil fuels in climate change for decades. Frey said Tuesday that defendants in the lawsuit include Exxon, Shell, Chevron, BP, Sunoco, and the American Petroleum Institute (API). In a nearly 200-page complaint, the state alleges...

Why Businesses and the Government Are Turning to Nuclear Reactors for Our Increasing Energy Demands
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Why Businesses and the Government Are Turning to Nuclear Reactors for Our Increasing Energy Demands

The energy landscape in the U.S. is undergoing a seismic shift, owing in part to the exponential growth of generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications and data centers, according to McKinsey & Company. This rise in energy demand is further exacerbated by the country’s increasing seasonal cooling and heating needs due to extreme weather. To offset the rising...

Rivian awarded $6.6 billion DOE loan to build EV facility in Georgia
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Rivian awarded $6.6 billion DOE loan to build EV facility in Georgia

Electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian will receive nearly $6.6 billion from the Biden administration to construct a factory in Georgia as part of the White House’s agenda to expand the EV industry. The Energy Department’s Loan Program Office announced Tuesday that Rivian will receive a direct loan of up to $6.57 billion to finance the development and construction of Project Horizon, an EV manufacturing...

Michigan lawmakers propose state-run carbon capture, sequestration permitting program
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Michigan lawmakers propose state-run carbon capture, sequestration permitting program

A coalition of Michigan companies, labor, business and environmental groups are rallying behind a trio of bills that would give Michigan the ability to permit carbon capture and sequestration projects in the state. That would pave the way for more aggressive adoption of the technology, the supporters said during a Tuesday virtual press conference about...

A Copper Shortage May Threaten Access to Clean, Reliable, and Affordable Energy
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A Copper Shortage May Threaten Access to Clean, Reliable, and Affordable Energy

Copper has been called the mineral of electrification. We will need a massive amount of it to support the rapid growth in demand for electricity – for decarbonizing power generation and the grid, for electrifying buildings, transportation and industry, and for bringing electricity to the world’s population that doesn’t have it today. And there’s a...

FERC modifies rule to give states more participation in long-term regional transmission planning
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FERC modifies rule to give states more participation in long-term regional transmission planning

State regulators now may participate more fully in the long-term regional transmission planning process under newly adopted modifications to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC’s) Order No. 1920 rule. “I applaud my colleagues for helping us achieve this bipartisan, unanimous compromise, which will benefit all Americans,” FERC Chairman Willie Phillips said Thursday. Approved on Nov....

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