May 12, 2022 archive

New Mexico utility fears power outages over solar crisis

  The government-induced crisis that hit the U.S. solar industry has left a major New Mexico public utility wondering whether there might be power outages next year in the state as a result. The Albuquerque Journal reports Public Service Company of New Mexico, another subsidiary of American Electric Power is worried because supplies have been …

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New Mexico solar maker to take big hit from government-sparked crisis

  Six weeks after the U.S. Commerce launched an investigation into solar manufacturing operations in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia—a move that sent the solar industry into a crisis, one of those companies hurt is in New Mexico. Albuquerque-based Array Technologies, considered one of the country’s biggest manufacturers of solar tracking systems estimates losses will …

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Oklahoma leaders still hopeful that Canoo will survive

  Oklahoma leaders remain optimistic even after EV manufacturer Canoo, a company with plans to build a plant near Pryor in the northeastern part of the state, revealed major losses in the first quarter of this year. Brent Kisling, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce expressed his thoughts this week following the dismal …

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67-foot pipeline rupture led to huge methane gas leak in Texas

    Looking back at a large pipeline rupture in Texas in March, investors claim it led to a massive release of potent greenhouse gas methane. Bloomberg says it led to a release of more than 52 million cubic feet of gas. Click here for Bloomberg