May 17, 2023 archive

Brief energy news

** President Biden vetoed a bipartisan resolution Tuesday that would have reversed his executive action last year ordering the Department of Commerce not to enforce tariffs on Chinese solar panel manufacturers for two years. Biden explained that the legislation — which recently passed the House and Senate with Democratic support — “bets against American innovation.” …

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Shell expands renewable energy acquisitions with New Mexico wind power purchase

Oil and gas giant Shell plans to buy renewable power from a New Mexico windfarm. The SunZia windfarm built by Pattern Energy is located in Lincoln, Torrance and San Miguel counties. The purchase by the British multinational oil major is a continuation of its expansion of the acquisition of solar and wind power reported the …

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