** New U.S. solar energy installations are expected to fall over the next five years as the industry grapples with a shift in federal policy that favors fossil fuels, tariffs and other challenges, according to a report published on Monday by a top solar trade group. ** In a study from the University of California, Davis published in …
Category: Solar Energy in Oklahoma
Energy jobs slowly declining in Oklahoma
A new report from the Energy Workforce & Technology Council shows Oklahoma oil and gas and other energy employment is slowly losing numbers. The Council showed Oklahoma had 48,618 energy jobs in April, down from 49,546 reported in January and below the 49,774 jobs reported in November 2024. The Council indicated that nationally, there has …
Solar manufacturer Sunnova lays off more than 700
More than 700 workers at Sunnova Energy in Houston lost their jobs this week as the solar power manufactured filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, another sign that things were anything but sunny for the nation’s solar industry. It’s the latest renewable energy firm to fall victim to weakening sales and growing debts, the …
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** The value of Tesla shares drops 14%, erasing $150 million of the electric vehicle company’s value, as CEO Elon Musk publicly spats with President Trump. ** Officials from Entergy New Orleans and grid operator MISO discuss how the lack of adequate transmission lines led to widespread outages in Louisiana over the Memorial Day weekend. …
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** A Louisiana jury has ordered Chevron to pay more than $744 million in damages for destroying parts of the state’s coastal wetlands through its oil and gas operations, The Guardian reported. ** The federal government handed $7 billion to California to build a high-speed rail line, but the Golden State never laid a single foot of track, according …
Some GOP Senators work to save renewable energy credits—not Sen. James Lankford
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford is among those who opposes the Biden administration tax credits given renewable industry. But he finds his stance under growing criticism and resistance from some other Republican Senators as they deal with the megabill sent to the Senate from the House. Lankford has been a critic of the …
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** The Trump administration said Wednesday there is no viable path forward for California’s High-Speed Rail project and warned it may rescind $4 billion in government funding in the coming weeks. ** The crew of a cargo ship carrying around 3,000 vehicles, including 800 electric vehicles, abandoned it off the coast of Alaska after a …
Legislator disappointed over some wind and solar bills
Elected to the State House on his opposition to wind and solar farm expansion in Lincoln County, Chandler Rep. Jim Shaw says the end of the legislative session, his first year in office, was “disappointing and very eye opening.” In a statement following Friday’s sine die declaration, the Republican Representative also said he found the …
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** Washington, D.C. spent $200 million on a two-mile light rail route in downtown DC and now they’re tearing it up. After less than a decade of operation, the D.C. Streetcar is set to be phased out and replaced by an electric bus that Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) called a “next generation streetcar” when …
Texas legislative efforts fail to curtail wind and solar development
The efforts of some legislators in Texas to rein in the state’s wind and solar industry are dead after several of their bills missed a deadline in the state House before Monday’s end of the legislative session. One of the bills would have put strict limits on where wind and solar farms could be …