Arkansas saw two major energy developments in the past week. One involved the Trump administration’s freeing of $200 million in green energy funds for the state while the second involved plans to build at least three renewable energy projects in Arkansas. Carbon solutions platform Clearloop of Nashville, Tennessee announced a deal with Microsft to …
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** More than half of the jurors selected for Energy Transfer’s defamation trial against Greenpeace have ties to the fossil fuel industry or view pipeline protests negatively, signaling how difficult it was to seat a jury in oil country. ** Michigan utilities could be fined up to $10 million under a new order for failing …
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** Diamondback Energy Inc. is in talks to form a power joint venture that would solve some of the shale giant’s own needs in the Permian Basin while also selling electricity to artificial intelligence data centers in West Texas. ** Holtec International, the Florida-based company seeking to bring back online the decommissioned Palisades nuclear power plant …
Energy Secretary says government needs to get out of the way of energy growth
Energy Secretary Chris Wright gave a clue this week what he feels about government regulations of commercial nuclear and geothermal production. Get out of the way of private industry! It’s what he told reporters this week during a visit to Albuquerque, New Mexico. “They’re such high bars that we’ve just seen almost nothing happen …
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** Researchers at The Ohio State University have developed a battery that can convert nuclear waste into electricity. This innovative technology utilizes ambient gamma radiation from spent nuclear fuel to power electronics and offers a cleaner and more efficient energy source. ** Donald Trump’s freshly appointed Environmental Protection Agency chief is trying to seize $2 billion in …
Biggest renewable energy project in Kansas is located at Fort Riley
Fort Riley, Kansas, home to the Big Red One, is also home to one of the largest renewable energy projects in the state of Kansas. Onyx Renewables announced completion of Phase 3 of its onsite solar energy project at the large Army post. The total installed solar capacity at the military garrison now exceeds 16 …
NextEra campaigns for solar farm in Wagoner County
While waiting for a vote by Wagoner County Commissioners on a proposed controversial solar farm near Porter, NextEra Energy is urging residents to urge commissioners to approve the project. In a Facebook posting this week, the headline urged, “Say YES to Persica Solar.” NextEra also used text messaging to round up support. The Persica …
Caldwell bills on eminent domain, competitive bidding and windfarm setbacks win committee approval
Four bills dealing with transmission lines, competitive bidding, and eminent domain won approval Thursday at the urging of Faxon state Rep. Trey Caldwell during a meeting of the Oklahoma House Utilities Committee. HB2747, a bill Caldwell spent three years creating and one focusing on public utilities in the construction of electrical transmission lines, was …
Another electric transmission corridor fight is brewing
Just as Oklahomans opposed a large electric transmission corridor across the northern stretches of the state, a similar corridor that would cross a small portion of theOklahoma Panhandle and in two other states is facing opposition. Oklahoma’s fierce opposition resulted in the Delta-Plains National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor being cancelled by the federal government …
Legislator faces opposition in anti-green energy and “humanure” bills
The efforts of one Oklahoma legislator to ban the use of Humanure as fertilizer in the state are being blocked in a House Committee. “I received word yesterday that my bill calling for a ban on the application of Humanure as fertilizer in the state of Oklahoma, HB 1726, will not be heard in committee. …