More than $2.5 million in federal funding has gone to the building of 13 solar farms in Arkansas. The money, totaling $2.573,271, came from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. According to USDA officials, the grants provided through the USDA Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) are intended to lower energy costs while providing jobs and clean energy. …
** An ethanol plant in central Illinois has stopped injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) into the ground after a potential leak was discovered on the property for the second time this year. The problems at the Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) plant raise questions about the safety of about 150 other carbon capture wells proposed across the …
They held a big ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday in central Texas for what is being called one of the largest solar projects in the U.S. And for Google, it was the firm’s largest solar electricity deal it’s ever made. The site is Buckholts, Texas and the event drew U.S. Energy Secretary Jenier Granholm who …
Among the speakers at next month’s 2024 Energy Conference sponsored by the Federal Reserve Banks of Kansas City and Dallas will be Devon Energy leader Rick Muncrief. He is slated as one of those who will speak at the conference on Wednesday, Nov. 13 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 2200 N Pearl …
** Alaska officials urge a court to dismiss youth advocates’ lawsuit alleging a state-sponsored proposed liquefied natural gas pipeline and export terminal would exacerbate climate change. ** Amazon.com Inc. and billionaire financier Ken Griffin are among the backers anchoring a $500 million investment in small nuclear reactors, a burgeoning technology heralded as the next era for …
** The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe files a new lawsuit claiming the Dakota Access pipeline is operating illegally after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flouted regulations to allow the project. ** The Port of Corpus Christi and its customers moved 53 million tons through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel in the third quarter of 2024, a …
** Hurricane Helene flooding could push Appalachia utilities to rethink the region’s power grid, described by one official as a “really far-flung set of distribution lines going up into the hills and serving different communities.” ** Vice President Kamala Harris criticizes Donald Trump for attacking the federal response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, suggesting he’s trying …
** At least 3 million were left without electricity after Hurricane Milton hit Florida Wednesday Evening. Tornadoes killed four persons. ** Florida firefighters say there is a growing concern that the floodwaters will result in the spontaneous combustion of electric vehicles.The fires had become frequent enough that insurers, car makers, fire chiefs and politicians have …
Southwest Power Pool members, including Oklahoma, received a continuation of a Resource Advisory because of the lingering heat dome that produces temperatures into the 90s across much of the country’s middle. In a notice this week, the SPP said it was extending its current Advisory for the entire balancing authority area (14 states) through …
** EIA expects U.S. crude oil production will average 13.5 million barrels per day in 2025, a record high. EIA had previously expected domestic crude oil production would average 13.7 million barrels per day next year but revised its production forecast lower largely due to its expectation of lower crude oil prices. ** GM CEO Mary Barra …
