** Exxon Mobil Corp. has signed a preliminary agreement to provide battery metal lithium to an LG Chem Ltd. plant in the US, strengthening the oil major’s role in the domestic critical minerals supply chain. The multiyear deal will cover the supply of as much as 100,000 tons of lithium carbonate from Exxon’s planned project …
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** A powerful winter storm brought damaging wind gusts and heavy rain to the Pacific Northwest, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in Washington. ** A proposed $5.5 billion sustainable aviation fuel plant in southern Nebraska could have tens of millions of dollars in economic impact from direct and indirect jobs, according …
Giant solar farm under construction in west Texas
Ground has been broken on a more than $1 billion solar farm under construction in West Texas and once it is completed, it will be one of the largest such farms in North America. The 815 MW Sequoia Solar project is under development by Enbridge, a Calgary, Alberta-based enery provider. The farm is expected …
Arkansas warned to build more renewable energy resources
Experts are telling legislators in Arkansas the state needs to speed up work on building renewable energy resources if the state’s coal plants go offline as scheduled by the end of the decade. Arkansas currently has no operational wind projects and this week, a legislative committee heard the state needs to replace some …
Enel’s $1 billion Oklahoma solar plant deal up in the air?
More than a year after announcing plans to invest $1 billion in a solar panel project in Oklahoma, Italy’s Enel is now showing signs of being cautious about the plan. It’s what Enel’s CEO Flavio Cattaneo stated this week in a presentation of his company’s three-year strategy to 2027. He explained the company intends to …
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** Boeing will lay off more than 2,500 workers in the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, South Carolina and Missouri, according to federally required filings posted on Monday and a union official, as part of the debt-heavy U.S. planemaker’s plan to cut 17,000 jobs, or 10% of its global workforce. ** Just days after announcing a …
Biden says no one can reverse his clean energy progress
In the waning days of his administration, President Biden has declared there’s no going back on the “clean energy revolution” he started. Speaking from the Amazon rainforest in Brazil and in an obvious reference to President-elect Donald Trump, he said nobody can reverse US progress on clean energy. While the Biden administration …
New Mexico electric cooperatives under renewable energy mandates
Rural electric cooperatives in New Mexico face some tough renewable energy requirements put upon them by the state’s Public Service Commission. By next year, they will be required to have at least 40% renewable energy and by 2030, the co-ops will be forced to have 50% renewables. It is even higher by 2050, according …
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** North Dakota utility regulators granted approval on Friday for a span of a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline that would cross five Midwestern states — a key victory for the company that has faced vociferous landowner objections and various hurdles and setbacks in its plans.** Jeff Bezos, the owner of Amazon, has invested more than £7 million to try …
Solar and wind can’t totally replace natural gas for power generation says SPP
When wind and solar power are unable to fulfill demands for electricity generation, what’s the option? The Southwest Power Pool says it’s natural gas and executives made their point this week during a panel discussion at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ annual meeting in Anaheim, California. It was an emphasis for continued use …