** Southern California Edison cut off electricity Sunday to 140 homes in the Portuguese Bend community, an outage that it says is indefinite because the shifting ground threatens utility poles and raises the risk of fires in the city. Another 200 homes were expected to lose it Monday night. ** Vice President Kamala Harris plans …
Category: Solar Energy in Oklahoma
Swiss solar manufacturer hit by big financial problems—delays plant in Colorado
Colorado Springs won’t be the site after all of a solar panel manufacturing plant by the Swiss firm, Meyer Burger. The decision was made after shares in the company plunged more than 50% this week, forciming Meyer Burger to delay financial results and draw up a restructuring plant. “Meyer Burger Technology AG announced today …
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** Extreme heat killed more Americans in 2023 than any other year over nearly a quarter century of records, according to research published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. At least 2,325 people died from the heat last year, according to the study, which included deaths with heat as both an underlying and contributing …
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** Midwest grid operators MISO and Southwest Power Pool seek federal approval for changes to their joint operating agreement that would advance $1.7 billion in transmission projects and enable up to 30 GW of new generation. ** An Iranian hacker group this spring attempted to breach multiple Utah government sites, including state data related to oil and gas. ** …
Energy policy is MIA in Harris and Walz acceptance speeches
The energy industry might very well remember the Kamala Harris and Tim Walz acceptance speeches as what was not said by the two candidates. Whether you support Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for President or not, it is clear that the energy industry apparently was not on her mind when she accepted …
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** During a campaign stop in Pennsylvania on Monday, former President Trump said he’d eliminate the Biden administration’s power plant rule but was noncommittal about his position on a tax credit for electric vehicles. ** Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) indicated to reporters at the Democratic National Convention that climate legislation would be on the agenda if Democrats retain the White House and …
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** The morning after being called out on national television by United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain during the Democratic National Convention, Stellantis has confirmed it is delaying plans to reopen the shuttered Belvidere Assembly Plant. ** Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday it will no longer make all-electric three-row SUVs and will instead produce hybrid SUVs, …
Arkansas solar plant to provide power for 3 GM car plants
General Motors is making a big move toward solar power and it’s good news for an Arkansas-based solar power plant. The car and truck manufacturer announced a 15-year renewable energy purchase to supply three U.S. assembly plants, including the Wentzville Assembly plant in Missouri. The Detroit News reported the purchase is from NorthStar …
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** A century-old rail lift bridge that crosses the U.S.-Canada border near the cities of International Falls, Minnesota, and Fort Frances, Ontario, has collapsed, and it’s unclear when the area will reopen to water traffic along the Rainy River. No trains were involved, and no one was injured in Wednesday’s collapse, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. ** …
County commissioners adopt rules that kill a solar farm near Wichita
The approval by county commissioners of new rules restricting solar farms around the city of Wichita, Kansas just killed a planned Invenergy solar farm. Sedgwick County Commissioners voted this week in support of new rules to include prohibiting solar farms in “urban growth areas,” a move that killed a 103 MW project first proposed in 2019. …