A growing complaint by renewable energy developers across the country is the amount of time it takes to put their projects on line. Their main roadblock is bureaucracy. Rules and regulations. Red tape and of course in some cases, opposition by landowners and residents. A recent annual report by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory stated …
** The Senate is poised to send a major energy bill to President Biden’s desk this week, which could allow for more nuclear power to be built throughout the U.S. The legislation seeks to reduce fees for companies that are proposing to build nuclear reactors and establishes a prize that aims to incentivize nuclear deployment. ** Fisker …
While temperatures soared to 107 degrees in parts of New Mexico on Monday, the state’s major utility indicated it did not anticipate brownouts even after the firm closed its main coal-fired power plant near Farmington. Public Service Co. of New Mexico credits the ability to avoid brownouts after the shutdown of its San Juan …
The Williams Company in Tulsa is alerting U.S. Senators that natural gas will be critical for any expansion of the nation’s electric power grids and the country cannot rely alone on renewable energy. Wind and solar can’t do it alone. Writing to Sen. Joe Manchin, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee, …
** Bill Gates and his energy company are starting construction at their Wyoming site for a next-generation nuclear power plant he believes will “revolutionize” how power is generated. Gates was in the tiny community of Kemmerer Monday to break ground on the project. ** The Supreme Court solicited the Biden administration’s views on two lawsuits by the city of …
Since rebuilding after a tornado that nearly wiped the town off the map, Greensburg, Kansas has rebuilt and expanded its dependency on green energy. As homes and businesses were rebuilt following the May 4, 2007 tornado, the town focused on clean energy and became a model for what other communities can do with renewable …
** Tesla’s controversial CEO Elon Musk, and his massive wealth, are front and center in a shareholder vote this coming week. Five months after a Delaware judge threw out the largest pay package in history, then worth more than $50 billion, shareholders will vote Thursday on a new pay package. ** New York’s grid operator says the …
** A project centered in Utah is being developed to make cleaner ammonia with help from an unlikely source: nuclear energy. It’s a project that, if scaled, could eliminate the more than 1% of global carbon pollution production that is generated from ammonia-making, according to the Innovation News Network. ** Solar accounted for 75% of electricity generation capacity added …
Maybe it’s more than a bump in the road for Enbridge Inc. and its plans for a $1.2 billion solar farm development near Cheyenne, Wyoming. Maybe it’s the road itself. As OK Energy Today has reported previously, the company had planned to construct the farm on private land and provide electricity to a Meta …
Macquarie, the Houston firm accused of market manipulation of natural gas prices in Kansas and Oklahoma during the 2021 winter storm, is investing millions in solar energy. As reported by Business Wire this week, the asset management arm of Macquarie Group is backing renewable-energy company Sol Systems with an $85 million debt investment, riding a wave …
