** Roaring wildfires burning across Canadian territories have delivered the types of poor air quality that some of the world’s largest, and most polluted, cities face on a daily basis. Smoke plumes from fires burning in the forests of eastern Canada have drifted to cities like Washington, D.C., New York and Philadelphia, sending them soaring to the …
Category: Wind Energy
Wind industry faces challenges across the country
The wind industry is also facing some tough winds as it attempts to widen its hold in the renewable energy growth across the country. But the people who run the Renewable Energy program at Central Community College in Hastings, Nebraska admit their program is on shaky ground. They can’t find enough students interested in …
Quick reads
** Votes on Republican bills that pertain to gas stoves were stalled Tuesday after a small group of House Republicans blew up an initial procedural vote. ** A major case alleging contamination by so-called forever chemicals will be postponed 21 days as the manufacturer and plaintiff close in on a deal. Judge Richard Gergel ordered the three-week …
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** Mountain Valley Pipeline officials say the long-delayed project should be completed later this year, after Congress passed a provision of the debt limit deal that dismisses current legal challenges to its permits. ** A new study from clean energy advocates finds that North Dakota wasted $680 million in 2019 through flaring, venting and leaks from oil and gas …
Wind industry to see big boost from Inflation Reduction Act
While the Biden administration’s green energy plans have drawn criticism from conservative members of Congress, the $390 billion targeted over 10 years for renewable energy will likely help some cities where the wind energy industry suffered. Two such sites were Siemens Gamesa wind farm manufacturing plants in Hutchinson, Kansas and Lee County, Iowa. The …
Energy headlines from around the world
** Folded into the debt-ceiling bill that passed the Senate on Thursday are measures that could speed up the building of energy projects in the US. They are an update of the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA — long a punching bag for critics on both sides of the aisle who say the environmental permitting process for new projects takes too long …
Headlines of other energy stories
** A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has reached its full power output for the first time and is scheduled to enter commercial operation within the next month. Georgia Power Co. announced Monday that Unit 3 at Plant Vogtle, southeast of Augusta, has reached its full output of 1,100 megawatts of electricity. ** Anti-pipeline activists gear …
How Texas turned away from supporting renewable energy projects
Texas legislators took a turn this year in their support for renewable energy projects—wind and solar. Their previous support created the number one renewable energy producing state in the country. But this year, legislators reversed their support and decided through legislation, to do more to support the fossil fuel industry that made the oil …
Energy briefs
** U.S. natural gas production is expected to rise until 2050, according to a report released Tuesday by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), which said most of the demand fueling that increase will be driven by exports to foreign markets. U.S. domestic gas demand will stay flat or decline as renewables come online, the report found. But …
Evergy buys northwest Oklahoma wind farm
The Western Oklahoma Persimmon Creek wind farm has a new owner. Colorado-based Scout Clean Energy and its joint venture partner Elawan Energy recently sold the wind farm to Evergy. The farm is located in Woodward, Ellis and Dewey Counties and covers an estimated 17,000 acres of land. Permission Creek began operations in 2018 and …