Natural Gas FERC OKs Cross-Border Gas Pipeline Despite US LNG Export Pause Mary B. Powers Debra K. Rubin February 20, 2024 No Comments Regulator approves Saguaro Connector, set to send 2.8 billion cu ft of gas per day from Pecos County, Texas into Mexico for overseas LNG shipment.Read More
Manufacturing US Offers $1.5B to GlobalFoundries for Semiconductor Chip Projects James Leggate February 20, 2024 No Comments The CHIPS and Science Act money would go toward work to expand a New York chip plant and build another nearby, and to modernize a plant in Vermont.Read More
Nuclear Power Utility EdF Writes Down $14B Loss on Delayed UK Nuclear Megaproject Peter Reina February 20, 2024 No Comments Eletricité de France is financing all construction costs for Hinkley Point C power plant, which it now expects to complete as late as 2031.Read More
Offshore Wind Energy US Firm Wins Contract on 1-GW South Korea Floating Wind Project Peter Reina February 20, 2024 No Comments Project represents a big advance in deploying Principle Power's three-legged WindFloat wind turbine platform, firm says.Read More
Experts: Best Bet in $300M Osage Nation Wind Farm Dispute Is Negotiation Daniel Tyson February 19, 2024 One Comment Court order to take down 150-MW Oklahoma project could be 'yellow flag' to other firms building on Native American sites without full rights above ground—and below.Read More
Fossil Fuel Energy Babcock & Wilcox, Utility Gain $16M for Blue Hydrogen at Wyo. Plant Mary B. Powers February 16, 2024 No Comments Gillette coal-fired power plant would deploy firm's innovative technology for blue hydrogen also expandable to other Powder River Basin plants.Read More
Manufacturing Lego Picks Gray and Hourigan JV for $1B Virginia Plant Project Toy maker also plans to move its Americas HQ to Boston James Leggate February 15, 2024 No Comments The manufacturing facility plan calls for 13 buildings totaling 1.7 million sq ft on a 340-acre site in Chesterfield County, Va., outside Richmond.Read More
Nuclear Power Deal Set for First Privately Funded Small Nuclear Reactors in Europe Mary B. Powers Debra K. Rubin February 14, 2024 One Comment At construction completion, four projects in England would be Britain's first SMR deployment and its first use of the Westinghouse AP300 design.Read More
Corruption Ohio's Former Top Utility Regulator, Two Former FirstEnergy Execs Charged in Bribery Case All three have pleaded not guilty in the state prosecution Annemarie Mannion February 13, 2024 No Comments Two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives and a former chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have pleaded not guilty in a bribery scheme. Read More
Renewable Energy Orsted Cuts Offshore Wind Target, Exits Some Non-US Markets Peter Reina February 12, 2024 No Comments The Danish offshore wind developer reduced its 2030 renewable energy capacity goal from 50 GW to 35-38 GW.Read More