Project would replace coal-fired facility that spilled millions of gallons of coal ash waste in a river and surrounding area after a 2008 impoundment collapse.
Uncertain economic returns and duration of federal tax credits could delay or cancel project proposed by six oil firm majors, set to be the world’s largest, says energy sector research firm Wood Mackenzie.
U.S. sets record in hydroelectric system investment, with new tidal energy and scaled up enhancd geothrmal pilot projects also gaining millions and grid expansion efforts getting a $1.2B infusion.
A top DOE official defends the halt as needed to determine if more capacity will affect environmental impacts and global gas prices—but a House-passed bill that removes agency approval authority now is up for Senate consideration.
$3-billion, 882-MW Moray West project, set to finish by early 2025, has signed power deals with tech firms—with Google announcing Feb. 1 a new large wind agreement with Shell and Mitsubishi.
Guiding the state’s push to reach nation-leading goals in clean energy deployment, the chief of the NY State Energy Research and Development Authority acknowledges the “heavy lift” ahead amid construction headwinds but says the challenge to mitigate climate change is "compelling."