The Tennessee Valley Authority began increasing power output at the first of three units at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant in north Alabama to accommodate customer requests for more clean energy, but observers have mixed views on the $475-
million effort.
Seeking to realize President Trump’s vision of “beautiful, clean coal,” the Dept. of Energy is investing $61.6 million in 13 projects for cost-shared research and development of current and advanced carbon-capture technologies.
Construction on the $2.5-billion Mariner East 2 pipeline in Pennsylvania has resumed following a month-long state investigation into numerous environmental permit violations that resulted in a $12.6-million civil penalty against Sunoco Pipeline LLP.
Saudi Arabia’s renewable energy procurement body has kicked off the nation’s solar energy program by sealing a privately financed contract with ACWA Power to develop a 300-MW plant.
Construction is underway off the northern coast of the U.K. for Ørsted’s planned 1.2-gigawatt wind farm, with 174 8-MW turbines expected to be planted and operational by 2021 in a field about 120 kilometers (75 miles) from shore.
Exxon Mobil Corp. plans to invest $50 billion over five years to expand its U.S. oil-and-gas production facilities, the company said on Feb. 2, when it released its 2017 results, which included $8.4 billion in fourth-quarter earnings and $19 billion in income for the year.
Speeding up the notoriously slow-moving Superfund program appears to be a priority for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt as he looks to revamp the entire agency.
With the federal government taking a back seat on climate change, states and cities are accelerating initiatives to control emissions through CO2 cap-and-trade programs and carbon-use taxes.
Florida Power & Light and Miami-Dade (Fla.) County have tentatively agreed to build a new wastewater plant to provide reused water for the utility’s massive cooling canals at its Turkey Point nuclear power plant in Homestead.
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