No injuries or health threats to neighboring towns were reported, said statement from pipeline owner parent firm Phillips 66.

DOE's $1.6B infusion would ease startup's financial strain in scaling up domestic market.

The pause directly impacts four proposed projects that are pending US Energy Dept. approval, but more are also in earlier stages of the authorization process. 

Selection of two development teams would replace projects cancelled suddenly last year by developer Orsted and add more capacity.

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."

Project owner Electricité de France now expects to complete the project between 2029 and 2031 and estimates its cost at between $39 billion and $43 billion.

Case focuses on stormwater runoff at solar energy project sites in three states.

Some of the technologies being developed with the grants, ranging from subsurface sensors to microtunneling robots, could have construction applications beyond grid projects.

Penalty would apply to emissions above 25,000 metric tons per year of CO₂ equivalent, but there are some exemptions for oil and gas firms.

New drilling problems revealed Jan. 29 on Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in Alberta and British Columbia could cause added startup delay, two weeks after it finally won critical variance.