Following congressional passage in December of a multiyear extension of the wind-energy production tax credit and investment tax credit, the wind industry is breezing ahead with a new lease on life.
Hypersaline cooling-water seepage from Florida Power & Light Co.’s 3550-MW Turkey Point Power Station in Florida City has polluted the shallow Biscayne Aquifer and now is being drawn back to the plant’s property through retraction wells in an operation expected to take 10 years.
Water quality is the central issue in a dispute between state engineers and scientists over discharge from a planned $600-million Florida Everglades water-storage project.
Congress is wrestling with its first energy policy update since 2005, and there is some concern that it may not be passed this year. That may not be all bad.
Plaintiffs and environmentalists alike welcomed the unusual decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to postpone oral arguments on the Clean Power Plan until September.
With concern about global warming prompting 177 countries to sign the December 2015 Paris Agreement to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, the removal of carbon dioxide from power-plant flue gas is becoming an urgent priority.
Empire State Connector Corp. has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to negotiate agreements with customers for electric transmission service on a high-voltage, direct-current line.
