Wyoming
Despite spending massively to position itself as “clean,” the natural gas industry has a serious pollution problem it doesn’t want getting more public and regulatory attention.
BP plc and Sempra Energy have announced plans to make a combined investment of $1 billion dollars to develop two wind farms.
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has released its fifth annual State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, which ranks all 50 U.S. states for their various energy-efficiency programs and policies.
The Obama Administration has announced a group of pilot projects selected for a newly formed team charged with expediting and simplifying the building of transmission lines in the United States.
A new white paper from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, ACEEE, suggests that weaning utilities off coal-fired generation may be as simple as combining energy efficiency with combined heat and power, or CHP.
Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) said this week its U.S. division Siemens Energy will supply power equipment and long-term service to PacifiCorp’s proposed 637-megawatt (MW) Lake Side 2 combined-cycle gas-fired power plant at Vineyard, Utah, 30 miles south of Salt Lake City. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The North Dakota Public Service Commission has granted its approval for Canadian energy company Sequoia Energy to proceed with the Border Winds project, a 150
Texas retains its huge lead as the largest generator of electricity in the U.S., including the largest total amount of renewable energy generation and the largest year-over-year additions of renewable energy, according to EnergyBoom’s analysis of the latest U.S. Energy Information Agency data for January and February 2011 released May 13. Renewable energy in this data is defined as wind, solar, wood-derived fuels and biomass, and geothermal.
In the past few days, and amidst continuous Republican (GOP) criticism, the U.S. Department of Interior has made several announcements regarding the expansion of coal production and deep-water oil exploration.
XTO Energy, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), is under investigation by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) after a 13,000 gallon hydraulic fracturing fluid spill at XTO Energy's natural gas drilling site in Penn Township, Lycoming County, PA.
