A pumped storage hydropower facility in Montana that was recently given a license by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will support operations of local wind generating facilities once the project is completed.
Dec 28 (Reuters) - Western Refining's plant in St. Paul
Park, Minnesota could be headed for a strike at the beginning of
the year, according to a union statement on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Democrats on the U.S.
Senate's environment panel on Wednesday asked President-elect
Donald Trump's choice to head the Environmental Protection
Agency to disclose his ties to the energy industry ahead of his
confirmation hearing early next year.
LIMA, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Workers at Peru's Camisea natural
gas fields have called off a strike scheduled for Thursday after
reaching a deal on labor benefits with Argentina energy company
Pluspetrol, the union SUTRAPPEC said Wednesday.
Is renewable energy infrastructure? According to Miriam Webster, infrastructure is the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.
RABAT, Dec 28 (Reuters) - The court-appointed manager of
Morocco's only oil refiner, Samir, has received a $3
billion offer for the business from a foreign conglomerate, he
said on Wednesday, without naming the bidder.
Dec 28 (Reuters) - U.S. shale drillers are set to ramp up
spending on exploration and production next year as recovering
oil prices prompt banks to extend credit lines for the first
time in two years.
ABIDJAN, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast will build two 350
megawatt (MW) charcoal power stations in the western cocoa town
of San Pedro by 2021 to address growing national demand for
electricity, the government said on Wednesday.
We all know the science. The United States and the world as a whole must reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent or more by 2050 in order to significantly reduce the risks posed by unabated climate change. Intensifying droughts and heat waves, inundation of coastal economies brought on by sea level rise, and increasing wildfires and extreme weather events across the United States are only some of those intensifying risks.
A patch of land in the shadow of Mount Fuji is becoming a testing ground for energy storage, with some of Japan’s leading companies trying to develop technologies such as spinning flywheels and fuel cells.
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