Energy Update
On Wednesday June 9 lawmakers in the Massachusetts house of representatives passed a bill that would require the state’s distribution utilities to sign long-term contracts for 1200 MW of offshore wind capacity and 1200 MW of hydropower capacity. The hydropower capacity could be coupled with other clean energy sources such as solar. The offshore wind mandate would be the first in the nation.
WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - Marathon Petroleum Corp
will spend about $334.6 million to cut pollution at
refineries in five states and pay a $326,500 civil penalty, the
U.S. Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency said
on Thursday.
MONTERREY, Mexico, June 9 (Reuters) - Mexico's state oil
company Pemex will present to its board this week its first
possible deep-water tie-up with private firms, a long-awaited
landmark of Mexico's energy reform that opened the sector to
private investment, an energy ministry official said on
Thursday.
WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - The merger of pipeline
companies Energy Transfer Equity LP and Williams
Companies has been approved with conditions, the U.S.
Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - The merger of pipeline
companies Energy Transfer Equity LP and Williams
Companies has been approved with conditions, the Federal
Trade Commission said on Thursday.
CROW AGENCY, Montana, June 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) -
A team of law students which recently descended on the Crow
Indian Reservation in the American West to help tribal members
write property wills, were cautioned in advance by their
professors to be culturally sensitive.
As someone with deep-seated solar-industry experience, I could hear the sighs of relief in the solar industry when the investment tax credit (ITC) extension passed the U.S. Congress on Dec. 13. The battle had been long, the outcome in doubt and the lobbying efforts Herculean. Given the odds stacked against the industry, the passage was nothing short of extraordinary.
The Geothermal Energy Association recently selected Enel Green Power North America for an environmental stewardship award for the Stillwater Hybrid project in Churchill County, Nevada.
BRASILIA, June 9 (Reuters) - Brazil has banned the local
unit of Swedish construction company Skanska AB from
doing government work for at least two years, having accused it
of involvement in a bribery and kickback scandal, the Ministry
of Transparency said on Thursday.
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