“We believe, if you look into the second half of this century, maybe half of the energy system may be renewables. The bulk of it is going to be solar, with wind being in very important niche markets here and …
A report by two respected climate scientists says the EU’s plans for natural gas as an energy source are incompatible with its commitment to the 2015 Paris climate accord. The report’s authors say Europe has just …
Today U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes to repeal the prior administration’s Clean Power Plan (CPP).…
A report by the EIA indicated that coal exports—for both steam coal, used for power generation, and metallurgical coal, used for refining steel—have increased by 58% from …
The retirement of older coal and oil-fired power plants in the state has instigated …
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AltaGas Ltd. (ticker: ALA) today reported that normalized EBITDA in the first quarter of 2017 increased $50 million to $228 million, compared to …
A study released today found states around the country are continuing to advance innovative strategies aimed at keeping coal and nuclear power plants online in organized markets despite stiff challenges in federal court and …
EIA’s November Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) is currently predicting that the share of U.S. electricity fueled by coal will begin growing, compared to last year. The share of generation from …
From The Gazette
CEDAR RAPIDS — South of Alliant Energy’s Prairie Creek Generation Station on the city’s southwest side sits a mound of coal — enough to supply the …
From Power Magazine
A group of generators including Dynegy and NRG Energy filed suit in federal court on October 19 seeking to block an incentive program that would help three New York nuclear power plants remain economic over the next …
From Power Magazine
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) voted unanimously to support Xcel Energy’s latest long-range plan, which will transform the company’s energy fleet.
Xcel expects to more than double its renewable energy portfolio as a result, delivering greater …
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order approving the proposed merger of Talen Energy Corporation (ticker: TLN) with an affiliate of Riverstone Holdings LLC, a private equity firm.
FERC said that the …
Electric vehicle maker Tesla announced this week that all of its vehicles currently in production are being equipped with …
To generate electricity from the sun, you need either to collect solar radiation and convert it with photovoltaic cells to DC power, then to AC with an inverter, or you …
Detroit based power provider DTE Energy (ticker: DTE) announced it will purchase midstream natural gas assets in Appalachia. The combined purchase price for the assets to be acquired by DTE is $1.3 billion.
The agreement calls for DTE to purchase …
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Agency released its newest comprehensive report today, its Annual Energy Outlook 2016. As to the agency’s projections for oil and gas prices and …
From the Canton Reporter
A power-plant building boom has hit Ohio, the first since shale natural gas changed just about everything in the state’s energy …
From ABC News/AP
Duke Energy Corp.’s purchase of Piedmont Natural Gas Co. will create a company with the financial resources to expand the distribution of natural gas across the country as utilities shift further away from coal to the cleaner-burning …
The State of Vermont is a recent example of a source of the tornadic nature of change …
From the San Diego Union Tribune
Anti-nuclear activists have been popping Champagne corks over the news that the last remaining nuclear power plant in California, the Diablo Canyon facility outside of San Luis Obispo, is expected to shut downwithin …
From SmartGrid News
Four companies account for more than half of all renewable energy sales across the U.S.: Sempra Energy, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), Edison International and Xcel Energy all reported that more than 20 percent of their total …
DTE Energy increases dividend for seventh straight year; annualized rate increases 5.5 percent
…From MarketWatch
California regulators and utility executives are staring down a natural-gas shortage in the Los Angeles area that could trigger up to two weeks of electrical blackouts this summer.
The state’s electric grid operator warned Friday that it may …
June 21, 2016
Tesla’s mission has always been tied to sustainability. We seek to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable transportation by offering increasingly affordable electric vehicles. And in March 2015, we launched Tesla Energy, which
Gemma Power Systems Completes Two Major Pennsylvania Power Projects
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The extent to which renewables and natural gas continue to grow in terms of their overall percentage in the energy generation mix in …
From Reuters
CPFL Energia SA, the largest private Brazilian utility, has agreed to buy a power distributor owned by AES Corp in southern Brazil for 1.7 billion reais ($486 million), the companies announced on Thursday in securities filings.
The acquisition …
