Articles Tagged with ''US Energy Dept''

Regulator approves Saguaro Connector, set to send 2.8 billion cu ft of gas per day from Pecos County, Texas into Mexico for overseas LNG shipment.

U.S. sets record in hydroelectric system investment, with new tidal energy and scaled up enhancd geothrmal pilot projects also gaining millions and grid expansion efforts getting a $1.2B infusion.  

DOE's $1.6B infusion would ease startup's financial strain in scaling up domestic market.

Bechtel-built multi-billion-dollar facility successfully poured its first molten glass in runup to planned waste treatment process set for 2025.

Cities and states are working to reduce emissions, but efforts must grow in scale and pace, according to the analysis released Nov. 14 by the Biden administration. 

Clean hydrogen industry could propel $43B in private investment and 220,000 new construction jobs, says President Joe Biden.

Federal grants and loans under new infrastructure funding laws will favor applicants with strategies to retain and attract skilled workers for “high-quality jobs," a move observers say is timed with escalating auto industry labor battles.  

Occidental Petroleum and Battelle lead Texas and Louisiana projects set for award of first-round federal funds, with 19 regional direct air capture hub teams—that include AEC firms—set to gain a total of $100M.

Bid protest by Atkins-Jacobs-Westinghouse competing team is key factor in megacontract dispute, but neither the judge, companies nor U.S. Energy Dept. will comment on the invalidated contract or on what will happen next.

The U.S. Energy Dept. updates its strategy to cut emissions with clean hydrogen, but the Treasury Dept. won't propose until summer rules on how emissions from its production are counted when awarding critical project tax incentives outlined in the 2022 climate law.