Articles Tagged with ''Department of Energy''

Federal regulators reshape path for one of the Gulf Coast’s largest LNG projects—with the decision influencing how construction unfolds.

New officials at the Federal Highway Administration, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and the Dept. of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy were confirmed Sept. 18 by the Senate en bloc along a party-line vote.

Appropriations bill deals another setback to wind and solar energy but boosts nuclear development, in addition to funding most Corps of Engineers projects.

Developer said it would continue forward on the estimated $7-billion to $11-billion midwest transmission project by securing capital through other sources

Multiple agencies updated their NEPA procedures after the White House Council on Environmental Quality rescinded its regulations related to the law.

The budget bill signed by President Donald Trump on July 4 and a more recent executive order slash renewable energy credits in favor of coal, gas and nuclear support, triggering expected sector upheaval and backlash over jobs, costs and climate progress.

Lawmakers have proposed rescinding funding for other types of projects supported by the U.S. Energy Dept.

Cement producers, other construction material suppliers and carbon capture system developers are among 24 DOE grant recipients to have millions in project funding canceled.

Officials selected 14 projects for $428 million in grants.

Projects selected by the U.S. Dept. of Energy would add nearly 1,000 miles of transmission development and 7,100 MW of capacity in Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.