Sen. Joe Manchin decision, announced shortly before a key Senate procedural floor vote on spending bill, leaves up in the air the fate of his proposed changes to project environmental review process
Three projects are the first of 25 wind and solar projects to be developed under a government plan that targets generation of 20 GW of electricity from renewable sources by 2030.
Gov. Phil Murphy boosts target from 7,500 MW by 2035, and directs regulators to study another increase to reach the state plan for 100% clean energy by 2050.
Senate consideration of the proposal included in a stopgap spending bill was a condition the West Virginia Democrat won for his support of the $369B climate funding package President Joe Biden signed in August.
Solar energy equipment maker First Solar Inc. recently announced plans to build a $1-billion photovoltaic module manufacturing plant at a to-be-determined location in the southeast U.S., and to invest another $185 million upgrading and expanding one of its existing plants in Ohio.
Fluor Corp. is executing engineering, procurement and fabrication management for two phases of New Fortress Energy Inc.’s first offshore natural gas export plant in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Grand Isle, La.
International Atomic Energy Agency chief warns of potentially catastrophic outcomes as last reactor at the embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is shut down.
A consortium led by Norwegian green energy developer and operator Scatec has signed a commercial agreement to finance, construct, operate and maintain a greenfield hydroelectric power plant with peak capacity of 350 MW in the southern African country of Malawi.