Work to complete 145-mile line to channel Canada hydropower to New England, halted in 2021 by a successful ballot measure and multiple legal battles, announced its restart after winning a court ruling last spring.
Feds propose 557 sq miles of new Atlantic ocean tracts for development and set Aug. 29 for first Gulf of Mexico auction of three large sites, but projects now confront rising costs for the first time.
Unanimous FERC vote July 27 on final rule will prioritize the most construction-ready, financially-viable projects, but its effective date was not announced.
Developer CEO tells analysts Aug. 1 it will finish last 20 miles of 303-mile natural gas line by year end, after high court reverses lower court halt of just-resumed work on controversial project still being litigated
First of two record-size 300-ton melters at federal Hanford waste site reached 2,100°F critical temperature July 20 after shutdown last year due to component overheating.
U.S.
based giant First Solar also said it will spend $1.1 billion to build its
fifth domestic component factory in Louisiana, as India and China-based manufacturers plan new American capacity boosts
As cost and schedule pressures rise, controversial B.C. megaproject, set to commission in 2025, awaits key government ruling before reservoir filling can start this fall.
In a deal with state regulators, environmental groups and business leaders, the utility will spend $11 billion on solar, wind and grid storage investments and retire coal production by 2032, but the plan still is set to rely heavily on natural gas production as a supplemental resource.