Crude oil spill in Kansas is contained but not fully cleaned up, as fed agency allows full line operation and Canadian owner TC Energy has yet to state pipeline rupture cause.
But state regulator declined Dec. 30 to developer request to cancel its power supply contracts on $3.7B Commonwealth project as inflation takes toll on costs, while N.J. ratepayer watchdog asks state to reduce its offshore wind development pace.
Nevada firm's $3.5B, 10-year plant commitment to Charleston area could gain it access to materials and customers from the state's EV production boom, but project contractors were not disclosed.
Dominion's 2.6-GW project off Virginia Beach and Orsted's 1-GW Sunrise Wind project off Long Island gain initial federal environmental reviews—with a key state green light also granted to the former—as onshore port hubs struggle to keep pace to support developing construction needs.
Lawrence Livermore National Lab team successfully produced more nuclear fusion energy than it took to start the reaction using lasers, U.S. Energy Dept. officials said Dec. 13, with more private and academic competition underway to shorten timeframes to commercialize power generation.
U.S. contractor is hired to integrate into FEED work technologies from Siemens Energy and Danish firm Topsoe to build the first of 12 global plants planned by e-fuels developer HIF Global.
Permitting guidelines for first California floating wind energy projects will be released by state on Dec. 19 and set for approval on Dec. 28—with five lease winners facing challenges of deep water installation, limited port infrastructure and supply chain pressures.
Despite Dec. 2 Commerce Dept. probe finding, Biden earlier order postpones until June 2024 tariffs for project use of solar modules and cells imported from four Asian countries.
