US Energy Dept. officials selected 20 projects to receive financial support under the Transmission Siting and Economic Development Grant Program created by the Inflation Reduction Act.
The 21 projects total $325 million and include weatherization, workforce development, wastewater treatment and energy efficiency retrofits among other endeavors.
Labor PM Keir Starmer's government formed Great British Energy to undertake early project work to reduce private
sector developer risk and boost technologies such as carbon capture and
storage, hydrogen and wave and tidal energy.
25 US grantees were selected from 300 applicants, some of them regional coalitions, to address air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions—with Pennsylvania and California as big winners.
Presidential candidate Donald Trump would use financial gains from oil and gas drilling to fund highways and some other infrastructure, he told Republican supporters at the party's national convention.
Blade break on July 13 was due to plant manufacturing error—not design, GE Vernova CEO said. As incident probes and cleanup of floating debris and fiberglass shards continue near the 806-MW, $3B Vineyard Wind project, market signs show offshore wind sector growth momentum will continue.
HDR recently introduced three redevelopment concepts for Harbor Island off Grand Haven, Mich., which will offer recreational activities on the former industrial and waste disposal site.