Energy
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Surge in gas-fired power for data centers, with Texas leading
Many of the developers of the largest projects want to install natural gas plants directly at the site of new data centers, which allows them to avoid the seven-year wait typically required to get a standard grid connection.
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U.S. regulator licenses deepwater port in Gulf for oil exports
The port, which will be located approximately 27 nautical miles off the coast of Brazoria County, Texas, is designed to export up to 1 million barrels of crude oil per day.
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Critical mineral reserve may reduce supply shock, but may have unintended consequences, experts say
Project Vault, as it's called, would store critical minerals in the way the Strategic Petroleum Reserve stores crude oil. However, the economics of mineral commodities are different in some ways from those of crude oil.
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Michigan townships try to keep authority to reject renewable projects, as states seek more power
With local opposition against wind and solar projects steadily increasing every year, battles like the one in Michigan are likely to be repeated in other states.
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Colorado skiing company planning report to justify suing oil companies
The company said it has a climate change study it plans to publish in a peer-reviewed journal that will help activists sue oil and gas companies.
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Research underway on how solar farms and agriculture can co-exist
The concept is called agrivoltaics, a combination of the words agriculture and photovoltaics, which is the process of converting light into electricity.
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Climate agreement reached on financial aid for developing countries amid skepticism from both sides
While most attendees of the conference recognize that when President-elect Trump takes office in January, the U.S. will likely once again withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement and cut off U.S. funding to the COP29 agenda.
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Electric vehicle industry at crossroads, not a dead end
With Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, playing a significant role in President-elect Donald Trump’s election and the new Department of Government Efficiency, it is also unlikely that the electric vehicle industry will be neglected.
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As the U.S. electricity supply comes up short, power-hungry industries are looking to go off-grid
When Tesla CEO Elon Musk was building a data center in Tennessee to handle operations for his artificial intelligence platform Grok, he powered it with 18 portable gas-powered turbines, allowing him to get it operational in four months.
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Council recommends tax incentives for nuclear energy
The Tennessee Nuclear Energy Advisory Council report also recommends lawmakers include nuclear energy on the list of industries eligible for the Certified Green Energy Production Facilities tax break to grow the supply chain.
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Tens of thousands without power in western Washington since Tuesday storms
Seattle City Light was still working to restore more than 4,000 customers and Snohomish PUD had more than 13,600 customers still in the cold as of noon Friday.
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United Nations to establish an initiative to research and act against “climate misinformation”
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that “climate disinformation” would encompass a wide range of perspectives it declares are inappropriate.
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Despite lackluster consumer interest, automakers are asking Trump to keep EV mandate in place
John Bozzella, president of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, said in a letter to Trump that automakers’ success depends on “stability and predictability in auto-related emissions standards.”