Six years ago, an executive from Suniva, a bankrupt solar panel manufacturer, warned a packed hearing room in Washington that competition from companies in China and Southeast Asia was causing a “blood bath” in his industry. More than 30 U.S.-based solar companies had been forced to shut down in the previous five years alone, he …
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The Biden administration announced on Monday progress on 15 large renewable energy projects, an apparent effort to project confidence in an industry that is facing steep challenges. All of the developments are on federal lands in the West, including a geothermal lease sale across 12 counties in Northern Nevada, a new transmission line west of …
Biden Administration, After Setbacks, Talks Up Renewable Power Gains Read More »
Heat, drought, flood and famine. Evidence of climate change is all around us. If the planet is to avoid even more severe consequences from global warming, the world’s leading energy agency says, consumption of oil, coal and natural gas needs to be reduced much more rapidly, and clean energy sources like wind and solar power …
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in its commitment to the state’s Broadband For All objectives, today adopted requirements and guidelines for a $750 million program that will help local governments, tribes, and non-profits to finance publicly-owned broadband infrastructure projects. The Broadband Loan Loss Reserve Fund provides a credit enhancement for financing broadband infrastructure deployed …
China is installing about as many solar panels and wind turbines as the rest of the world combined, and is on track to meet its target for clean energy six years early. It is using renewables to meet nearly all of the growth in its electricity needs. Yet there is another side to that rapid …
China Is Winning in Solar Power, but Its Coal Use Is Raising Alarms Read More »
The White House on Wednesday will announce more than $5 billion in funding for agriculture, broadband and clean energy needs in sparsely populated parts of the country as President Biden travels to Minnesota to kick off an administration-wide tour of rural communities. The president’s efforts to focus attention on the domestic economy ahead of next …
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in its commitment to help bridge the digital divide, will hold two virtual public forums for consumers to offer input regarding quality and accessibility of high-speed broadband in their communities. WHEN: Nov. 8, 2023, 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. (virtual) WHAT: These public forums provide an opportunity for the public to …
CPUC Seeks Consumer Input on California’s Internet Access and Connectivity Read More »
Last April, I traveled to Maine to report on a stalled effort to bring clean hydropower from Canada to New England. Mistrustful residents had sued to block the 145-mile transmission line. The project, known as New England Clean Energy Connect, finally overcame its legal hurdles this summer. More than a year after my story ran, …
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will hold in-person and virtual public forums for customers of San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) to provide input into the company’s proposal to allocate previously approved electric costs among customers (e.g., residential, commercial, industrial) through electric rates. WHEN: WHAT: The public forums will begin with a brief overview …
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Exxon Mobil and Chevron, the two largest U.S. oil companies, this month committed to spending more than $50 billion each to buy smaller companies in deals that would let them produce more oil and natural gas for decades to come. But a day after Chevron announced its acquisition, the International Energy Agency released an exhaustive …
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