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Sep272018

U.S. Energy Department Announces $30 Million For Carbon Capture Systems to Support Fossil Power Generation

September 27, 2018

The U.S. Energy Department is providing the funding for cost-shared research and development to develop technologies that can lower the cost of capturing carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants, according to a Sept. 27 press release. The projects selected under the department’s “Novel and Enabling Carbon Capture Transformational Technologies” will facilitate the development of solvents…

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Sep262018

U.S. Interior Department Approves Utility Corridor For Enefit’s Oil Shale Project in Utah

September 26, 2018

The Bureau of Land Management on Sept. 26 authorized right-of-way grants for the Enefit American Oil Utility Corridor Project which would provide access, natural gas, electricity, and water to Enefit American Oil’s South Project while allowing transport of processed oil. The South Project comprises commercial oil shale mining operations on 7,000- acre to 9,000-acres of…

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Sep262018

Massachusetts Launches SMART Incentive Program to Advance 1.6 Gigawatt Solar Goal

September 26, 2018

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities on Sept. 26 approved compensation for new solar owners under the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target or SMART program, a long-term, sustainable solar incentive solution that replaces the Solar Renewable Energy Certificate or SERC II program. The program has a goal of 1,600 megawatts, implying that ten percent of the…

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Sep262018

Southern Company Agrees to More Cost Risks to Keep Vogtle Nuclear Project Alive

September 26, 2018

The owners of the Vogtle nuclear plant on Sept. 26 agreed to continue with the project expansion after resolving issues over budget overruns. The deal follows majority owner Southern Company’s announcement in August to raise project costs by $2.3 billion, prompting a vote on the future of the project under provisions of the joint ownership…

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U.S. Energy Department Announces $30 Million For Carbon Capture Systems to Support Fossil Power Generation

U.S. Interior Department Approves Utility Corridor For Enefit’s Oil Shale Project in Utah

Massachusetts Launches SMART Incentive Program to Advance 1.6 Gigawatt Solar Goal

Southern Company Agrees to More Cost Risks to Keep Vogtle Nuclear Project Alive

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