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US to pay almost $1bn to French energy company to kill wind project plan
As a fuel crisis triggered by the war in Iran drives up global fossil fuel prices, the Trump administration has announced it will pay French energy major TotalEnergies $1bn to kill plans to construct wind farms off the US east coast. The deal is…
Heat pumps for new homes, and plug-in solar due in shops in months - ministers
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Heat pumps for new homes, and plug-in solar due in shops in months - ministers
New homes will be built with solar panels and heat pumps, while plug-in solar will be in shops “within months” for existing homeowners, the Government has announced. Ministers also unveiled plans for energy companies to offer…
Gov. Jeff Landry wants Louisiana to bet big on nuclear energy. Here's why.
Gov. Jeff Landry's administration is pushing to embrace the nuclear power industry and proposing the state build more nuclear plants, components and fuel enrichment sites. Landry announced the state's framework for nuclear energy Monday evening at…
Trump administration to pay French company $1B to walk away from US offshore wind leases
Trump administration to pay French company $1B to walk away from US offshore wind leases SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR MAURA HEALEY IS JOINING OTHER NORTHEASTERN STATE LEADERS IN OPPOSING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S WIND ENERGY…
Oil reserves last for weeks. Solar panels last for decades
Oil and gas prices are shooting up as war in the Middle East cuts down the supply of fossil fuels available, in what has been described as “the largest supply disruption in the history of oil markets”. There have been several major…
Energy Landscapes: How Infrastructure Reshapes Territory in South America
Some of the most significant transformations of South American landscapes have been produced not by cities, but by large infrastructures built to extract and distribute natural resources. Mining operations, energy systems, and transport networks…
French company stops US offshore wind projects in $1B deal with Trump administration
The Trump administration will pay $1 billion to a French company to walk away from two U.S. offshore wind leases as the administration ramps up its campaign against offshore wind and other renewable energy. TotalEnergies has agreed to what's…
Trump news at a glance: president touts 'strong talks' with Iran that Iran says have not happened
Trump teased a deal could soon be reached to end his war on Iran, which Tehran denied – key US politics stories from Monday 23 March at a glance Donald Trump has claimed there have been talks between the US and Iran over the past day in…
TotalEnergies Agrees to Feds' $928M Wind Project Buyout for Texas Gas Investment
The offer had been reported by The New York Times last week. The New York lease sale generated $4.37 billion in winning bids for six sites totaling 488,000 acres. The department called it “the highest-grossing competitive offshore energy…
TotalEnergies Agrees to Feds' $928M Wind Project Buyout for Texas Gas Investment
TotalEnergies said it agreed to a “settlement” with the U.S. Interior Dept. that will cancel its $795-million lease for the firm's proposed 3-GW Attentive Energy offshore project in the New York Bight ocean area between New York and…
Nebraska Wants To Build Batteries For Storing Renewable Energy
When you generate energy, like through a generator, it has to be used or stored somewhere lest it go to waste. That's why a lot of solar energy setups introduce a backup battery or a whole-home backup battery system. The battery is charged, where…
Trump Administration Yanks $1B From Offshore Wind, Redirects It to Oil and LNG
The Trump administration is pulling nearly $1 billion out of offshore wind projects off the East Coast and forcing that money into U.S. oil, natural gas, and LNG production, replacing planned wind development with active oil and gas production.
Yet another fuel shock proves renewables are a matter of national security
There is a striking difference between a modern-day energy crisis and the ones from the last century: now, the world has alternatives to fossil fuels. Electric cars and renewable energy aren't just solutions to climate change. Around the world…
Commentary: Global oil crisis makes the case for renewable energy
In 1979, President Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House and introduced an ambitious solar strategy to Congress. This came on the heels of the oil shocks of the 1970s caused first by the Yom Kippur War between Israel and Arab…
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