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The Environmental Protection Agency recently moved to clarify when stationary emergency backup generators may operate in nonemergency situations.
Empire Offshore Wind LLC, a subsidiary of Equinor ASA, has been informed by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management that the stop work order has been lifted for the Empire Wind project, allowing construction activities to resume.
A new report from Wood Mackenzie finds that despite surging power demand, the gas turbine market could experience "turbo lag" in the next 15 years due to manufacturing constraints, rising costs, and competition from renewables. The report, titled "Turbocharged vs turbo lag: The new landscape for gas
Retail electricity prices have increased faster than the rate of inflation since 2022, and the U.S. Energy Information Administration expects them to continue increasing through 2026, based on forecasts in its Short-Term Energy Outlook.
As Ryan Kornegay, an apprentice with Florida public power utility JEA, prepares to take the next step in his career and become a JEA lineworker, his choice of profession flows from a family with a long history in lineworking. Kornegay has won APPA’s Overall Apprentice Award at the Lineworkers Rodeo
Vistra Corp. on May 15 announced that it has executed a definitive agreement to acquire seven modern natural gas generation facilities, totaling approximately 2,600 MW of capacity, from Lotus Infrastructure Partners.
California Community Power, a joint powers authority representing nine community choice aggregators serving over 6.7 million residents and 30,000 GWh annually across California, recently issued a Request for Information for geothermal power projects as part of a broader Geothermal Strategic Initiative.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey recently unveiled legislation that would, among other things, allow Massachusetts to explore cutting edge nuclear technologies and expand the state’s authority to procure energy.