King Coal Has Had Its Day as Gas Triumphs
Excluding hydroelectric power, renewable energy generates 2% of U.S. electricity. Maybe it will grow to 4% in the next 10 years. So don’t blame regulators, President Trump or renewables for Continue Reading
Drawing dissent, FERC narrows oversight of Lake Powell hydropower project
Developer says 89-mile pipeline should be included in hydro permit FERC warns developers could use licenses to push through unrelated pipe The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday narrowed Continue Reading
California, Maryland, Connecticut gear up to fight US fuel economy rollback
Top officials from California, Maryland and Connecticut vowed Friday to take whatever legal action necessary to preserve their tougher tailpipe rules if the Trump administration rolls back federal fuel economy Continue Reading
The Fracking Industry’s Water Nightmare
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has clearly documented the multiple risks — despite repeated dismissals from the oil and gas industry — that hydraulic fracturing (fracking) poses to drinking Continue Reading
Duke Energy says dam breached at North Carolina plant and coal ash may be flowing into Cape Fear River
Floodwaters on Friday breached a dam that contains a man-made lake connected to a Duke Energy power plant in North Carolina, possibly causing coal ash to flow into the nearby Continue Reading
Delta Seeks Partner for Its Jet-Fuel Refinery
It is on track to make money in 2018, but high regulatory costs and shifting market dynamics that put East Coast refineries at a disadvantage have made the plant more Continue Reading
Keystone XL saga enters second decade
It has been a decade since TransCanada first applied to build the Keystone XL heavy oil pipeline from Alberta to the Texas Gulf Coast, and the project’s fate is not Continue Reading
U.S. oil drillers cut rigs for second week in three: Baker Hughes
U.S. energy companies cut oil rigs for a second week in three as new drilling has stalled in the nation’s largest oil field, where production was forecast to grow at Continue Reading
Texas oil pipeline to start in November, easing bottleneck
Plains All American L.P. will begin operations on an expanded West Texas oil pipeline on Nov. 1, helping to ease a bottleneck that has weighed on Midland crude prices for Continue Reading
Continental, Knorr-Bremse partner on highly automated driving in commercial vehicles; platooning first
Continental and Knorr-Bremse AG have entered into a partnership to develop a complete system solution for highly automated driving (HAD) in commercial vehicles, initially focused on automated convoy driving (platooning). Continue Reading