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‘So many ways hydrogen can go wrong’: Hub announcements viewed with caution
A hydrogen hub is a a cluster of assets that produce and process hydrogen fuel as an alternative to fossil fuels. (Photo Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) The Friday announcement that...
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New life for old coal: Minelands and power plants are hot renewable...
AES Indiana’s Petersburg Generating Station in Petersburg, Ind., has been burning coal since the 1960s but will shutter all of its coal firing units over the next few years. The plant is converting...
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Reliability v. sustainability: Inside the debate over the EPA’s proposed...
New rules proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year in its latest attempt to regulate the carbon from power plants have drawn fire from some congressional Republicans, grid...
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A year after devastating winter storm, power plant problems ‘still likely’ in...
The historic Winter Storm Elliott dumped up to four feet of snow in Buffalo, New York, and lead to power outages and rolling blackouts in the southeastern U.S. New reports say the grid serving the...
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Building transmission takes forever. The Biden administration is pushing to...
The Biden administration is making a historic investment in the country’s transmission lines. (Robert Zullo/ States Newsroom) The SOO Green electric transmission project, a 350-mile high-voltage line...
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Environmental groups want stronger rules for use of coal ash fill after EPA...
Coal ash has long been used as filler material in residential areas, schools, highways, bridges and various infrastructure projects. The Environmental Protection Agency now says coal ash fill may...
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Hydrogen tax rules draw fire from industry
A green-tech hydrogen production plant in Wesseling, Germany. Hydrogen at the plant is manufactured by electrolysis, which uses electricity to produce hydrogen from water. The U.S. Department of the...
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Clean power advocates eye grid operator’s planning reforms warily
Critics say that PJM, which is responsible for coordinating the flow of electricity in 13 states and the District of Columbia, should have been prepared for the retirement of the coal-fired Brandon...
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State lawmakers want to peel back the curtain at the nation’s biggest...
Electrical infrastructure at the Conowingo Dam in Maryland. Democratic lawmakers in Maryland, Virginia, Illinois, West Virginia and Pennsylvania want to force electric utilities file a record of their...
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New scorecard rates nation’s grid managers on connecting renewables
Electric transmission lines near Clark, South Dakota. A trade group representing clean energy businesses is grading how well seven regional transmission organizations are doing at getting new projects...
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