Energy
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Feds reject Maine's offshore wind funding request
The federal agency awarded grants to 44 other projects that beat out Maine, including $472.3 million to neighboring Massachusetts to replace a drawbridge that serves the state's commuter rail system.
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Electric emergency vehicle fire burns down fire station, destroys millions of dollars in equipment
The fire station had been opened for a year.
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Hertz continues to suffer financially from bid to go electric, as J.P. Morgan downgrades stock
The bad news continues as the rental giant tries to untangle itself from its failed electric vehicle strategy.
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Biden’s electric school bus program faces a big hurdle: inadequate utility power
Inspector General's report is the latest to expose the cart-before-horse dynamic in Democrats’ green energy push.
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WA lawmaker wants drivers to see sticker shock from Climate Commitment Act tax
Gas prices in Washington state were the most expensive in the nation this past July with the average price at just under $5 a gallon, according to AAA. At just over $4.14 per gallon, more than $1 above the national average, Washington currently has the third-highest average gas prices in the nation, behind Hawaii and California.
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Alabama firefighters use 36,000 gallons of water to put out an EV fire on Christmas
The department used two hose lines, three engines, two rescue fire trucks, an ambulance, four water tankers, one squad car, one brush truck, and three command vehicles.
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Company in England experiments with human waste to produce a 'net zero' aviation fuel
According to Firefly Green Fuels chief executive's calculations, each human produces enough sewage per year to produce 4 to 5 liters of bio jet fuel.
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Venezuela Plans Military Drills in Response to British Warship
The governments of the two South American nations are currently engaged in a border dispute over the resource-rich Essequibo region. The disputed area accounts for two thirds of Guyana’s territory and since 1899 has been internationally recognized as Guyanese.
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Energy Year In Review: Fossil fuels remained dominant source of energy for the U.S. in 2023
Natural gas produced between 120.5 million megawatt hours in April 2023 to as much as 200.5 million megawatt hours in July. Coal was the next largest fuel source for American electricity generation during the 10-month period in 2023, producing 40 million megawatt hours of electricity in April and nearly 80 million megawatt hours in July.
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Biden energy efficiency crackdown leaves no appliance in American home untouched
List of impacted appliances includes gas stoves, dishwashers, ACs, refrigerators, washing machines, microwaves, and furnaces, fueling concerns consumer choices are being thwarted.
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Year in Review: Pennsylvania energy policy
Though natural gas production has grown in places like Texas and Louisiana, Pennsylvania has lagged behind. The Independent Fiscal Office predicted 2023 will have the fewest wells drilled in the last decade. That decline is a result of significantly lower prices and pipeline constraints. Many pipes have hit capacity to carry out natural gas.
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While geothermal may provide reliable energy, economic limits hinder its potential, expert says
“Most parts of the world, the crust, you really have to go something like 30,000 or 40,000 feet, which is not economical,” Dr. Iraj Ershaghi, director of the Petroleum Engineering Program at University of Southern California, said.
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Pennsylvania's electric vehicle marathon in review
Robert Charette, a longtime systems engineer and contributing editor for IEEE Spectrum, and author of “The EV Transition Explained, told The Center Square, that “current policymaking is a kind of field of dreams” in that lawmakers believe if they pass it, the engineers and auto manufacturers will “figure it out, overcome it, and everything will work.”