- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 16, 2020
GM bids to buy land for new Ohio battery factory
General Motors wants to build a new $2.3 billion battery factory in Lordstown, Ohio, adjacent to its former car assembly plant that it shuttered and sold in 2019, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 14, 2020
Senators pushing bolstering power grid cybersecurity
The proposed legislation did not get much play last week – there were a few other things going on – but, nonetheless, a bipartisan U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 9, 2020
Bright Canyon Energy buys ownership in 2 wind farms
Independent energy project developer Tenaska and electric infrastructure company Bright Canyon Energy said Wednesday Bright Canyon has acquired ownership interests in two Tenaska-developed wind farms, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 7, 2020
Trump administration set to OK largest US solar farm
The Trump administration is expected to soon approve siting for the largest solar farm in the U.S., a $1 billion, 690-megawatt facility that will also include 380 MW of four-hour battery storage, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 20, 2019
Renewables’ share of powergen surpasses gas in UK
The UK saw electricity generation from renewables reach 28.8 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2019’s third quarter, just passing natural gas-generated power, according to figures released Thursday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 10, 2019
Entergy, NextEra begin building Arkansas solar project
A subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources and Entergy Arkansas last week announced the start of construction of Arkansas’ largest utility-scale solar energy project, the 100-megawatt Chicot Solar Energy Center, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 4, 2019
Amazon announces new solar projects in US, Spain
Amazon Tuesday released details of a trio of renewable energy projects in the U.S. and Spain, as the retail giant works to reach net zero carbon across its organization by 2040, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 27, 2019
US energy-related CO2 emissions rose in 2018
Total U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in 2018 rose to 5.27 billion metric tons, 2.7% more than its 2017 level, the Energy Information Administration reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 25, 2019
Restaurant Association sues over natgas ban
It’s getting hot in the kitchen in the state of California. The California Restaurant Association (CRA) has filed suit against the City of Berkeley following the city’s ban on natural gas infrastructure and the use of natural gas in newly constructed buildings, beginning Jan.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 25, 2019
Last New York coal plant set to close
The last operating coal-fired power plant in New York state could close by mid-February, Power magazine reported. Somerset Operating Co. on Nov.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 24, 2019
Brookline, MA banning O&G pipes in new builds
Taking a cue from what’s happening in California, residents of Brookline, Massachusetts, last week voted to ban the installation of oil and gas pipes in new buildings, as well as in extensive renovations of existing buildings — the first such prohibition in Massachusetts.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 22, 2019
Total’s Saft to build Nordic lithium-ion ESS
Saft, a wholly-owned Total subsidiary, has won an order for three Intensium Max 20 High Energy containers from Finnish wind developer-operator TuuliWatti, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 21, 2019
US’s first floating wind farm could be off Maine
The University of Maine is moving forward with plans for the first full-scale offshore floating turbine in the U.S., Kallanish Energy understands.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 11, 2019
PJM projects sufficient power for winter needs
Power grid operator PJM Interconnection projects its members will be able to provide nearly 40% more electricity than the power grid operator expects to be needed this winter at peak demand, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 8, 2019
How to Solve the California Electricity Problem: Try Natural Gas!
Tom Tanton President, T 2 & Associates California has an electricity problem and there are many to blame but the solution in front of all eyes is natural gas as an alternative source of heat.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 1, 2019
Ørsted, PSEG negotiating offshore wind farm investment
Danish wind farm developer Ørsted and energy company Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) announced they will enter into exclusive negotiations for PSEG to potentially become an equity investor in one of Ørsted’s offshore wind projects, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 28, 2019
Offshore wind set to be $1T business by 2040: IEA
Offshore wind should become a $1 trillion business by 2040, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Friday, with global capacity set for a 15-fold increase, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 28, 2019
PG&E shuts off power to 940,000 as CA wildfires rage
Millions of Californians were without power Sunday as Pacific Gas and Electric Co. implemented its largest-ever blackout to prevent wildfires during high and hot winds, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 25, 2019
US Grid secures backing from EnCap, Yorktown
US Grid Co. said this week it’s secured an undisclosed amount of investment funding from equity capital provider EnCap Investments and private equity firm Yorktown Partners, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 25, 2019
Dominion, Smithfield JV becomes largest US RNG supplier
Dominion Energy and Smithfield Foods announced they would double their investment to $500 million in a joint venture converting methane to clean natural gas, creating the nation’s largest supplier of renewable natural gas (RNG), Kallanish Energy reports The two companies created Align Renewable Natural Gas in November 2018, allocating $250 million to the project over 10 years.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 23, 2019
Judge to rule today on Ohio referendum petitions
A federal judge said he intends to rule no later than today on whether a referendum petition drive in Ohio against a nuclear bailout will get additional time to collect signatures, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 2, 2019
Sempra selling stake in Luz del Sur in Peru
Sempra Energy said this week it’s selling its equity interests in its Peruvian businesses, including its 83.6% stake in electric utility Luz del Sur S.A.A.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 30, 2019
Bloom, Samsung to build fuel cells-powered ships
Bloom Energy and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) last week announced a collaboration to design and develop ships powered by Bloom Energy’s solid oxide fuel cell technology, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 25, 2019
EIA projects world energy usage will jump
World energy consumption will grow by nearly 50% between 2018 and 2050, according to International Energy Outlook 2019, presented by the Energy Information Administration.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 24, 2019
Texas wind power on track to outpace coal in 2020
Texas is about to go green — by 2020, more electricity will come from wind than coal, according to analytics/consulting firm Rystad Energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 19, 2019
CEA, EDF, Westinghouse to explore SMR cooperation
CEA, EDF and Westinghouse Electric Co. have signed a framework agreement to explore potential cooperation on small modular reactor (SMR) development, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 19, 2019
San Jose moves to ban natural gas in new residential buildings
The U.S.’s 10th most populous U.S. city Tuesday moved to ban natural gas in most new residential buildings, beginning next year, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 18, 2019
Total, Envision form JV to pursue China’s solar energy market
Teess, a 50/50 joint venture formed by French supermajor Total and smart-energy technology firm Envision launched development of onsite distributed generation solar projects for business-to-business customers in China, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 16, 2019
Almost Three Quarters of Florida’s Electricity Generation Comes from Natural Gas
The Sunshine State could also be called the Natural Gas State, according to data recently released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 10, 2019
Eia: Florida shifts to natural gas for electricity
Florida is rapidly turning to natural gas to produce its electricity, Kallanish Energy reports. Florida has added 16 gigawatts of utility-scale natural gas-fired electric generation between 2008 and 2018, about 24% of all U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 7, 2019
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – September 7, 2019
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Natural Gas NOW readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 29, 2019
Power sector still the U.S.’s largest electricity consumer
Energy consumption in the U.S. reached a record high of more than 101 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) in 2018, surpassing the previous high recorded in 2007, by less than 0.3%,- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 22, 2019
Vistra Energy closing 4 Illinois power plants
Independent power producer Vistra Energy and its subsidiaries Wednesday named the four coal-fired power plants to be retired to meet the requirements of the recently approved revisions to the Multi-Pollutant Standard (Mps) rule imposed by the Illinois Pollution Control Board (Ipcb).- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 21, 2019
Judge to decide if Fes can emerge from Chapter 11
A federal court hearing that could result in FirstEnergy Solutions emerging from bankruptcy is expected to wrap up late Wednesday, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 21, 2019
Heelstone Energy garners Ares investment
Heelstone Energy, a utility-scale solar developer, has received an investment of an undisclosed size by Ares Management Corp.’s Infrastructure and Power (Aip) operation, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 16, 2019
PG&E names industry vet Vesey as utility head
Holding company PG&E Corp., operating under bankruptcy court protection, said the board of its Pacific Gas and Electric Co. unit (also in bankruptcy), has appointed Andrew M.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 16, 2019
E.ON announces 440 MW South Texas wind farm
Renewable energy giant E.ON said Thursday its largest, single-phase project, the $500 million, 440-megawatt onshore wind farm, Big Raymond, will be built in Texas’ Willacy, Cameron and Hidalgo counties, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 14, 2019
Trump administration upsets offshore wind plans
The Trump administration has ordered a major environmental review of the growing offshore wind industry – a review that some experts see as derailing the nation’s first major project and raises questions concerning future developments, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 12, 2019
Pg&e evaluating proposal from hedge funds
Holding company Pg&e Corp. said Friday it’s evaluating a proposal from hedge funds Knighthead Capital Management and Abrams Capital Management to provide $15 billion in equity capital commitments supporting a plan to reorganize the company.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 6, 2019
US sets daily record for power sector natgas use
The U.S. likely set a new daily record on Friday, July 19, of 44.5 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas consumption by power plants, the Energy Information Administration reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 22, 2019
DTE approved to buy Isabella Wind projects
Apex Clean Energy said last week its proposed sale of the Isabella Wind I and II projects to DTE Energy has been conditionally approved by the Michigan Public Service Commission (Mpsc), Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 19, 2019
NRG restarts dormant gas-fired Corpus Christi plant
Energy company NRG Energy has re-started a Texas natural gas-fired plant which had been offline for nearly three years, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 18, 2019
NextEra completes underwater cable system buy
NextEra Energy Transmission said it’s completed the acquisition of Trans Bay Cable (Tbc) from affiliates of Steelriver Infrastructure Fund North America, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 15, 2019
Manhattan Power Outage Causes Cuomo to Now Want Grid Redundancy
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … A Manhattan power outage is forcing New York politicians to confront energy reality. The grid now needs redundancy Cuomo says as he fights gas power plants.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 11, 2019
Power from natgas to rise in 2019, slip in 2020: Steo
The share of U.S. total utility-scale electricity generation from natural gas-fired power plants will rise from 35% in 2018, to 38% in 2019, and then decline slightly in 2020, according to the latest Steo, Short-Term Energy Outlook, produced by the Energy Information Administration.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 28, 2019
I Squared Capital to Sell Cube Hydro to Ontario Power
I Squared Capital, through its ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund I, announced this week it’s selling its hydropower operations, Cube Hydro Partners, and its affiliate, Helix Partners, to Ontario Power Generation (Opg) for an undisclosed price.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 26, 2019
Rhode Island regulators reject gas-fired plant
Rhode Island regulators have denied Invenergy a much needed permit for its planned $1 billion, 900-megawatt, natural gas-fired Clean River Energy Center in Burrillville, Rhode Island, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 26, 2019
Pseg Power selling interest in coal-fired plants
Public Service Enterprise Group’s Pseg Power unit has agreed to sell its 776-megawatt, or 21.66%, interest in the Keystone and Conemaugh coal-fired power plants in Western Pennsylvania, plus related assets, including the assumption of liabilities.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 25, 2019
Missouri-Kansas wind farm gets go-ahead
Construction will begin this fall on a 600-megawatt wind project in southwest Missouri/southeast Kansas, following approval of the plan by the Missouri Public Service Commission, Kallanish Energy finds.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 20, 2019
PG&E settles wildfire claims for $1B
Pacific Gas and Electric said Wednesday it’s reached agreements to resolve wildfire claims made by 18 local public entities (cities, counties, districts and public agencies) impacted by the 2015 Butte Fire, 2017 Northern California wildfires and 2018 Camp Fire.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 13, 2019
Southwestern states have better solar resources: EIA
Utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants in the U.S. operated on average at roughly 25% of their electricity generating capacity, based on an average of annual values, from 2014 through 2017, Kallanish Energy reports.Combined-Cycle Natural Gas Power Beats Everything Else
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Combined-cycle natural gas power plants offer lower cost electricity than anything else, especially renewables, the true costs of which are never counted.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 31, 2019
PG&E plan to use blackouts to prevent wildfires OKed
California regulators Thursday approved PG&E Corp.’s plan to impose blackouts this summer across large swaths of its territory to prevent major wildfires — and told customers don’t count on reliable electric service as the fire season gets underway.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 16, 2019
PG&E power lines caused California’s ‘deadliest wildfire’: officials
California authorities said Wednesday power lines owned and operated by Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. (PG&E) caused the state’s most destructive wildfire ever – which killed 85 and nearly destroyed an entire city, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 15, 2019
E.ON calls for a CO2 tax in Germany
The CEO of German utility E.On is calling for a new carbon tax in Germany, saying Tuesday a “better and fairer energy transition” was possible, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 10, 2019
Three Mile Island Unit 1 to shut by Sept. 30
The owner of the plant where North America’s worst nuclear power-related accident took place four decades ago, confirmed the facility’s lone remaining operating unit will shut down this September, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 9, 2019
Trump says GM will sell Ohio plant for EV production
President Trump Wednesday praised General Motors CEO Mary Barra after he says she informed him GM will sell its recently closed Lordstown, Ohio, manufacturing plant to manufacturer Workhorse to build electric trucks.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 3, 2019
Va. company proposes 200 MW wind farm in Illinois
The Goose Creek Wind Project, which would include up to 120 turbines producing as much as 200 megawatts of power in northern Piatt County, Illinois, has been proposed by Virginia-based Apex Clean Energy, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 23, 2019