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(Reuters) – Four electricity transmission projects serving the U.S. southwest, southeast and New England will get $1.5 billion in public funding to improve the grid’s resilience and connect customers with clean energy, the government said on Thursday. The funds for the second phase of the Transmission Facilitation Program come from a 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law …
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By Gavin Maguire LITTLETON, Colorado, Sept 26 (Reuters) – There’s a wide range in the proportion of U.S. electricity generated by clean energy sources, with nearly 100% of Vermont’s electricity coming from low-emissions power while the territory of Puerto Rico has less than 3% clean electricity. The average clean electricity supply share for the United …
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By Gavin Maguire LITTLETON, Colorado, Sept 26 (Reuters) – There’s a wide range in the proportion of U.S. electricity generated by clean energy sources, with nearly 100% of Vermont’s electricity coming from low-emissions power while the territory of Puerto Rico has less than 3% clean electricity. The average clean electricity supply share for the United …
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(Reuters) – More than 1.28 million homes and businesses in Florida were without power on Friday as Hurricane Helene made landfall as one of the most powerful storms to hit the United States, according to data from PowerOutage.us. The utility company with the most number of customers affected was Duke Energy, which had over 380,000 clients …
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By Reuters (Reuters) – U.S. utilities are finally signing concrete supply deals with data-center operators as the artificial-intelligence wave sparks a surge in power demand, paving the way for higher profits in the coming quarters. Data centers are expected to account for 8% of the power generated in the U.S. by 2030, compared with 3% in …
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(Reuters) – U.S. shale oil and gas executives are moving to electric rigs and fracking to reduce diesel emissions but grid infrastructure and cost challenges are hurdles, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas said on Wednesday in its quarterly energy survey. The survey of Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico executives also revealed third-quarter oil and …
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Utilities in the US are building a slew of plants, putting the government’s clean-energy goals further from reach. The Calpine Los Medanos Energy Center gas-fired power plant in Pittsburg, California. Photographer: Bloomberg Natural gas is back in favor in the US. In the first six months of this year, power producers announced plans to build more gas-fired capacity than they …
By Gavin Maguire Image: REUTERS/Mike Blake P LITTLETON, Colorado, Sept 11 (Reuters) – California and Texas lead the national charge on grid-scale power sector battery systems, accounting for 72% of the battery networks currently in operation and around 65% of the battery development pipeline. California has the largest footprint of currently deployed utility batteries, with roughly 9,920 …
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(Reuters) – U.S. power consumption will rise to record highs in 2024 and 2025, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO) on Tuesday. EIA projected power demand will rise to 4,101 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2024 and 4,185 billion kWh in 2025. That compares with 4,000 billion kWh …
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Donald Trump would rescind many of President Joe Biden’s clean energy rules while also speeding approvals of power plants to meet the nation’s rising electricity demands, the Republican’s presidential campaign said on Thursday. Should he win the Nov. 5 election, Trump would axe clean energy regulations of Biden and his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, …
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